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Displaying 6 of about 6 results25 October 2022, DUBROVNIK – Heads of Disaster Management Authorities, as well as international organisations, gathered for a High-Level Roundtable discussion to open the 3-day workshop on ‘Investing in Disaster Risk Reduction in South-Eastern Europe’ today in Dubrovnik, Croatia.The workshop, which is part of a series of ‘European Roadmap for Disaster R…
In an increasingly interconnected world, shocks are felt across sectors, borders and scales, revealing the systemic nature of risks. This holds true for the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, for the effects of climate change, and also from the effects of newly emerging crises, such as the war in Ukraine. It is therefore critical that we analyse these events to…
It is clear from today’s discussion that the current approach to development assistance is not responsive to the increasing levels of risk within economic, social, and environmental systems.
The main message today is the need to support the most vulnerable and at-risk countries to create an enabling environment to attract finance for climate action, r…
As world leaders are traveling to Bali to meet at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction 2022 and discuss how to better prevent and reduce current and future risks, the United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) and United Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) have launched the new report “Rethinking R…
Local governments play an essential role in disaster risk reduction (DRR) and building resilience. At UNDRR’s 2022 Global Platform in Bali, local leaders from across the globe joined a productive discussion on important issues around disaster resilience at local level.
Participants at the Local Leaders Forum discussed how the Sendai Framework sup…
Following the release of the IPCC Working Group II Report on Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, Mami Mizutori, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction, issued the following statement:
The findings of the latest IPCC report are dire. Communities around the world are being affected by climate change at a ma…