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Training Workshop Event As part of activities under Track I of the GFDRR in Africa, the UN/ISDR and the World Bank together with a number of ISDR system partners, including UNDP/Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Reduction (BCPR) and the ProVention Consortium, under the auspices of the African Union, will sponsor a training workshop for Sub-Saharan Afric…
SMEs are the bedrock of global, national, and local markets, supporting 50% of global GDP and employing two of every three people. When disaster strikes, SMEs are hit harder, bearing around 75% of losses experienced by businesses. SMEs also suffer longer and are slower to recover than larger businesses. The UN Global Compact Network South Africa (GCNSA)…
This report aims to answer the questions: i) how can decentralisation strengthen disaster risk reduction (DRR), and ii) what obstacles are encountered and how can these be overcome. The evidence in this report is drawn from a global literature review and field research in Colombia, Indonesia, Mozambique and South Africa. The authors propose a deco…
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This issue addresses disaster risk by highlighting the action undertaken by the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) and its partners to reduce the impacts of natural hazards in Africa. Its content includes: - Africa agrees on a common position for Durban - International Day for Disaster Reduction 2011 - Southern Africa…
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This issue of Africa Informs covers disaster risk reduction (DRR) activities in Sub Saharan Africa at regional, sub regional and national level. It is intended to provide an advocacy platform, targeting regional and sub-regional fora, in order to increase the understanding and knowledge of DRR. This issue includes: Disaster risk reduction at regional…
RABAT, 4 October 2013 - A leading academic has called on universities to engage more with vulnerable communities and to empower local disaster managers in their efforts to address various daunting challenges. Dr. Mateugue Diack, of the University of Gaston Berger, in Saint-Louis, Senegal, highlighted a new Master's programme aimed at "training vulnera…
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This issue includes: - From the Editor: an abortive debate - Partners in Action - UN/ISDR Africa in Action - Disaster Reduction in Africa - Views & Reviews - ISDR National Platforms in Action
This note reports on examples of recent experience in eight countries where national and local governments and civil society participants have worked to strengthen their disaster risk reduction and adaptation actions. These cases, along with similar experience in other countries, provide a number of useful insights and lessons for climate change negotia…
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GENEVA, 14 December 2011 - The UN office for disaster risk reduction, UNISDR, and ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability have completed a four-month pilot test of the Local Government Self-Assessment Tool (LG-SAT) designed to help disaster risk reduction efforts in over 1,000 cities and local governments that have signed up to UNISDR's global "Makin…
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DURBAN, 9 December 2011 - Ten years after the first Funds were established to support adaptation activities in developing countries, the world, and Africa in particular, is waiting to see if a deal can be brokered this weekend at the UN Climate Change Conference in Durban which would amount to a quantum leap in the finance available to reduce disaster r…
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DURBAN, 8 December 2011 - While good news remains in short supply from the main climate change talks here in Durban, there is a growing sense that local government is taking the lead on mitigation and adaptation without waiting for their central governments to direct their efforts. The World Green Building Council has just awarded Mexico City the prest…
DURBAN, 6 December 2011 - According to a new UNISDR policy brief launched today at the Durban COP 17, although African countries are committed to reducing flood and drought risks, current investments are found to be wanting, particularly in development sectors. These findings were distributed today as representatives from 194 countries are currently ad…
Cape Town, 1 March -- Over the years, Africa has continued to face recurrent and severe effects of climate change like droughts and floods, resulting in crop failures and famine. Worse still, rapid urbanization has introduced new risks, such as failed infrastructure, a proliferation of informal settlements and population growth. By 2030, experts say Af…
By Sarah Wakasa Gaborone, 26 October 2011 – When unexpectedly heavy floods displaced more than a million people in southern Africa in 2007, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) began to meet annually to prepare for future occurrences, culminating in the creation of the SADC Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction this month. The co…
To address the complexity of disaster risk reduction (DRR), governments collectively called for the establishment of multi-stakeholders platforms for DRR through UN resolutions, including; ECOSOC resolution 1999/63 in 1999, UN General Assembly Resolution A/RES/59/231 in 2005 and the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015(HFA) adopted in 2005. In response…

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