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Displaying 15 of about 92 resultsNEW YORK, 2 August 2013 – Why are persons with disabilities so disproportionately affected by disasters? This was the important, if often overlooked, question presented to the largest international meeting on disability issues, at the United Nations last week.
The answer, simply put, is because disaster prevention measures are designed and implemented…
Your Excellency Ms Pornprapai Ganjanarintr, Director-General, Department of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand;
Your Excellency Professor Piyasakol Sakolsatayadhorn, Minister of Health, Government of Thailand;
Dr Bruce Aylward, Executive Director a.i. Outbreaks and Health Emergencies, World Health Organization (WHO);…
This book was produced to mark the end of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR), a United Nations initiative to reduce the negative effects of natural disasters.
This volume communicates solutions to the problems associated with natural disasters, stimulating discussion and improvements in methods of protecting people and prop…
This Guide has been created to provide advice on useful strategies for implementing the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters (HFA). It represents a distillation of the wealth of experience that exists throughout the world on how to manage and reduce disaster risks. The Guide can help state…
Disaster Risk Management for Health Fact Sheets:
This fact sheet about mental health and psychosocial support in disaster risk reduction for health is divided into four sections: i) Key points ii) Why is this important? iii) What are the health risks? iv) Risk management considerations.
Mental health and psychosocial support key points:
-Mental healt…
Disaster Risk Management for Health Fact Sheets:
This fact sheet about mass fatalities/dead bodies in disaster risk reduction for health is divided into four sections: i) Key points ii) Why is this important? iii) What are the health risks? iv) Risk management considerations.
Mass fatalities/dead bodies key points: the health risk to the general public…
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The International Recovery Platform (IRP) was established in 2005 as an international source of knowledge on good recovery practice. In 2015, following the adoption of the Sendia Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, IRP embraced a more specialized role as an international mechanism for sharing experience and lessons associ…
From the onset of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic to its global spread, the crisis has had negative impacts on individuals, communities, and societies, particularly on the most vulnerable people in the Global South. As a result, subnational governments in provinces, cities, districts, and communities find themselves on the front line of copi…
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The building and construction sector globally represents a huge contribution to climate change and environmental issues. The sector is responsible for close to 40% of energy-related carbon emissions, plus 40% of virgin raw material use. Decarbonising, restoring our natural environment and enhancing…
With over 2400 participants from about 149 countries and territories, the first session of a new joint certification programme was held in June, focusing on an overall course introduction and key topics. Under the theme of “Build back better: Harnessing South-South cooperation and risk reduction planning for resilient and healthy cities in the post COVI…
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Date & Time
Date: 15 June 2021 (Tuesday)
Time: 8:00 Rio de Janeiro | 13:00 Barcelona/Brussels | 14:00 Nairobi | 20:00 Incheon
Duration: 45 minutes
Language: English, with simultaneous interpretation into French
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The project lab is part of the Eur…
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C40 Cities is one of the Core Partners of the Making Cities Resilient 2030 (MCR2030). This webinar aims to provide an introduction to C40 and the service offered by its Adaptation Programme and Climate Finance Facility which can support cities to progress along the resilience roadmap.…
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Government of Indonesia
From Risk to Resilience: Towards Sustainable Development for All in a COVID-19 Transformed World
The Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction is the main global forum to assess and discuss progress on the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. The seventh session of the Global Platf…
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Background
COVID-19 has been a massive challenge for cities that are being tested with extremes of COVID-19 spread, with simultaneous health, social and economic crises. Cities and local authorities who are at the forefront of combatting COVID-19, with continuous management of a wide range of public health o…
Context and Justification
Over the past 20 years disasters have affected 4.4 billion people, caused USD 2 trillion of damage and killed 1.3 million people. Disasters affected people living in developing countries and the most vulnerable communities within those countries. Over 95 percent of people killed by disasters are from developing countri…