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Displaying 15 of about 23 resultsCold snap in Europe underscores importance of disaster risk reduction to manage climate-related hazards
The experience of Europe’s big cities, immobilized by the cold snap, shows that the world may be under-prepared to deal with less predictable climate patterns, says UNISDR.
In parts of France and Great Britain, heavy snow last week left commuters st…
RIO DE JANEIRO, 21 June 2012 - The UK's Chief Scientific Adviser, Sir John Beddington, used yesterday's UNISDR "Resilient Cities" event at Rio+20 to make an urgent appeal for scientists to use plain language if they are to play a larger role in policymaking on climate change.
"The next fifteen years are really problematic. We'll have a billion more peo…
BRUSSELS, 27 April 2018 - A new European Science and Technology Advisory Group (E-STAG) convened this week in Sofia, Bulgaria, to focus on improving disaster risk knowledge in 55 countries across Europe and Central Asia.
UNISDR and the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre have established the group to tackle new emerging challenges.
O…
The global event of the 2009 International Day for Disaster Reduction was staged at the Royal Marsden Hospital, which had been severely damaged in a fire in early 2008. The meeting gathered more than 120 participants from all stakeholder groups and was hosted by the UK Health Protection Agency in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) an…
DUBROVNIK, 3 October 2012 - Details of the first-ever peer review of a country implementing the world's first agreement on disaster risk reduction, the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA), were presented today on the final day of the European Forum on Disaster Risk Reduction in Croatia.
The UK volunteered to participate in the HFA Peer Review a year ago a…
GENEVA, 28 June 2018 – Our homes are in the highest category when it comes to economic disaster loss, according to a new documentary which premiered last night in London and is set for general release this summer.
Produced by Rockhopper Media, Built to Last? explores the stark paradox that societies spend billions every year on disaster response, bailo…
The secretariat of the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) has taken note of the Multilateral Aid Review issued by the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) and is preparing a formal response based on a thorough review of the report.
UNISDR is cognizant that the decisions contained in the rep…
LONDON, 21 March 2016 - London is home to almost nine million people. It is a global centre for finance, insurance, education and culture. As the capital of the United Kingdom it is a critical centre for national government. These crucial roles mean that it must be resilient to disaster. History demonstrates the capital’s resilience. It has surviv…
BRUSSELS, 14 May 2013 - The UK has become the first country to undergo a peer review to assess its progress in implementing the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA), the world's first comprehensive agreement on disaster risk reduction, adopted in 2005 following the Indian Ocean tsunami.
Accepting the report today, Chloe Smith, the UK Minister for Political…
8 September 2014, GENEVA – Greater Manchester today becomes the first UK city to join the UN’s Making Cities Resilient Campaign and has been recognized as a “Role Model for Total Resilience” because of its focus on implementing the Campaign’s entire ten-point checklist for building resilience to disasters.
Margareta Wahlström, the head of the UN Office…
GENEVA, 21 June 2013 - Two countries sitting at opposite ends of the world are emerging as beacons of good practice in terms of innovative public-private partnerships that have been proven to reduce disaster risk.
More than 18,000km separates New Zealand from Scotland but the two countries are much closer when it comes to pursuing proactive partnership…
Implementing the 10 point checklist of the Making Cities Resilient 2030 initiative at the local level to reduce disaster risk.
Central Asian city representatives discussed disaster risk management and preparedness with Greater Manchester authorities last week, including lessons learnt in the British city from handling severe winter weather, floods and…
Nepal and Thailand confront similar hazards – from storms and floods to droughts and earthquakes, severely affecting impoverished communities and those living at the fringes.
However disadvantaged, these communities possess local experiences that allow them to adapt and respond to disasters. This local knowledge helps researchers better understand and…
As part of a series of actions contributing to the topic of urban heat and wildfire risk management in the Europe and Central Asia region, UNDRR has released the report, Flames of Change: Innovating heat and wildfire governance for inclusive communities, and the accompanying special report on disability inclusion in DRR and prevention. This release is p…
The UK Cabinet Office in collaboration with the Council of Europe (European and Mediterranean Major Hazards Agreement (EUR-OPA) and the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction Secretariat (UNISDR) organized the European National Platforms and Focal Points meeting from 11 – 13 November 2009 in London.
The objectives of this meeting w…