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Displaying 15 of about 57 resultsThese studies supports the implementation of the Country Work Programme for the Saint Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, Antigua and Barbuda, Guyana, Sint Maarten, Suriname, Barbados and Haiti, as well as the design and revisions of other critical national instruments including the National Adaptation Plan, Medium and Long-Term (National) Development Strategie…
This Briefing Note represents an integrated perspective of climate, environmental and disaster risk science and practice regarding systemic risk. It provides an overview of the concepts of systemic risk that have evolved over time and identifies commonalities across terminologies and perspectives associated with systemic risk used in different contexts.…
This is the Caribbean subregional report produced by UNDRR Regional office for Latin America and the Caribbean to inform the Midterm Review of the Implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030. The Caribbean Midterm Review of the implementation of the Sendai Framework (MTR SF) has been developed in close collaboration with…
This 2021 UN Plan of Action Progress Report presents the summary of progress with regard to the three Commitments of the UN Plan of Action, based on the Results Framework, as reported by UN organizations for the year 2021. The UN Plan of Action is an important tool to maximize the joint impact of UN System action in support of countries to strengthen di…
UNDRR developed a water survey to collect water community views, experiences and proposals to inform the Sendai Framework and Water Action Decade MTRs. Between 7 June and 16 September 2022, 20 responses were received to the water survey, including from UN-Water members and observers.
The objective of the water community survey was to collect water comm…
The case study aims to enhance the understanding of policy design and implementation practices in support of disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA), identify good practice examples and provide recommendations to advance coherence between DRR and CCA practices in Uganda. The case study also aims at gaining a better understandin…
This contributing paper examines how different constituent systems (sibling systems) of a larger system react and propagate reverberations affecting the overall system using a novel visualisation tool – Sibling System State Diagram (SSSD). The tools that are currently used to assess disaster risk have major limitations, like the inability to model…
This contributing paper analyses systemic risk and compound vulnerabilities, by highlighting a case study to help decision-makers formulate effective strategies to address the nature of systemic risks in their societies. The researchers put a spotlight on several risks and propose actions and policy recommendations. These spotlights include i) extreme w…
This study discusses insights, lessons learned, opportunities and challenges in the development and implementation of stakeholder focused, transdisciplinary research approaches in the context of managing and communicating climate-related risks more effectively. The Sendai Framework highlights the need for closer collaboration across society to mana…
This contributing paper aims to examine the need to effectively implement implement the interplay between technical decision-makers, political decision-makers and the scientific community to achieve effective disaster risk reduction (DRR). In particular, the study examines efforts in Italy to build an effective collaboration between…
From the onset of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic to its global spread, the crisis has had negative impacts on individuals, communities, and societies, particularly on the most vulnerable people in the Global South. As a result, subnational governments in provinces, cities, districts, and communities find themselves on the front line of copi…
This is the voluntary contribution of the local authority and urban practitioners for the Midterm Review of the Implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 (MTR SF). This report presents an analysis of the perspective of local authorities and urban practitioners on disaster risk reduction since the start of the Send…
UNDRR is supporting the regional review for the Pacific through various thematic studies, including Pacific Disaster Data, Review on Disabilities, Synthesis Paper on Gender in Building Community Resilience and Analysis of Climate and Disaster-Resilient Infrastructure in the Pacific. The present report is on the thematic study of local, indigenous and tr…
This is the outcome report of the Roundtable discussion with Parliamentarians on the Midterm Review of the Sendai Framework. The virtual roundtable discussion with parliamentarians, organized by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) and supported by the Climate Vulnerable Forum Global Parliamentary Group and GLOBE International,…
In this edition of Tsunami News, we explore examples of how governments and organizations around the world are increasing their levels of cooperation.
The Sendai Framework for Disaster Reduction identifies seven targets to be achieved by 2030, and UNDRR selected Target F as the focus for 2021. Target F is to “substantially enhance international co…