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Displaying 60 of about 61 resultsThe 2013 International Day for Disaster Reduction (IDDR) recognizes the critical role of persons with disabilities in fostering disaster resilience.
In observance of the IDDR 2013, the Permanent Missions of Indonesia and Norway to the UN, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) and the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (D…
The City of Hoboken is proud to announce the Hoboken Resilience Run, a 5K and Fun Run for post Hurricane Sandy recovery. The run, which will take place on Saturday, April 6, 2013, is being organized in support of a global UN initiative – the “Making Cities Resilient” campaign, led by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR).
In late October 2…
Barcarena took another step towards building its local resilience and risk reduction plan by holding three participatory workshops, from 11 to 13 September, to complete the assessment of the city's disaster resilience capacities.To this end, Barcarena completed three addenda to the Disaster Resilience Scorecard for Cities, with technical support from UN…
Disaster risks make up a high percentage of losses in relation to infrastructure, the economy and social sustainability in countries struck by disasters. The special representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), Mami Mizutori, supports the structuring of disaster prevention systems in vulnerable zones and th…
This book was published for launch at the third Session of Global Platform for Disaster Reduction (GPDR) and it is the latest in a series of volumes addressing natural disasters, and how their impact can be reduced by effective capacity building and prevention strategies.
The book presents a selection of examples and experiences of disaster reduction t…
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown the fragility of our global networks. A health crisis has shocked economies, policies, governance, trade, infrastructure. In short, it has changed today’s society and may well leave a significant mark on the shaping of tomorrow’s society.
The clearest lesson from the pandemic has been the necessity to be prepared for dis…
The COVID-19 crisis has demonstrated the importance of preparedness and the coordination capacities of national and regional disaster risk management agencies. The notes below includes good practices and lessons learned from Central America and the Dominican Republic.
The promotion of regional and cross-border cooperation mechanisms is essential…
On March 11, 2011 a 9.1 Magnitude undersea earthquake triggered a tsunami that engulfed more than 200 square miles of coastal land in northeast Japan. The world watched as TV news broadcast footage of 30-foot tsunami waves laying waste to entire towns. Over 20,000 people were killed by the tsunami and it was the elderly who suffered most. Fifty-se…
This country document for Saint Lucia represents a collaborative effort between DIPECHO partners in country and national authorities to provide a country document for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR). This document aims not only to orient ECHO/DIPECHO funding as with previous Country Documents, but based on the common format for such documents developed in…
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Este boletín informa sobre DIPECHO programa, que se concentra en reducir la vulnerabilidad de la población ante desastres de origen natural y tiene como objetivo mejorar las capacidades de las comunidades expuestas a estos riesgos para que estén mejor preparadas y protegidas. Entre los proyectos regionales en Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, Col…
A nightmare scenario for any community is to be taken by surprise in the middle of the night by a sudden disaster such as the mudslide that swept away hundreds of lives earlier this month in the Amazonian town of Mocoa in Putamayo, Colombia.
Heavy rain over a three-hour period combined with deforestation and unstable soils to reveal once more that huma…
Lydia Callis became an unlikely star of Superstorm Sandy as the sign-language interpreter during New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s televised press conferences on the storm.
Time magazine reported in October 2012: “During Bloomberg’s televised press conferences on the storm — delivered in his standard business-like fashion — Callis translated his…
NEW YORK, 8 November 2012 - UNISDR Chief, Margareta Wahlström, yesterday introduced the Secretary-General's Report on the Implementation of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction to Member States at the Economic and Financial Committee -- also known as the Second Committee - of the 67th session of the United Nations General Assembly.
The Rep…
RIO DE JANEIRO, 22 June 2012 - The largest UN summit ever organized closes today with an urgent worldwide call for accelerated implementation of the international blueprint for disaster risk reduction agreed by all UN member States seven years ago.
Against a backdrop of 1.3 million deaths, 4.4 billion people affected and $2 trillion in economic losses…
GENEVA, 14 August 2012 - Mexico is in the grips of one of the worst droughts in 70 years - a catastrophe which has devastated agricultural production for over one year now.
According to the National Water Commission the prolonged drought has affected 70 percent of the country and decimated agriculture in the states of Aguascalientes, Coahuila, Durango,…