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Displaying 90 of about 95 resultsEuropean governments must include effective risk communication in their disaster risk reduction plans, making science-based information more understandable to more people, leaders agreed at a two-day meeting in Bucharest last week.The recent COVID-19 pandemic and climate change crises have shown how misinformation and disinformation can spread fast thro…
ISTANBUL, Turkey, 27 March 2017 – Turkey’s efforts to curb the threat of earthquakes and harness the power of youth to tackle hazards have been honoured with a pan-European award for innovative approaches to reducing disaster risk.
Turkey’s Directorate General for Education, Culture and Research at the Ministry of Youth and Sport received the Damir Cem…
INCHEON, Republic of Korea, 21 October 2016 – Disasters present a whole host of risks for children, from threats to their health, psychosocial well-being, protection and nutrition, to disruption of education, all with potentially long-lasting consequences. According to UNISDR’s flagship Global Assessment Report, at least 66 million youngsters are affect…
Incheon, 1 April, 2015 – The popular child-friendly version of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction is to be translated into Korean after 400 children and youth met in Incheon to discuss the meaning of disaster risk reduction and how they can become agents of change in their own homes and communities.
They were inspired to meet by…
The High School Students Summit on World Tsunami Awareness Day 2018 is organized by the Japanese organizers (Wakayama Prefectural Government / Wakayama Prefectural Board of Education / Hirogawa Town / Hirogawa Town Board of Education), in cooperation with the UNISDR Office in Japan as the co-organizer, and the Government of Japan and other partners as t…
Hosted by the Government of Colombia in cooperation with the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), the Regional Platform will represent an opportunity for governments, the private sector, civil society and other actors in the Americas to exchange experiences regarding the implementation of the Regional Action Plan, agreed in March…
The Model Safe School Programme (MSSP) is designed to assist Participating States with implementing processes that result in safer and greener educational facilities. Its Toolkit comprises a policy that can be adopted by governments and Ministries of Education, tools for assessing the level of safety and greenness of schools, a template Emergency/Disast…
After a two-year interruption due to the Covid-19 pandemic, students from around the world gathered again this year – both virtually and in person – to discuss, learn from each other, and reaffirm their commitment to disaster risk reduction.
248 students unite around DRR
The High School Students Summit on World Tsunami Awareness Day 2022 was held this…
This reference document was developed in preparation for the 66th period of sessions of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), which will be held in March 2022 with the priority theme “Achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls in the context of climate change, environmental and disaster risk reduction policies and progra…
On October 9, the Committee for Emergency Situations and Civil Defense under the Government of Tajikistan, in collaboration with the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia (UNDRR ROECA), and with the support of the EU, organized a drawing contest with children, dedicated to the International Day for Disast…
Suva – The second Pacific Resilience Meeting (PRM) has closed, focusing on discussion and recommendations around the Framework for Resilient Development in the Pacific (FRDP)’s ten Guiding Principles and three Goals which fall into four ‘standards’ for resilience; Integrate, Include, Inform, and Sustain.
The meeting, held virtually this time due to…
Investments in safe schools provide economic returns for society and also contribute to economic recovery, according to the latest evidence. They represent a clear way to finance risk reduction initiatives in the education sector and are a direct contribution to the creation of more resilient societies.
The suspension of classes for more than a y…
Ms Mami Mizutori, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction will present a "Lecture on Disaster Risk Reduction and the Role of Science and Technology and Youth towards Resilient Communities".
Thie lecture is organized by An-Najah National University (ANNU) which is a Palestinian non-governmental…
Resilient infrastructure protects people during disasters and enables communities to recover quickly in the immediate aftermath of a crisis.
Two examples from Vanuatu during and after Tropical Cyclone Harold – a Category 5 storm – illustrate the point powerfully.
During the devastating storm, the two classrooms of Balon School on the island of Santo…
The future is in good hands. The young people who participated in the “Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Change Youth Forum”, held on August 12th in the framework of International Youth Day, showed great interest in becoming even more involved in the design and planning of disaster risk reduction strategies and actions to combat climate change.…