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Displaying 570 of about 695 resultsThis report provides an update on UNISDR progress midway through the 2012–2013 biennium. It contains three main sections: (i) 2012 highlights, in which UNISDR has selected 7 areas of significant achievement to highlight how UNISDR has contributed to political change, working with new partners ensuring a broad spectrum of actors are committed to reducing…
National and local governments, civil society representatives, the private sector, academia and the United Nations system gathered virtually in July 2020 for the annual High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF). Discussions on this year’s theme of “Accelerated action and transformative pathways: realizing the decade of actio…
Resilience can be created anywhere - even at the kitchen table.In the documentary “Tsunami Ladies”, producers Emiliano Rodríguez Nuesch and Víctor Orellana show how the women fed neighbors and helped revive their local economies after the tsunamis that hit Chile in 2010 and Japan the following year.
In the past two decades, earthquakes and tsunamis were the deadliest form of disasters accounting for 58% of total disaster deaths, according to the Human Cost of Disasters report, released this year by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR). During this time, the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami was the single largest disaster by death toll, result…
Date: February 24, 2021
Time: 11:00 am (EST)
Plataform: Zoom. Registration link: https://undrr.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcsduGppzsjE9BmlsQJiD1PGX9xTvp69UmE
Event available in English and Spanish
In the Americas and the Caribbean, sustainable development is linked to the development of their cities. In an urban region, cities are the scena…
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…
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UNESCO, UNDRR, UNDP Accelerator Lab, and U-INSPIRE Alliance are implementing a series of activities around promoting Future Thinking on Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience. The aim of these activities is to leverage the collective intelligence and frontier thinking of youth and young professi…
The UNDRR Regional Office for the Arab States (ROAS) participated in the Dubai International Humanitarian Aid and Development Conference and Exhibition – DIHAD that is held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister of United Arab Emirates, Ruler of Dubai.
The Conference and Exhibition wer…
Suva – Strengthening inclusion is the pathway to preventing and reducing disaster and climate risk in some of the Pacific region’s most vulnerable and marginalised communities.
In a Pacific-wide discussion, four speakers shared their reflections and experience on how to support and strengthen the climate and disaster resilience of women, children,…
The COVID-19 pandemic was in many an unexpected event that caught the world off guard. The World Economic Forum’s 2020 Global Risks Report, for example, did not include pandemics in its list of 10 most likely risks.
However, while the pandemic was unexpected, it was not unavoidable.
A number of global framework and guidelines were developed in recent…
This Communication and Sensitization (C&S) strategy will target children and youth, local communities, and media across the island states of Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, and Seychelles with the ultimate aim of ensuring that the concept of disaster risk is taken into consideration at every level of society. This C&S strategy aligns with the gl…
Mauritius is a Small Island Developing State off the eastern coast of Africa in the Indian Ocean. Its location and size make it especially vulnerable to cyclones. As a result, it was selected as one of the 30 countries prioritized under the Early Warnings for All (EW4All) initiative, which is a global effort to ensure everyone on Earth is cov…
Abu Dhabi, 31 May 2023 – The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) – Regional Office for Arab States (ROAS), in collaboration with the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union, the Private Sector Alliance for Disaster Resilient Society (ARISE-UAE), and ThinkProp real estate training institute organized “Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Cha…
GENEVA, 31 July 2014 – To celebrate its global alliance with TV broadcasters and the role they played in the past ten years to advance the disaster risk reduction agenda, the UN office for Disaster Risk Reduction is teaming up with the Asian Broadcasting Union (ABU) and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and launching its first Disaster Risk Reductio…
The city of Dubrovnik, in collaboration with the UNISDR Regional Office for Europe is organizing an expert meeting with local and national authorities involved in disaster risk reduction.
Dubrovnik intends to celebrate its participation in the UNISDR "Making Cities Resilient" Campaign and increase the awareness of its citizens on the actions that have…