Indonesia's Cidanau Watershed is long-running example of a Payment for Environmental Services (PES) scheme, and shows how polycentric governance can work – with political will from all actors, a common legal framework and higher-level governance support.
The objective of the water community survey was to collect water community views, experiences and proposals to inform the Midterm Review of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.
Bangladesh and the Netherlands are both situated in low-lying lands, making them prone to floods. As a result, both countries have found benefits in cooperation around flood control and water management.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Asia and Pacific
Managing water resources, such as rivers and groundwater, can play a key role in reducing the death and destruction from future disasters, says a new UNDRR podcast released to celebrate World Water Day on March 22.
From the perspective of disaster risk reduction, which is a main theme of this conference, and from that of my agency, the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, the concern about the risks posed by water-related hazards is increasing to say the least. There is no doubt that water-related hazards, too much or too less, are growing in intensity and frequency.
GENEVA, 16 July 2021 – The UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction, Mami Mizutori, today extended her condolences to all those affected by the current severe floods across Europe and urged greater investment in disaster
