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Displaying 3 of about 3 resultsYAOUNDE, 7 August 2015 – Recovering from floods that killed dozens of people and displaced thousands in June and July, Cameroon is working to rein in risk in its fast-growing urban centres.
The capital Yaoundé, with 1.8 million people, and 1.9-million-strong maritime metropolis Douala are both highly flood prone. Over the past two months, some 40,000 p…
GENEVA, 18 August 2015 – UNISDR has added new momentum to the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, a 15-year international plan to curb deaths and economic damage caused by natural and man-made hazards.
The 'Words into Action' process, launched today, will gather experts from around the globe to shape by the end of 2016 a…
La Oficina de Naciones Unidades para la reducción del riesgo de desastres, conocida por sus siglas en inglés como UNISDR (United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction) conjuntamente con el Consorcio de Seguridad y Emergencia de Lanzarote en su calidad de Socio de la Campaña de Ciudades Resilientes, tienen el placer de organizar estas Jornadas de Tr…