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Displaying 15 of about 43 results… that coherent, efficient and effective policies on disaster management are needed now more than ever”. Ms … This can mean the difference between life and death when a disaster strikes. “Equally important, the revised legislative … us prepare better for the upcoming disasters. Successful disaster management is first and foremost about providing …
… implementation of the international blueprint for disaster risk reduction agreed by all UN member States seven … deaths, 4.4 billion people affected and $2 trillion in economic losses from disasters since the 1992 Rio Earth … deaths, 4.4 billion people affected and $2 trillion in economic losses from disasters since the 1992 Rio Earth …
… Geneva in May to discuss a new global framework to reduce disaster risk. Some 3,000 people are expected to attend this … the lives of 2.7 billion and caused over $1.3 trillion in economic losses. UNISDR Chief Margareta Wahlström, who is … in concrete efforts to turn back the tide of rising economic losses and fewer lives are being lost in major …
… 2011 – The new Government of Myanmar intends to adopt the disaster risk reduction plan that was drawn up after Cyclone … with the UN Secretary General’s Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction, Margareta Wahlström. Wahlström who heads UNISDR, the UN office responsible for disaster reduction, said today on her return from a four-day …
… Arab region to adopt an overarching National Strategy for Disaster Risk Management that balances corrective, … significant ongoing challenges. The head of Lebanon’s Disaster Risk Management Unit, Ms Nathalie Zaarour, said the … progress has been made towards a National Strategy for Disaster Risk Management that seeks to strengthen risk …
… and continued occurrence of disasters, the culture of disaster response is dominant for reducing risks in the Arab region. Although there is great interest in disaster response, it is not the systematic approach to deal … 1. That cooperation with the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) and the follow-up on the …
… for invigorating their country’s national platform for disaster risk reduction (DRR) or participating in it. It is … for invigorating their country’s national platform for disaster risk reduction (DRR) or participating in it. It is …
… programme of the third session of the Global Platform on disaster risk reduction, which main theme, 'Invest today for … topics: (A) reconstruction and recovery; (B) economics of disaster risk reduction; and (C) alliances with climate … for Action; (iii) the 2011 Global Assessment Report on disaster risk reduction; and (iv) the 2010 publication …
… UNDRR ROAMC & Arise Colombia Webinar - Business Disaster Management Plan Self-Assessment Tool Date : Tuesday, … a.m. to 12:00 noon (Panama time) United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction Regional - Office for the Americas … ARISE Colombia Network , formed by the National Unit for Disaster Risk Management, ANDI, Fenalco-Antioquia, Colombian …
… GENEVA, 5 March 2012 - The UN Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction, Margareta Wahlström, and HE Yoichi … have seen a significant improvement in the political and economic commitment to reducing risk and increasing … have seen a significant improvement in the political and economic commitment to reducing risk and increasing …
… GENEVA, 29 July 2013 – The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) and partners today launched … disabilities on their coping capacity in the face of a disaster event. Margareta Wahlström, head of UNISDR, said … today: “The survey will focus on a major blind spot in disaster management, the needs of the one billion or more …
… 2016, GENEVA – Analysis of twenty years of data on 7,056 disaster events in which 1.35 million people died, shows that … of inequality. High income countries suffer huge economic losses in disasters but people in low income … more than the average toll in high-income countries where economic losses are higher but systems are in place for early …
… at the Fourth Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction build on the Hyogo Framework for … integrating climate change adaptation, development and disaster risk reduction; (vii) the role of science; (viii) … and early warning; (x) private sector involvement in disaster risk reduction; (xii) political will and leadership; …
… with the aim of promoting a better understanding of disaster risk reduction (DRR), and the development of an … (IMU) of the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) secretariat that has been … with the aim of promoting a better understanding of disaster risk reduction (DRR), and the development of an …
… event that caught the world off guard. The World Economic Forum’s 2020 Global Risks Report, for example, did … such disasters. Key among them is the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 , which includes biological … prevention of COVID-19 and the mitigation of its social-economic impacts, according to Ms. Bazarragchaa Duudgai, a …