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Live illustration during Pacific Resilience Meeting for the standard for resilience 'Include'
Updates

Our people, Our journey: nurturing Pacific resilience from home

Suva – The second Pacific Resilience Meeting (PRM) has closed, focusing on discussion and recommendations around the Framework for Resilient Development in the Pacific (FRDP)’s ten Guiding Principles and three Goals which fall into four ‘standards’ for
Documents and publications

Drought, climate variability & climate change: The Blue Nile Case

Key messages

  • Large spatially variable climate conditions between upstream and downstream of river basins needs special attention in mitigation drought risks.
  • Great temporal variability in hydrological conditions of transboundary river basins causing
CSSI FORUM
Updates

UNDRR ROAMC: Investment in education creates more resilient societies

According to the latest evidence, investments in safe schools provide economic returns for society and also contribute to economic recovery.
Infrastructure Resilience
Press Releases

Exploratory Roundtable Discussion on Infrastructure Resilience in the Real Estate Sector

The UNDRR Regional Office for the Arab States (ROAS) and the Private Sector Alliance in the United Arab Emirates (ARISE UAE) brought together Real estate Developers and Regulators from the public sector to discuss the resilience of the Real Estate Sector
SRSG Mami Mizutori
Statements and messages

Remarks by SRSG Mizutori at the Virtual Caribbean Safe School Initiative (CSSI) Pre-Ministerial Forum - Regional Review on School Safety in the context of Systemic Risk

(Check against delivery) Remarks by the SRSG Mami Mizutori The Virtual Caribbean Safe School Initiative (CSSI) Pre-Ministerial Forum March 15, 2021 (Virtual Meeting) Topic: Regional Review on School Safety in the context of Systemic Risk Distinguished

Exploratory Roundtable Discussion on Infrastructure Resilience in the Real Estate Sector

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Arab States
ARISE
Dubai
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Documents and publications
Reports

Addressing the infrastructure failure data gap: A governance challenge

Infrastructure investment is an important part of economic-crisis recovery as it creates jobs and revitalizes communities. It is already part of national and regional post COVID-19 stimulus packages. At the same time, the COVID-19 pandemic has shown the

Impact of the 2011 he Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami on Fukushima, Japan.
Features

Stories from the frontline: Japanese staff of the UN reflect on the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

This article captures the experiences and reflections of Japanese UN staff as they recall where they were and what they did ten years ago when Japan was struck by the most powerful earthquake ever recorded; the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.
SRSG Mami Mizutori
Statements and messages

Remarks by the SRSG on the Commemoration of the adoption of the Sendai Framework, Paris Agreement and the Nansen Initiative in 2015 - Platform on Disaster Displacement

(Check against delivery) Commemoration of the adoption of the Sendai Framework, Paris Agreement and the Nansen Initiative in 2015 REMARKS BY MAMI MIZUTORI UN SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR DISASTER RISK REDUCTION 4 FEBRUARY 2021 –
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UNDRR ROAMC - Regional Review on School Safety in the context of Systemic Risk: The Virtual Caribbean Safe School Initiative Pre-Ministerial Forum

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean
Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Office in Latin America and the Caribbean
United Nations Children's Fund (Global Headquarters, New York)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - government