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Displaying 75 of about 139 resultsThe European Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction (EFDRR) is intended to serve as a forum to stimulate and facilitate the exchange of information and knowledge among participating National HFA Focal Points, National Platforms and regional/sub regional partners: it facilitates discussion and advances on disaster risk reduction issues in a coordinated way at…
This publication summarises the findings of an independent assessment of the South Eastern Europe Disaster Risk Mitigation and Adaptation Programme (SEEDRMAP). It highlights the achievements and the challenges faced by SEEDRMAP and provides recommendations for a sustainable long term impact of the programme and the promotion of disaster risk reduction (…
This publication is a compilation of good practices and lessons learned on early warning systems at different scales. Covered are natural hazards such as wildland fire, drought, floods, tsunami and extreme weather events. It highlights the importance of having an integrated approach on the relevance of community participation in planning and managing ea…
This report gives a summary of the meeting, as well as recommendations to integrate disaster management and risk reduction as a part of the development agenda, through disaster risk reduction training and capacity building, and comprehensive disaster risk reduction planning processes and frameworks at national and local level.
Based on the communalitie…
BRUSSELS, 4 July 2019 - The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), the European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats (Hybrid CoE) and the Ministry of the Interior for Finland have joined together to develop a new stress test tool that will help countries understand and improve their ability to reduce risk of hybrid threats and casc…
INCHEON, 18 March 2019 – Competing priorities, changes in political leadership and insufficient capacities.
These are just some of the challenges facing cities around the world as they prepare their disaster risk reduction plans and enhance resilience to future shocks.
Representatives from twenty cities in the Making Cities Resilient Campaig…
Geneva, 4 December 2018 – The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) has launched a new mechanism for engaging with partners in implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.
The mechanism, which recognizes the need for a multi-sectoral approach to disaster risk reduction, was launched at a partners meeting held…
Bonn, 26 September 2018 – Efforts to improve collection of data on disaster losses are being stepped up by UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR).
Key to these efforts is improved understanding and use of the online Sendai Framework Monitor (SFM), launched in March, to monitor progress on implementing the global plan to reduce disast…
GENEVA, 7 March 2018 - Marking International Women’s Day on March 8, UN Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction, Ms. Mami Mizutori made an appeal today for UN Member States to provide better data on the impacts of disasters on women and girls.
“There is no doubt that if we have a better understanding of the extent to which a disproportionate…
This document gives an overview of the Service of Civil Protection in Moldova, its structure and framework, interventions related to floods, and cooperation initiated with other institutions.
The paper concludes that the collaboration between all institutions and organisations is very important when floods occur and affect towns and villages. In a…
This report analyses disaster risks for South Eastern Europe at both the country and sub-regional levels, emphasizing transboundary disaster risks and their effects. Risk assessments for all the member countries have been prepared, and country-level and regional issues and potential areas of cooperation are addressed. The report was developed by the Sou…
CANCUN, Mexico, 26 May 2017 – The sound of a brass band cover of the iconic song Ghost Town and the sharp-tongued advice of human hazard Sue Nami have echoed in the packed halls of the 2017 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, thanks to an art installation that aims to entertain and spark debate.
“We created this in order to try a new approach,…
2 February 2017, NEW YORK/GENEVA – The United Nations General Assembly today adopted a resolution containing indicators for measuring global progress in reducing disaster losses.
The same resolution also includes a comprehensive A to Z overhaul of terminology related to disaster risk reduction to guide policymakers and decision-makers working on…
GENEVA, 2 February 2017 – Sites such as mangroves, coral reefs, flood plains or peat marshes are natural buffers against weather hazards including storms and floods, according to experts marking this year’s World Wetlands Day.
“Disasters and disaster risk are rising,” said Ms. Jane Madgwick, Chief Executive Officer of Wetlands International. “Ninety pe…
YEREVAN, 13 December 2016 – Countries around the world need to bridge gaps in public understanding of disaster risk, otherwise they will keep facing human and economic blows, according to experts at an international conference.
Scores of specialists have gathered this week in the Armenian capital Yerevan to share lessons on connecting the “last mile” b…