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Displaying 270 of about 435 resultsThe United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction and and SM Prime Holdings, Inc. will be hosting, for the second year, over thirty Chief Executive Officers and top managers from the region at the Top Leaders Forum.
This event is a platform where challenges and opportunities of disaster risk will be explored. The event will include presentations fr…
24 May 2012 -- The "GIVING BACK TO JAPAN 2: Community Leaders Report" is now available for viewing! Mayors from five cities in Japan met on 16 May in Tokyo to discuss community rebuilding in the tsunami and earthquake-hit Tohoku region in Japan. Listen to their suggestions on how individuals and organizations can help their communities.
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BANGKOK, 30 April 2012 - Top UN disaster risk reduction official, Margareta Wahlström arrives in Manila Philippines tomorrow for five-day visit during which she will meet with donors, the private sector, mayors and government officials to further push for more concrete disaster reduction actions to protect more communities and assets from future disast…
GENEVA, 24 April 2012 - Innovations in technology have made it easier in the last decade to reduce disaster risks and plan for the future. The internet combined with technologies, such as Geographic Information Systems (GIS), now makes it possible to better understand and communicate the social and physical complexities of disasters.
This was clearly e…
GENEVA, 5 March 2012 - The UN Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction, Margareta Wahlström, and HE Yoichi Otabe, the Japanese Ambassador to the International Organizations in Geneva, announced today the start of consultations on a new international blueprint for reducing disaster losses in advance of the World Conference on Disaster Reduction…
The "Private sector workshop on Disaster Risk Reduction", organised by the Swiss Development and Cooperation Agency (SDC) in cooperation with the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), aimed at mapping out and engaging the local private sector in Disaster Risk Reduction as well as strengthen cooperation of the private sector with th…
About the conference
In lieu and on the occasion of the 50-year anniversary of the devastating Florence floods, the Government of Italy and the City of Florence in partnership with the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) and United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) are or…
Description
This event is a three-hour forum introducing UNISDR Private Sector Alliance for Disaster Resilient Societies (ARISE) to the Japanese audience. Programme includes panel discussions on private sector contribution to DRR and resilience building, with good practices presentations by arise member companies based in Japan, and a keynote by Dr. Sa…
Background
Millions of dollars of new business investment will be made in the private sector in the coming years. Much of it will be spent in hazard-exposed locations. How disaster sensitive this investment is will in part determine the future resilience of the country. In most economies, the private sector is responsible for 70–85 percent of this inve…
Overview
Every year, the Periperi U Consortium meets to discuss progress in strengthening applied disaster risk scholarship in Africa. In 2013, this event has been reframed to coincide with the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, and will be convened in Geneva on 24 May.
The 2013 Periperi U Seminar will be hosted by the Technical University o…
ARUSHA, 14 February 2013 - A private sector initiative for Africa was launched today by UNISDR Chief, Margareta Wahlström, at the 4th Africa Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction.
An inaugural meeting took place including representatives from ARUP, Microsoft, and Safaricom who shared experiences on disaster risk reduction and resilience with representat…
BANGKOK, 17 January 2013 - The largest chain of shopping malls in the Philippines, SM Prime Holdings, has taken its leadership in disaster resilience to yet another level by becoming the newest member of the UNISDR Private Sector Advisory Group (PSAG).
"SM Prime Holdings is a leading example of how the private sector can protect jobs and ensure busines…
INCHEON, 8 November 2012 - Seoul's Cheong Gye Cheon, a once polluted river now restored to its former glory, captured the attention of development planners and disaster managers meeting here this week for a Leadership Forum at UNISDR's Global Education and Training Institute for Disaster Risk Reduction.
In the middle of a hectic week, over 30 governmen…
GENEVA, 5 October 2012 - On 13 October, the International Day for Disaster Reduction (IDDR) will be an occasion to pay tribute to millions of girls and women around the world who are on the frontline making their communities and societies resilient to the impacts of disasters and the effects of climate change.
Driven by the theme Women and Girls: the […
MANILA, 25 September 2012 - Some of Asia's most influential business leaders today agreed to adopt Business Continuity Management (BCM) as a first step towards safeguarding their businesses against disasters.
Some 30 CEOs and top managers based in the Philippines and Asia who gathered today in Manila in the Philippines also established the first region…