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La importancia de preparación en las ciudades.
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COVID-19 demonstrates urgent need for cities to prepare for pandemics

Some 95% of COVID-19 cases have come from urban areas. Pandemic preparedness in cities and towns is more urgent than ever for reducing disaster risk, particularly in challenging situations where disease outbreaks could coincide with an extreme weather
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UNDRR Asia-Pacific COVID-19 Brief: Opportunities for Resilient Recovery

This brief highlights the challenges, lessons learned from past disaster recovery events, and recommendations on how countries can start preparing for a recovery that is climate-sensitive, inclusive and contributes to global efforts to build more resilient systems that are better placed to prevent such crises in the future.
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Local Leadership for Climate: Solutions to the Climate Emergency

SRSG Mami Mizutori, remarks Local Leadership for Climate: Solutions to the Climate Emergency 21 September 2019, New York The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, adopted in 2015, recognizes the crucial role of local governments and cities in
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SDG Summit Side-Event on Resilient Infrastructure

​ Opening Remarks SDG Summit Side-Event Resilient Infrastructure: Key to the Success of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 25 September 2019, 13.15 - 14.30 Conference Room A, United Nations, New York Delivered By: Mami Mizutori Special
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Financial Times - Mozambique Summit -Resilient Infrastructure and Disaster Risk Reduction

Resilient Infrastructure and Disaster Risk Reduction 10 September 2019 Financial Times Summit, Maputo Remarks Ms. Mami Mizutori Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction and Head of the UN Office for Disaster Risk
Kampala Capital City Authority and Incheon Metropolitan City Officials Discuss Real Time Response Mechanisms
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Kampala and Incheon meet at first city-to-city exchange on disaster risk reduction

Ten officials from Kampala Capital City Authority’s (KCCA) various departments recently visited Incheon Metropolitan City to learn more from the city’s experience on disaster risk reduction and climate change policies and good practices.
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Asia and the Pacific set priorities for accelerated disaster risk reduction

In the face of growing disaster losses and risk in the Asia-Pacific region, government disaster risk management agencies, international organizations, and civil society groups met in the Australian city of Brisbane last week to agree on priorities for accelerating action for reducing the risk of disasters.
Mother and child safe on the top of a Sendai tsunami evacuation tower in today's evacuation exercise
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Sendai responds to tsunami alerts

The Sendai area of Japan which was badly affected by the 2011 tsunami today marked World Tsunami Awareness Day with a major exercise along its vulnerable coastline.

2019 World Tsunami Awareness Day

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Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations - New York
United Nations Development Programme
Permanent Mission of Indonesia to the United Nations, New York
Permanent Mission of Chile to the United Nations, New York
Permanent Mission of Republic of Maldives to the United Nations, New York
Permanent Mission of Norway to the United Nations, New York
Permanent Mission of Australia to the United Nations, New York
Permanent Mission of Peru to the United Nations, New York
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Thai Red Cross, one of the sponsors of the event, showcased a virtual reality simulator that teaches people how to safely navigate a fire outbreak (source: Thai Red Cross)
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Thailand: Infrastructure resilience at the cornerstone of risk-informed development

As one of the first countries in the region to mark the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, the Government of Thailand took advantage of the occasion to highlight how it is working with partners to build the resilience of its infrastructure.