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Displaying 15 of about 50 resultsNEW YORK, 13 April 2012 - There was a strong call for "the incorporation of disaster risk reduction in any future framework for sustainable development" during the UN General Assembly Thematic Debate on Disaster Risk Reduction yesterday which served as a major curtain raiser for Rio+20.
Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Bob Carr, delivered a sta…
GENEVA, 13 August 2012 - A new study by UNICEF and UNESCO is a timely assessment of just how some countries are faring, or not, with the implementation of disaster risk reduction education seven years after such education was requested by the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA).
The HFA - the 10-year global disaster risk reduction action plan agreed upon…
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…
This issue includes:
Editorial -
Voices & Ideas:
- Chosica: Prevention Bears Fruit
- Crisis or Mitigation?: The role of relationships between institutions and communities in disaster recovery assistance
- Contingency plans for coping with disasters: A need that cannot be postponed
- Agents of Change: The Role of Children and Youth in Disaster
-…
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Boletín informativo sobre actividades desarrolladas por los socios DIPECHO América del Sur, con financiamiento de la Unión Europea a través de su Departamento de Ayuda Humanitaria y Protección Civil de la Comisión Europea.
In English:
This informative bulletin addresses activities being developed by partners within the framework of DIPECH…
This study consists of a desk analysis of ten initially selected countries using available information provided by key informants from institutions working in those selected countries in disaster reduction project in the education sector. The four main dimensions identified are as follows: (i) hazards and risks knowledge, (ii) structural and non structu…
Background and Introduction
“Making cities sustainable and resilient: implementing the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 at the local level” is a three-year initiative by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) and United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), supported by the European Commission…
La Secretaría de Gestión del Riesgo de Desastres de la Presidencia del Consejo de Ministros del Perú, el Centro Nacional de Estimación, Prevención y Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres (CENEPRED), el Instituto Nacional de Defensa Civil (INDECI) y la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas para la Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres (UNISDR), junto con los socios del…
This study examines areas in Africa, South America and the Arab region subject to different levels of both land degradation (LD) and agricultural drought hazard (ADH). The authors estimate crop losses related to the impacts of drought and land degradation combined.
The conclusions warn that drought and land degradation could impact…
This document reports on experiences and lessons learned at the national and local level of the Andean and Central American countries surrounding concepts, policies, strategies and tools, capabilities and needs, networking, education, risk management and investment planning for development.
One of the main contributions of the document, which also incl…
PANAMA CITY, 22 December 2016 – A network of hundreds of cities across South America has pledged to step up regional efforts to reduce disaster risk and boost sustainable development.
The 21st edition of the Mercocities Summit, held in Santa Fe, Argentina, put the focus squarely on the links between climate change, poverty and damaging development.
“W…
This publication provides 35 good practices and lessons learned as concrete examples of how to make children safer in their classrooms and educate them about disasters.
PANAMA CITY, 12 October 2016 - The El Niño weather phenomenon was first named by fishermen in Peru where records going back 500 years have detailed its destructive impact especially along the northern coast where it often hits hardest.
When the most recent El Niño was first forecast it stirred fearful memories of the 9,300 people who lost their lives i…
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El objetivo general del taller es generar un espacio para la reflexión y el intercambio de experiencias en materia de fortalecimiento de la organización y la coordinación de los Sistemas / Plataformas Nacionales derivados del trabajo en torno al análisis de procesos de gestión del riesgo realizados en la Subregión Andina, haciendo énfasis en…
Job Opening number : 15-United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction Secretariat-42904-Consultant
United Nations Core Values: Integrity ● Professionalism ● Respect for diversity
Duties And Responsibilities
Promote activities and processes, in coordination with personnel of UNISDR Americas and the regional liaison officer, for the di…