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Background: Launched in May 2010, the Making Cities Resilient: 'My City is getting ready!' Campaign1, has been successful in raising awareness and political profile for disaster risk reduction (DRR) and resilience among cities. Upon the recommendation of partners and cities at the High-Level Forum on Implementing the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk…
Background Cities are hubs for ideas, commerce, culture, science, productivity, social development and much more. At their best, cities have enabled people to advance socially and economically. Yet now that half of the world’s population live in cities, making sustainable and resilient cities - amidst a changing climate, rapidly depleting resources, an…
  INTRO   Strengthening Capacities for Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilient Cities in Ningbo is co-organized by the ICLEI – Local Government for Sustainability and UNDRR ONEA-GETI, to introduce the cutting-edge knowledge, theory, tools, cases and international platforms of disaster risk reduction and resilient cities to relevant department…
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ABUJA, 15 May 2014 - From school to university education, from early warning to data collection, and from national development plans to community-based participation, Ethiopia has made solid gains in implementing the Hyogo Framework for Action, the global agreement on disaster risk reduction adopted in 2005. Yesterday was a day for sharing HFA experien…
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GENEVA, 15 July 2014 – Local communities are already leading the way in adopting a holistic approach to development, the Preparatory Committee of the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction heard today. Mr. Erling Kvernevik, Senior Advisor at the Norwegian Directorate for Civil Protection, said a quick look at what is happening day-in day-…
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TACLOBAN, 10 December 2013 – The City of Tacloban which accounts for almost 50% of the dead and displaced in the Typhoon Haiyan (known locally as Yolanda) disaster, is to hold a summit inviting mayors and other public representatives to come to the city to talk about the lessons learned for disaster risk management. The announcement comes with recognit…
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GENEVA, 28 November 2013 – The 10 essentials of the Making Cities Resilient have formed a key part of a series of ambitious local action plans to strengthen sustainable development in Lanzarote. A coalition of political representatives and 33 community sectors who comprise the Biosphere Reserve Committee have joined to drive the impressive effort to st…
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The Mayor of Nis, Mr. Zoran Perišic, and the Mayor of Strumica, Mr. Zoran Zaev, both oversaw events that emphasized reducing climate and disaster risk as a priority. 'Today I would like to send a strong message to everyone in the community in which we live that we really need to get ready and always focus most of our energy in terms of personal readine…
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GENEVA, 15 November 2013 – The prompt evacuation of 1,000 people from a tiny island that had all 500 houses destroyed by Typhoon Haiyan saved the entire population according to a local leader who has been a long-time champion for disaster risk reduction. The former Mayor of San Francisco, Cebu Province, Alfredo Arquillano, said years of work to strengt…
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GENEVA, 3 September 2013 – Double amputee Firoz Ali Alizada believes that people living with disabilities are the biggest untapped resource for disaster planners around the world. The 31-year-old uses the example of his home country Afghanistan where people living with disabilities remain on the margins of decision making despite providing such a compe…
GENEVA, 29 July 2013 – The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) and partners today launched the first-ever survey of people living with 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…
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These educational videos are meant to summarize the key actions governments and stakeholders can take to reduce disaster displacement. The videos, available in English (Timor-Leste), Tagalog (the Philippines), and Bahasa Indonesia, are based on the Checklist on Disaster Displacement and are meant to complement the Words into Action Guidelines on Disaste…
The Secretary of Integral Risk Management and Civil Protection of Mexico City has been recognized for her outstanding contribution to disaster resilience. Myriam Urzúa Venegas was awarded the first place in the 2022 Sasakawa Award at the VII Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, in Bali, Indonesia. Ms Venegas has dedicated 40 years to building s…
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22 March 2023 - 24 March 2023
Incheon, Republic of Korea
Event Date & Venue   Date: 22-24 March 2023 Venue: UNDRR Global Education and Training Institute (GETI). Incheon, Republic of Korea .   Organizers   UNDRR Office for Northeast Asia (ONEA) and Global Education and Training Institute (GETI) UNDRR Regional Office for Asia-Pacific (ROAP) Making Cities Resilient 2030 (MCR20…
Event Date & Venue   Date: 16 February 2023 Venue: UNDRR Global Education and Training Institute (GETI). Incheon, Republic of Korea .   Organizers   UNDRR Office for Northeast Asia (ONEA) and Global Education and Training Institute (GETI) Trilateral Cooperation Secretariat (TCS)   Course Background  …

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