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Displaying 2085 of about 2093 resultsBEIJING, 16 May 2017 – China’s Minister of Civil Affairs has reaffirmed his country’s commitment to increasing international cooperation to address the common challenge of disasters.
Speaking in the lead-up to next week’s 2017 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, in Mexico, Mr. Huang Shuxian said China was willing to share its great experience…
MONTREAL, Canada, 9 March 2017 – The Americas region today took a landmark step on the road to resilience by adopting an action plan to tackle the huge array of natural and human-induced hazards that its dozens of countries and territories face.
After three days of talks, ministers gathered at the Canadian-hosted 5th Regional Platform for Disaster Risk…
PANAMA CITY, 29 December 2016 – Dozens of disaster risk management professionals from across the Americas have been schooled in how to pass on planning skills, thanks to a programme run by UNISDR’s Global Education and Training Institute.
With just three years left to meet an international target for increasing the number of countries with specific dis…
Geneva, 12 October 2017 - Following the devastation wrought on his Caribbean island home by Hurricane Maria, the Prime Minister of Dominica, Mr. Roosevelt Skerrit, is calling on the world not “to turn its back” on the problem of climate change and for greater investment in disaster risk reduction.
In a message for International Day for Disaster Re…
Geneva, 14 September 2017 - Mexico has been working to improve its early warning systems and disaster risk management for over three decades.
There are few countries in the world resilient enough to respond to a hurricane and the strongest earthquake in a century, accompanied by a tsunami threat, all within hours of each other. Such was the challenge t…
GENEVA, February 19, 2016 - The UN Global Champion for Resilience, Senator Loren Legarda of the Philippines, was conferred yesterday with the Legion of Honour award by the French government for her support to the COP21 in Paris last December which resulted in the Paris Agreement outlining concrete measures for climate change mitigation and adaptation.…
SIEM REAP, Cambodia, 1 February 2016 – Greater disaster resilience at community and national level is an important element of a new era of closer integration and cooperation in Southeast Asia, a high-level ASEAN-China cooperation forum was told today.
The 10 countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, whose combined population is 622 milli…
BALACLAVA, Mauritius, 23 November, 2016 - The challenge of how to ensure coherence across the key frameworks which comprise the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda is a hot issue for discussion this week at the 6th Session of the Africa Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction.
Concerns were addressed yesterday on how to avoid working in silo…
GENEVA, 18 November 2016 – Negotiators today wrapped up talks on how to measure global progress in implementing the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, the world’s most ambitious plan to date for curbing the impact of natural and human-induced hazards.
The weeklong session in Geneva of the Open-ended Intergovernmental Working Group on Indicat…
NEW DELHI, 3 November 2016 - Over 4,000 delegates, including representatives from over 40 countries, flocked to the opening today of the Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction which is the region’s first opportunity to review progress on implementing the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, the global plan for reducing di…
AQABA, 28 April 2015 – Models of local-level disaster risk reduction and management, the Jordanian cities of Aqaba and Petra are leading an initiative for five fellow municipalities which have stepped up their own efforts to build resilience.
Sharing lessons is a key part of UNISDR's Making Cities Resilient Campaign. Officials from the municipalities o…
SENDAI, 27 March 2015 – A five-day event held as part of the World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR) turned out to be a magnet for the public, drawing thousands of people keen to share experiences of disasters such as the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami, and to learn about everything from early warning systems to dry shampoo ha…
SENDAI, 14 March 2015 – Japanese Prime Minister, Mr. Shinzo Abe today announced that boosting women’s leadership in disaster risk reduction would be a key element of the country’s new programme of international support.
Prime Minister Abe said: “Today I announced Japan’s new cooperation initiative for disaster risk reduction. Under this initiative, ove…
13 March 2015, SENDAI – The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) today agreed to help pioneer a new ISO Standard in 45 cities already recognized for their commitment to keeping their citizens safe from a range of natural hazards including floods, storms and earthquakes.
The new ISO standard for resilient and sustainable cities – ISO 37120 – i…
Bangkok, 26 February, 2015 - The Manila Call to Action on Climate Change was launched today in the Philippines by UNISDR Champion and Philippines Senator, Loren Legarda, on the occasion of the State visit by French President, Francois Hollande.
Senator Legarda who is Chair of the Senate Committee on Climate Change, read the declaration with the Frenc…