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Displaying 15 of about 25 resultsThe post disaster recovery needs assessment (PDNA) framework is intended to help coordinate recovery efforts across different sectors and with a risk reduction focus. In this background, the PDNA project was developed in 2005. It is led by the United Nations Development Programme in its capacity as the cluster lead for Early Recovery and as a part of th…
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This background paper provides a resource for the relative analysis of volcanic hazard and risk around the world on the basis of regions and individual countries with volcanoes that have been active in the last 10,000 years. Global information can mask the fact that there are great variations between countries with active volcanoes in terms of the numb…
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This report focuses on the challenges of managing natural disasters, presenting a synthesis of the status of disaster risk in the Middle East and North Africa (MNA) Region, including gaps and areas for remedial or enhanced actions. It highlights the progress already made and opportunities to learn from best practices, and provides critical feedback to g…
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This report summarizes all activities implemented for the South West Indian Ocean region in the context of the joint UNISDR/ISLANDS project entitled "Strengthening Capacities for Unified Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction Through the Facilitation of Risk Transfer and Finance Mechanisms" within the "ISLANDS Programme for Financial Prot…
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This report provides feedback after the first two years of operation of the Global Facility, and demonstrates the significant value it has brought to the implementation of the Hyogo Framework around the world, as the Global Platform for Disaster Reduction convenes for its second session in June 2009.
It provides concrete examples of the manner in which…
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Based on the National Reports to the World Conference on Disaster Reduction (WCDR) and the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) Progress Report to the First Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GPDRR):
This report is an overview of reports by countries up to 2007. It provides a regional synthesis within two timeframes: as on January…
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3rd Asian ministerial conference on disaster risk reduction, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2-4 December 2008:
The objective of this review commissioned by UNISDR as a follow up to the 3rd Asian Ministerial Conference on DRR (AMCDRR) is to develop a common action plan that would facilitate such partnerships based on an evaluation of PPP case studies and consu…
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This report on Project Selamat, aimed at building community level coping capacities towards long-term resilience as a direct implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA), describes the activities of academic institutions working with NGOs and governments on a collaborative model of a locally appropriate process of institutionalizing risk reduc…
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With respect to the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA), this document gathers the proceedings of the conference which conveyed the participants to resolve to preserve and sustain the gains in disaster risk reduction and to promote further cooperation among countries and partner stakeholders in the region. It also addresses the need for accelerating the im…
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With the goal to build resilient communities to withstand and live with the risk to natural hazards, and related environmental and technological disasters, this document presents the proceedings of the conference which examines vulnerability in Asia and discusses the state of disaster reduction activities in the region. It focuses on: urban vulnerabilit…
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Pacific regional presences of IFRC, UNISDR, and UNOCHA:
This policy brief highlights the importance of reducing disaster risk in all economic sectors and at all levels as a practical approach to adapt to climate change, reduce poverty and achieve sustainable development targets. It also recommends Pacific island countries to scale up disaster response…
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The Asia-Pacific disaster report, 2010:
This report addresses the exponential increase of disaster risks in Asia-Pacific, as a result of the compounding effects of inequitable economic growth patterns, population pressures and extreme climatic events. It is centred on the thinking that good efforts made by Asia-Pacific countries in reducing vulnerabil…
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This paper is a regional policy and institutional mapping of the practical integration of disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA) in Asia and Pacific region. It presents: (i) an overview of past, ongoing, and planned interventions by various regional organizations, inter governmental organizations, United Nations (UN) organizat…
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This paper highlights some aspects of a meeting with subregional, regional and international organizations specializing in disaster risk reduction held in Panama City, on 13 and 14 December 2010 on: (i) the institutional framework for disaster risk reduction in Latin America and the Caribbean, including the preparation of national progress reports on th…
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Implementing the Asian Ministerial Declarations on disaster risk reduction (DRR) adopted at the three Asian Ministerial Conferences on Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRRs) 2005, 2007, 2008:
The purpose of this document is to advance the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) in the Asia Pacific countries by the National Governments with s…
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