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Displaying 165 of about 206 resultsGENEVA, 3 June, 2016 - Officials in Paris have closed two of the world’s most famous museums as the River Seine rose above its preliminary alert level of five metres yesterday evoking fears of a repeat of the catastrophic floods of 1910, underlining the critical role of disaster preparedness plans.
Staff at the Louvre which houses the Mona Lisa were ev…
NAIROBI, 2 June 2016 – Healthy and well-managed ecosystems offer a buffer against hazards and can support local resilience by sustaining livelihoods, making them a cornerstone of efforts to implement the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.
The role of environmental protection in curbing the risk of natural and man-made hazards was in focus at…
TOKYO, 25 March 2016 – The role of the private sector in making societies resilient to disasters and ensuring development is sustainable has been spotlighted as part of events commemorating the fifth anniversary of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami.
A forum organized by the Japan arm of the UNISDR Private Sector Alliance for Disaster Res…
29 January 2016, GENEVA – The first UNISDR Science and Technology Conference closed today with agreement among 700 scientists and disaster risk experts to launch a new Science and Technology Partnership comprising over 65 agencies, networks and organizations.
The head of the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), Dr. Robert Glasser, said: “Thi…
GENEVA, 14 May 2019 - The Asia-Pacific region is making progress in reducing disaster mortality, but high economic losses from disasters point to a need for governments to accelerate the implementation of the disaster risk reduction strategies they have developed.
This was the state of progress the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) provid…
19 October 2018, Geneva – Put local communities at the heart of their disaster risk reduction plans and action.
This was the call from the Permanent Representative of Indonesia to the UN in Geneva, Ambassador Andreano Erwin at an event, "Strengthening the Role of National and Local Governments in Reducing Economic Losses and Building DRR Capacity."
Th…
30 August 2018, GENEVA – According to reports, Puerto Rico’s governor, Ricardo Rosselló, has said that the island could have been better prepared for Hurricane Maria, which hit almost one year ago.
Mr Rosselló made the comments to journalists following the announcement that the official death toll had been revised from 64 to 2,975 following efforts by…
Recording of the session (in spanish): HERE
The COVID-19 pandemic, its impact and causality, has provided an opportunity to reflect on risk management and its importance in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. It is undoubtedly a historic juncture that forces us to look in the mirror and examine old problems from new perspectives.
The le…
The need to increase investments in disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA) is a well-accepted priority to minimize losses from disaster and climate change. However, there are challenges in articulating how much countries ought to spend, what areas they should prioritize, and which type of measure are more effective in achievin…
Suva – Pacific island countries are seeking to broaden and strengthen their disaster risk financing strategies as a key element of addressing the ongoing Climate Emergency.
With climate change remaining the biggest threat – even in the era of a pandemic – there is a pressing need for countries to invest in financial protection measures to enable quic…
As COVID-19 continues to spread around the world, Member States of the United Nations have agreed to put the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction at the centre of recovery and rehabilitation policy.
On 11 September 2020, the General Assembly adopted a resolution on the “Comprehensive and coordinated response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19…
UNDRR along with the Dubai Resilience Hub and MCR2030 convened experts and partners to discuss and address issues relating to urban resilience at the Global Resilience Forum in Dubai. UNDRR Deputy Chief, Intergovernmental processes, Interagency cooperation and Partnerships Branch, Abhilash Panda, joined a moderated discussion on Data-Driven Decision-Mak…
On Wednesday, November 22nd, 2023, about 300 public, private, international, civil and academic participants attended an online training on budget tagging for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation. The training was organised by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), the UNDRR Global Education and Training Institut…
The G20 Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Working Group convened on 27 and 28 February for its first meeting under the Brazilian Presidency. The Chair of the Working Group, Mr. Wolnei Wolff Barreiros, opened the two-day meeting by emphasizing the urgent need to address inequalities and reduce vulnerabilities when scaling up action on disaster risk reduction…
1 June 2023, The UNDRR Regional Office for Arab States, in collaboration with the National Emergency Crisis and Disaster Management Authority (NCEMA) in UAE, conducted a dynamic four-day workshop focused on the Sendai Framework Monitor and Disaster Loss Accounting System. With a strong emphasis on data-driven decision-making and Sendai Framework impleme…