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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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NEW YORK, 20 July 2016 - Strong leadership is critical to ensure that no one is left behind amid global efforts to achieve sustainable development by 2030, the United Nations’ top disaster risk reduction official has told a high-level global forum. “The best evidence of leadership is the ability to reach the marginalized and disadvantaged poor,” Mr. Ro…
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ASUNCIÓN, 9 June 2016 - The Americas have reached a new level in their drive to curb disaster risk in one of the most hazard-exposed regions of the world, UNISDR’s head Mr. Robert Glasser has told ministerial talks hosted by Paraguay. “I believe this meeting marks the beginning of a new phase in the region’s growing sophistication when it comes to stre…
As a result of a request of the government of Panama, UNISDR lead an inter agency mission to develop the first national assessment on disaster risk reduction, which will be officially launched at this high-level event.
Se realizó en Honduras el día 9 de Octubre el “Taller Nacional de Consulta y Divulgación sobre Gestión Integral del Riesgo”, evento realizado en conmemoración del Día Internacional para la Reducción de los Desastres. El Taller fue un espacio donde representantes del gobierno nacional, organismos intergubernamentales, organismos internacionales, donante…
Rio+20 Side Event: DRR is widely identified as a critical issue in Rio+20. It is in this connection that a number of Rio+20 side events related to reducing risk and strengthening resilience are being organized by Governments, UN system, Major Groups and IGOs. UNISDR together with partners- ICLEI, UCLG, IFRC, UN Habitat , the Permanent Missions…
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This regional disaster report for Latin America and the Caribbean seeks to understand how past trends can lead to a safer futurea safer and more prepared future. The report comes amid projections of an above-normal 2023 Atlantic hurricane season that has already affected parts of the Caribbean and of the El Niño phenomenon persisting through the remaind…
This contributing paper examines and describes the complexity and the challenges associated with climate change and systemic risks, presents some systemic frameworks of mental health determinants, and provides an overview of the different types of psychosocial impacts of disasters. Through various Quebec case studies and using lessons learned from past…
The application in Costa Rica of the Global Risk Assessment Framework (GRAF) has been vital for constructing the foundations of governance with a systemic and better focus for reducing risks in this country.  This was one of the conclusions arising at the session on progress and challenges for the application of GRAF in Latin American countries, h…
Webinar on the Comprehensive Climate and Disaster Risk Management and introduction to the training that follows in 2022. Date: Friday December 17th Time:  10:00-11:30 Caribbean Time (AST)   This webinar aims to provide an overview of the comprehensive climate and disaster risk management (CRM) and to introduce a course to capacitate pa…
The second Panel of the International Forum “Connect RN” on “Paving the way to Resilient and Sustainable Cities” explored how Latin American and European cities are innovating to become more resilient and sustainable in face of the global challenges posed by climate change and world pandemics. Moderated by MCR2030 Technical Advisors, the Panel that to…
When COVID began to infiltrate the Caribbean, the World Food Programme (WFP) quickly contacted governments to find how to best help funnel cash to people left struggling to feed their families as jobs began to melt away.   For Dominica, helping rapidly digitalize the country's largely paper-based data collection and payment systems was the speedie…
Brazil is not an exception to the increasing frequency and intensity of droughts in several countries. However, assessing the spatial and temporal identification of drought episodes is an extremely complex process. Drought indices are particularly useful for characterizing water deficit, as well as for monitoring the impact of climate variability o…
Critical infrastructure systems provide vital resources and services to the population, commercial ventures, industrial operations, government entities, as well as to other interdependent critical infrastructure. These infrastructure systems depend upon extensive interconnections with one another; thus, the consequences resulting from one infrastructure…
The Country Document for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) presents a 2016 analysis of the status of DRR in Antigua and Barbuda. It identifies priorities and proposes strategies for the comprehensive national management of risk with the protection of human life and the environment as main goals. This Country Document was prepared within the international c…

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