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Displaying 255 of about 435 resultsPANAMA, 18 January, 2016 - The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) has launched an awards scheme for 2016 which seeks to support national and regional efforts to reduce disaster loss and the impacts of climate change.
CDEMA includes some of the most disaster prone small island States in the world, exposed to sea-level rise, stor…
SENDAI, 16 March 2015 – A UNISDR private sector champion today called for the high standards that are typically applied to major infrastructure projects to be the benchmark for the majority of urban areas that are residential and home to small businesses.
Mr. Aris Papadopoulos, retired CEO for Titan America and the first Chair of UNISDR’s Private Secto…
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Sub-national resilience is built by harnessing the strengths and contributions of multiple stakeholders, including private sector entities. As primary innovators and investors, the private sector has a vested interest in making cities work. They may also have the expertise and technical skills loca…
The first meeting of the IAP in 2009 will focus on preparations for the Second Session of the Global Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction, which will be held in Geneva Switzerland in June 2009. In addition the meeting will include talks on the follow-up action to the Third Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, which called on the ISDR…
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The International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (launched by UN General Assembly in 2000) and the adoption by States of the “Hyogo Framework for Action 2010-2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters” (HFA) has provided strong impetus to the overall goal to ‘substantially reduce disaster losses in the social, econom…
Disasters unfold across national boundaries, involving a range of interrelated hazards and complex dynamics. To tackle disaster risks and build resilience in the face of increasing climate-related disasters, it will require a united effort to move beyond working in silos.
“Member states, the UN system, governments – whether national, local or community…
The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) and the International Real Estate Federation (FIABCI) signed a global partnership agreement aiming to foster a culture of prevention and resilience in the real estate sector through advocacy and promotion of standards and tools to support sustainable and resilient infrastructure.
The UNDRR,…
REGISTER HERE The Arab-Africa Science, Technology, Policy & Private Sector Nexus for Disaster Risk Reduction is a joint conference hosted by the Government of Tunisia under the auspices of H.E. Ahmed al-Hachani, the Prime Minister of Tunisia and in collaboration with UNDRR.The conference will bring together multi-stakeholder contributors, inclu…
Dubai, 1 May 2023, The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, Regional Office for Arab States participated in the ministerial debate at the Arabian Travel Market in Dubai, UAE, which is the market-leading, international travel and tourism event unlocking business potential within the Middle East for inbound and outbound tourism professionals…
The Caribbean, a region highly vulnerable to multiple hazards such as earthquakes, hurricanes and epidemics, currently faces the full force of the climate crisis. Local, regional and international organizations are working to manage and mitigate the region’s disaster risk by establishing robust multi-hazard early warning systems (MHEWS) as well as clima…
The campaign will officially be launched in the Arab region by Ms. Margareta Wahlström, Special Representative for the Secretary-General on Disaster Risk Reduction, in the margins of the General Assembly of the Arab Towns Organization.
City representatives from the campaign participating cities Aleppo (Syria), Amman (Jordan) and Tripoli (Lebanon) toget…
The preparatory process of Rio+20 has identified ‘disaster risk reduction and resilience’ as one of the emerging issues in the context of sustainable development. This coincides with the growing desire of Member States to increase dialogue on innovative solutions to address the challenge of disaster risk. Against this background, it is very timely to ho…
Open informal session of the United Nations Inter-Agency Meeting on Outer Space Activities
Towards the fourth session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction
This event is an interactive forum for Governments, national authorities, United Nations system entities, private sector and civil society to examine how space-based-technology applica…
In this conference Ms Margareta Wahlström, the United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction, will help participants explore ways for businesses to build resilience to disasters. This will be a joint session between the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) and Crossroads Foundation. Duri…
Session III
The Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction of the Americas is the ultimate multi-stakeholder forum that brings together key stakeholders in the subject of DRR of the whole continent, reflecting the actions and commitments from governments, international organizations, intergovernmental, nongovernmental and community, scientific and ac…