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Displaying 30 of about 43 resultsINCHEON, 18 March 2014 – A new global capacity building initiative to strengthen resilience of cities around the world was launched today.
In a significant landmark for the thriving Making Cities Resilient Campaign of the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), 25 high level city officials from seven countries began three days of practical disc…
18 July, Incheon: Sixteen Parliamentarians from the Philippine House of Representatives yesterday adopted "the Incheon Resolution of the Philippine Parliamentarians on Effective Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation" which calls for the mainstreaming of disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in the national budget legislat…
GENEVA, 04 September 2023 – The UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Disaster Reduction, Mami Mizutori, and the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea, Seong deok Yun , today signed a three-year Memorandum of Understanding, in which the Republic of Korea committed to supporting UNDRR. This multi-year unearmarked agreement is…
INCHEON, 6 November 2012 - When it comes to critical infrastructure governments are increasingly aware of the role of disaster risk reduction in planning, and the value of applying the priorities for action in the Hyogo Framework for Action when it comes to protecting their investments.
Over 30 government officials from Armenia, Cambodia, The Gambia, L…
The international conference on ‘Building a Local Government Alliance for Disaster Risk Reduction’ is co-organized by Incheon Metropolitan City and UNISDR and will bring together 200 participants.
The gathering will address common concerns and challenges faced by local governments in preventing disasters and minimizing their impacts. Moreover,…
The first meeting of the IAP in 2009 will focus on preparations for the Second Session of the Global Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction, which will be held in Geneva Switzerland in June 2009. In addition the meeting will include talks on the follow-up action to the Third Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, which called on the ISDR…
COP27 host Sharm El-Sheikh has set its sights on being recognized as a global leader in urban disaster resilience.
The Egyptian city is committed to becoming a Making Cities Resilient 2030 Resilience Hub by the time tens of thousands of delegates from around the world convene at the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula for the annual UN Climate Change C…
MCR2030 Resilience Hubs, namely Incheon, Makati and Mexico City, held the webinar, “Learning from Our MCR Hubs” to share experiences, best practices and recommendations on strengthening disaster resilience in their respective cities on 8 November 2022.
City leaders from the Asia-Pacific, Americas and Caribbean covered a range of topics with a focus on…
BANGKOK - Recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic is presenting Thailand, the Republic of Korea and other countries in Asia-Pacific with opportunities to ‘build back better’ and to chart greener and more digitally connected economies, as long as public health vigilance is maintained.
This was the overarching message from a webinar that brought together of…
KUALA LUMPUR, 11 February, 2018 - Cities and towns attending the World Urban Forum were urged at the weekend to join UNISDR’s Making Cities Resilient Campaign which now has over 3,800 adherents representing almost one billion people in urban centres around the world.
Separately, the Campaign Steering Committee met Sunday in Kuala Lumpur to discuss stra…
KUROSHIO, Japan, 1 December 2016 – Hundreds of high school students from around the world have pledged to step up efforts to reduce disaster risk, at a global gathering held to mark the first edition of World Tsunami Awareness Day.
The 25-26 November High School Students Summit in the southern Japanese town of Kuroshio brought together 360 young people…
INCHEON, 24 September 2015 – Korea’s advance towards a national integrated public-safety communications network is being heralded as an example of how disaster risk reduction represents a major business opportunity.
The country aims to launch its world-leading system – the so-called Long Term Evolution (LTE) public safety network – in 2017, and several…
INCHEON, 8 November 2012 - Seoul's Cheong Gye Cheon, a once polluted river now restored to its former glory, captured the attention of development planners and disaster managers meeting here this week for a Leadership Forum at UNISDR's Global Education and Training Institute for Disaster Risk Reduction.
In the middle of a hectic week, over 30 governmen…
BANGKOK, 19 October 2012 - More than 1,200 participants including 49 Government Ministers and high level delegates from Asia will gather next Tuesday in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, at the Fifth Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR) where the devastating consequences of disaster losses across the region will be top of the agenda.
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JEJU ISLAND, 28 March 2014 – Disaster experts from China, Japan and the Republic of Korea today agreed to launch joint research aimed at enhancing the compatibility of disaster data and terminology across North-East Asia.
Senior representatives from the three countries emphasised the relationship between resilience and development and noted that each c…