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Displaying 105 of about 1717 resultsGeneva – As a region hard hit by weather-related events, UNISDR is urging Asian government ministers meeting at the Fourth Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction this Monday to incorporate disaster risk reduction as part of their national policies to cope with climate change, and with it, more predicted floods, cyclones and drought.
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The campaign was officially launched in the Arab region by Margareta Wahlström, Special Representative for the Secretary-General on Disaster Risk Reduction, followed by a roundtable discussion between city officials from Arab cities participating in the campaign, in the margins of the General Assembly of Arab Towns Organization.
Shanghai Forum on Disaster Risk Reduction, 28-31 July 2010
150 participants from local governments around the world, national representatives, academia, civil society and private sector exhibitors met in the “Forum on Disaster Risk Reduction”, held in Shanghai from 28-31 July 2010. The Forum was held within the context of the global campaign “Making Ci…
INDONESIA PLEDGES SAFETY OF OVER 3,000 SCHOOLS AND 100-PLUS HOSPITALS
Education and Heath ministries join “One Million Safe Schools and Hospitals Campaign”
Jakarta, 29 July 2010 – Indonesia today committed to increase the safety of 3,156 schools and 105 hospitals as part of its engagement to the One Million Safe Schools and Hospitals Campaign, launched…
Philippine Mayors Join Global Campaign to Make Cities Resilient
Bangkok, July 26, 2010 – Last week three new mayors from the Philippines became part of the World Disaster Reduction Campaign Making Cities Resilient: My City is Getting Ready, joining 60 other mayors from around the world already committed to the campaign.
As signatories to the campaign…
ECOSOC Side Event 2010/ New York
Resilient Cities: Disaster Risk Reduction in an Urbanizing World
Highlights in a nutshell:
• Cities are engines for development, prosperity, innovation and hope, and therefore they will soon be home to two thirds of the global population. But they are also home to one billion poor people living in informal settlements…
"Making Cities Resilient", the global biannual awareness campaign 2010 - 2011, is launched today, Sunday 30 May 2010 in Bonn, Germany.
The campaign aims at strengthen a city’s readiness to reduce disaster impacts, by raising awareness and boost commitment for sustainable development practices that will increase a city’s well-being and safety.
PPRD South Programme press release - Much more than a Programme web site
Today, 14 April 2010, the EU-funded Programme on Prevention, Preparedness and Response to Natural and Man-made Disasters (PPRD South) is officially launching its web portal.
The portal is based on collaborative editing, with national civil protection authorities from each of the…
The extended Africa Programme of Action for the Implementation of the Africa Regional Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction was adopted by African ministers. The ministers were among more than 250 participants from 42 African countries who gathered at the Second Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction that took place from 14 to 16 April 2010 a…
When disasters strike, people in unsafe schools and hospitals are at the greatest risk of losing their lives. The facts bear the ugly truth: In September 2009, tropical storm Ondoy (Ketsana) brought down a total of 42 primary and secondary schools in Metro Manila, Philippines, alone, with damage reaching USD 1.6 million.
Also in September 2009, the 7.…
As the world celebrates World Humanitarian Day, UNISDR, the strategic arm of the United Nations working on disaster risk reduction, recognizes the valuable contribution of humanitarian workers who risk their lives everyday to help others, whilst emphasizing their crucial role in reducing disaster risk.
“On this day we recognize the importance of humani…
GENEVA, 4 July 2011 – As Europe and North America move into the summer season, the risk of wildfires will increase. While these natural hazards may not get the attention of earthquakes, tsunamis and cyclones, their destructive potential is considerable and reducing the risks they present should be a priority for countries who face this threat.
Over two…
Cairo, 9 June - The first comprehensive training on Disaster Risk Reduction in the Arab region gathered thirty leading specialists to discuss regional and global disaster risk trends. The course, organized by the UNDP Regional Centre for Arab States in Cairo (RCC), was held from 23-26th May in Cairo and provided valuable insight on disaster risk assessm…
Disasters are not natural; hazards are, says a new UNISDR media book launched at the Third Session of the Global Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction last week by Tim Sebastian of BBC Hard Talk.
“Around twenty years ago I covered an earthquake in El Salvador and I wish I had had this book with me at the time. Nobody told me I had to go beyond the broken…
Cairo, 22 May - The United Nations report titled “Revealing risk, redefining Development”, launched this May by United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon at the Third Session of the Global Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction in Geneva, reveals a new interest and concern for disaster risk reduction in the Middle East and North Africa.
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