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Displaying 8 of about 8 resultsThe Mayor of Nis, Mr. Zoran Perišic, and the Mayor of Strumica, Mr. Zoran Zaev, both oversaw events that emphasized reducing climate and disaster risk as a priority.
'Today I would like to send a strong message to everyone in the community in which we live that we really need to get ready and always focus most of our energy in terms of personal readine…
The UNISDR Director and the Regional Coordinator for Europe have been invited by Macedonia for a high level exchange on disaster risk reduction issues.
The President of the FYR of Macedonia, Dr Gjorge Ivanov, spoke to UNISDR of the importance that Macedonia gives to the issue of reducing vulnerability to disasters in a climate change environment.
Exchan…
(Margareta Wahlström meeting with the President of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, H.E. Gjorge Ivanov at the Second Annual European Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction. Photo credit: Ljupco Ristovski)
By Rosa Abruzzese
Skopje, 10 October 2011 - Vulnerability to natural hazards is rapidly on the increase in Europe, UNISDR Chief, Margareta Wahl…
BRUSSELS, 11 April 2014 – A major step towards implementation of a disaster risk financing framework in South Eastern Europe has been taken with the completion of a first round of training workshops on new approaches to earthquake insurance last month.
Paola Albrito, Head of UNISDR’s Europe Office, said: “The countries in South East Europe face a wide…
Cities from Armenia, Bulgaria, Georgia, North Macedonia, Romania and Serbia have initiated efforts to adopt holistic strategies for disaster risk reduction at local level, following resilience assessments carried out with UNDRR support.
City representatives ran assessments across a set of 10 essential dimensions for local level resilience building look…
GENEVA/ZAGREB, 30 August 2012 (UNISDR/WMO) - The United Nations, European Commission and national authorities have launched a new project in the Western Balkans and Turkey that will reduce disaster risks and increase resilience to climate change.
The project launch is planned for 30 August in Zagreb, Croatia and it is aimed at high-level participants f…
Geneva – The world is at defining moment in its history, where risks from climate change and growing disaster-related losses require a joint global response, said President Gjorge Ivanov of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, who addressed delegates yesterday during the opening ceremony of the Global Platform.
The Global Platform – held in Genev…
VIENNA, 7 October 2016 – Rolled out in the wake of one of the deadliest storms to strike Europe in decades, the continent-wide weather information service Meteoalarm plays a life-saving role by raising public awareness of how to curb risks, and fosters international cooperation into the bargain.
Meteoalarm, which provides alerts that avoid jargon and f…