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Displaying 15 of about 109 results… This report evaluates total disaster-related economic losses and fatalities between 1998 … In 1998-2017, disaster-hit countries experienced direct economic losses valued at US$ 2,908 billion, of which …
… city of Makati is striving for a comprehensive disaster risk management plan that strengthens the resilience … linked with the national and international frameworks for disaster risk reduction,” said Ms Liza Velle Ramos, the Acting Head of Research and Planning of Makati’s Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office. The challenge, …
… Indonesia, at the Fifth Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR) where the devastating … occurred in Asia causing more than US$294 billion in economic losses out of an estimated US$366 billion … weather-related disasters but everyone is struggling with economic losses and the impact on jobs, housing, industry, …
… to mark the end of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR), a United Nations initiative to … the IDNDR initiative, bringing issues concerning natural disaster management to a wider audience. … This book was … to mark the end of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR), a United Nations initiative to …
… is happening on the ground and who’s affected following a disaster. The tools combined with user-generated content also … into vulnerabilities and risks that a community faces pre-disaster,” says Margareta Wahlström, the UN’s disaster risk reduction chief. “Given our ability as a …
… the 375 bunkhouses which are expected to be built in the disaster zone between now and Christmas. In short, it’s a familiar scenario identified by schoolchildren from disaster zones around the world who drew up the Children’s Charter for Disaster Risk Reduction two years ago. On the other side of …
… countries are faring, or not, with the implementation of disaster risk reduction education seven years after such … Framework for Action (HFA). The HFA - the 10-year global disaster risk reduction action plan agreed upon in 2005 - established five priorities to reduce disaster risks. Among them is Priority Action 3 - a global …
… 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 …
… The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 outlines seven clear … and losses in lives, livelihoods and health and in the economic, physical, social, cultural and environmental assets … the loss of life or injury, property damage, social and economic disruption or environmental degradation. Hazards can …
… Following the adoption of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 last March 2015, and … to overcome disaster, health, food, environmental and economic insecurities, and thus enhance human security of the … to overcome disaster, health, food, environmental and economic insecurities, and thus enhance human security of the …
… In 2016 the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) commissioned the development … indirect impacts of disaster – such as physical, social, economic, environmental and institutional. They would also … and losses of life, livelihoods and health, and losses of economic, physical, social, cultural and environmental assets …
… 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 …