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Looming hurricane season raises displacement risk

After Hurricanes Iota and Eta ripped through Central America in 2020, many were forced to flee with little more than the wet clothes on their backs, leaving their houses destroyed and even bodies of family members buried in thick mud. Instead of returning
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UNDRR ROAMC: “We need to achieve greater articulation between science and decision makers”

We need to apply scientific knowledge to Disaster Risk Management and promote the creation of risk science in view of the permanent and growing increases in hazards, vulnerabilities and greater exposure.
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Press Releases

ROAMC: Experts in risk reduction in the Americas agree upon a plan of action regarding disaster preparation

More than 300 people from Latin America and the Caribbean came together virtually to address the progress in disaster preparation in the region. The meeting took place within the framework of the workshop entitled “Enhanced Disaster preparedness for
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UNDRR ROAMC: Workshop - Enhanced Disaster preparedness for systemic risk in complex scenarios: challenges and opportunities

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean
European Commission Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection DG
Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency
Centro de Coordinación para la Prevención de los Desastres Naturales en América Central
Comité Andino para la Prevención y Atención de Desastres
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
United Nations Development Programme - Headquarters
World Food Programme
26 March Side Event
Updates

UN regional reforms bring hope for post-pandemic sustainable development agenda

2020 was an unprecedented year for the Asia-Pacific region with the COVID-19 pandemic compounded by a succession of climate-related disasters, threatening to derail decades of hard-earned socio-economic progress. Many countries in the region now face
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Seventh Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GP2022)

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
Bali
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Updates

‘COVID-19 and multiple disasters threaten development gains in Asia-Pacific’

For countries in Asia-Pacific graduating from least-developed category, the COVID-19 pandemic has added a new dimension to their risk levels, worsening the impacts of multiple crises, exacerbating inequalities and threatening to roll-back progress against
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Documents and publications

UNDRR ROAMC: Regional assessment report on disaster risk in Latin America and the Caribbean (RAR 2021)

This first edition of the Regional Assessment Report on Disaster Risk in Latin America and the Caribbean (RAR 2021) presents the results of thirty years of efforts to reduce the risk of disasters in the region. The analysis contained in these pages

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Press Releases

The COVID-19 pandemic is an opportunity to adopt a systemic approach to disaster risk in the Caribbean, says UNDRR and ECLAC report

The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) released today the report entitled The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic: an opportunity for a systemic approach to
UNDRR ECLAC Report
Documents and publications
Reports

UNDRR & ECLAC Report: The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic - an opportunity for a systemic approach to disaster risk for the Caribbean

The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrates the urgent need for new conceptual and analytical approaches to improve understanding and management of risk dynamics and complex, interconnected risk drivers with cascading effects. Progress will only be accelerated