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Displaying 15 of about 68 resultsGENEVA, 21 May 2013 - Senior government officials from developing small island states and climate change experts have warned of a massive increase in human, economic and material losses in these countries if risk reduction measures are not taken urgently to mitigate the impacts of major hazards and climate change.
The warning was issued by repres…
NEW YORK, 11 October 2016 - The risk of dying in a hurricane or flood is lower today than it was 20 years ago, in most parts of the world. In Haiti, however, the toll of Hurricane Matthew has already passed 1,000, according to media reports.
The issue of how to reach countries and communities left behind and struggling to reduce their disaster mortalit…
BANGKOK, 23 August 2016 – The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction today received a major boost from the BRICS countries – Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa – which have agreed to set up a joint task force on disaster risk management.
India’s Minister of State for Home Affairs and UNISDR Champion, Mr. Kiren Rijiju is the driving fo…
By Dizery Salim
GENEVA, 10 November 2011 – Eighteen countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have agreed to tighten up on school safety while also integrating disaster risk reduction into the school curriculum, following high-level talks on education in Panama City.
Between 1970 and 2009, over 32,000 schools in South America were damaged or destro…
By David Singh
GENEVA, 26 October 2011 – The UN has issued a flash appeal for US$15.7 million to provide emergency assistance to El Salvador which has now been pounded by heavy rains and floods since 10 October.
Tropical Depression 12-E arrived in El Salvador two weeks ago bringing more rainfall than Hurricane Mitch in 1998 and registering the highest…
SANTIAGO, 6 February 2017– In the midst of Chile’s worst forest fires in five decades, award-winning local campaigners have spotlighted the need to ensure that people with disabilities are not forgotten in emergency operations and disaster risk reduction.
According to official sources, the fires have hit more than 547,190 hectares, claimed 11 lives and…
A two-day regional Caribbean Regional workshop held in Port of Spain finalized with the discussion of a roadmap for an integrated disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation approach in the Caribbean region.The workshop involved the participation of more than 60 government officials from ministries responsible for disaster risk reduction and c…
Maura Varela, Esai Osorio and Rosalba Peña stood before 1,000 people in Punta del Este, Uruguay, on 2 March as they accepted the inaugural award of ResilienceTech 2022, an early warning system development competition.
“Science and technology, the central themes of this platform, are an essential part of advancing early warning systems,” said Mami Mizut…
Bridgetown, Barbados, will host the first regional launch of the United Nations’ Early Warnings for All initiative (EW4ALL) on Monday the 6th of February, which aims to ensure that every person on Earth is covered by an early warning system by the year 2027.
Caribbean leaders, including the Prime Minister of Barbados, Her Excellency, Mia Mottley, the P…
The use of science and technology in disaster risk reduction is one of the main themes on the agenda of the VIII Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Americas and the Caribbean (RP23), which will be held in Punta del Este, Uruguay, from February 28 to March 2, 2023.
The agenda, available for consultation HERE, features 37 sessions…
Five countries pave the way for progress in the implementation of effective tsunami early warning systems, which are challenging due to multi-faceted complexity.Building effective national tsunami early warning systems (TWS) is challenging due to the complexity of managing multiple factors involved in detection and effective response. According to…
The morning after La Soufriere volcano carpeted St Vincent and the Grenadines with millions of tons of ash, disaster management expert La Fleur Quammie put on goggles and a mask to head through an eerie landscape to coordinate her team helping people in emergency shelters.
Months of awareness-raising and extensive TV, radio and social media messa…
More than 300 people from Latin America and the Caribbean came together virtually to address the progress in disaster preparation in the region. The meeting took place within the framework of the workshop entitled “Enhanced Disaster preparedness for systemic risk in complex scenarios: challenges and opportunities”, between April 13th and 16th of 2021.…
The Government of Jamaica, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) - Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean, and the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) are pleased to announce that the VII Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Americas and the Caribbean will be held next year in 2021.…
Guatemala City, 12 March 2024 - Guatemala has committed to enhancing the protection of its people by announcing the national launch of the Early Warnings for All (EW4All) initiative in Guatemala, which aims to provide multi-hazard early warning coverage worldwide by 2027.This national launch in Guatemala will consolidate multi-agency efforts to address…