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Displaying 30 of about 63 resultsMami Mitzutori, Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations for Disaster Risk Reduction and Head of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), visits Mexico's Chiapas state on Monday to see how an earthquake-destroyed village is rebuilding and how community projects are boosting resilience in the c…
Orientation to Local Level Disaster Risk Reduction and Making Cities Resilient (in English, French and Portuguese)
Looking beyond 2020, the MCR Campaign successor “Making Cities Resilient 2030 (MCR2030)”, to be launched at the end of 2020, aims to strengthen support to cities on their journey to reduce risks and build resilience. It is important that c…
Suva – In light of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with sudden and slow disasters, Fiji, the Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI) and Tuvalu are re-examining how their laws can be updated to better reflect the increasing complexity of disasters.
On top of the COVID-19 pandemic, the countries of the Pacific have had to deal with mult…
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, women leaders in the Pacific have been able to carve a larger space to bring the voices and perspectives of women and girls to the policy tables and influence disaster preparedness and response.
Ms Agnes Titus, of the Nazareth Centre for Rehabilitation in Bougainville, an autonomous region in Papua New Guinea, co…
The shared trauma and experiences of disasters over the decades have helped shape Japan’s unique disaster culture, where all segments of society contribute to disaster prevention and mitigation. The current COVID-19 pandemic has been no exception, and under the guidance and coordination of the central government, the private sector has emerged as a key…
Background and Introduction
Over the past 20 years disasters have affected 4.4 billion people, caused USD 2 trillion of damage and killed 1.3 million people. Disasters affected people living in developing countries and the most vulnerable communities within those countries. Over 95 percent of people killed by disasters are from developing count…
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Statement by Ms. Mami Mizutori
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction
Launch of Making Cities Resilient 2030
28 October 2020
The ten-year-old Making Cities Resilient Campaign concludes at the end of 2020.
Today I’m delighted to announce the launch of its successor – MCR2030 – after…
Core partners of Making Cities Resilient 2030 (MCR2030) officially launched its second phase today, with a global programme to support cities on the road to resilience.
The launch took place during the Daring Cities conference convened by Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI), one of the core partners of the initiative and 1,048 people…
A webinar on “Community-based disaster risk reduction approaches in the context of COVID-19 in Africa” was co-organized by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction Regional Office for Africa and the Global Network of Civil Society Organisations for Disaster Reduction (GNDR). The webinar was attended by 290 participants, which highlighted the impo…
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En el contexto actual de presiones crecientes sobre las comunidades, este programa busca facilitar la adquisición de conocimientos y herramientas, el aprendizaje y apoyo mutuo entre responsables de políticas públicas y profesionales técnicos para desarrollar estrategias de reducción de riesgo de desastres e…
Is your company ready to face the COVID 19 Crisis? (Spanish only)
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According to the ILO/UN, SMEs and their employees are an essential part of the economic and social fabric of daily life throughout the world. Today, this crucial role is threatened by the unprecedented consequences of COVID-19. In order to face this crisis, governm…
Humanitarian needs and challenges of the migrant population in the response to Covid-19
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Webinar hosted to raise awareness about the challenge migrants face in the midst of the COVID 19 crisis, and how organizations can adapt their traditional response to an inclusive one.
Panelists:
Jose Felix Rodriguez - Regional Coor…
Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá , 9 de marzo 2020 - Cuando la campesina Haydee Rodríguez habla, la gente escucha. Lo hacen porque su mensaje es poderoso: el valor de la comunidad en la reducción de riesgo y, más importante aún, el valor de las mujeres como líderes.
Rodríguez representa a la Unión Cooperativa Las Brumas, una organización de más de 2,500 mujere…
From blowing conch shells to ringing church bells and sending mobile phone alerts, Caribbean countries are looking at high and low-tech ways to alert citizens to run for safety in the face of tsunamis which could wreak havoc on unprepared communities.
While devastating hurricanes grab the headlines each year, experts say tsunami risk is high in the reg…
COVID-19 is both a health pandemic that is killing thousands and a socio-economic crisis that is threatening the welfare of millions. Although the pandemic affects people across all walks of life, certain groups are more impacted than others.
This brief, developed by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific,…