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Covering the Global Platform 2013
by PwC

UK businesses urged to tackle DRR in new UN/PwC led initiative

PwC - Switzerland

A new report by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) and PwC warns large multinationals’ dependencies on international supply chains, infrastructure and markets poses a systemic risk to ‘business as usual’...

  • 'Why I'm part of the conversation on climate change' - UNICEF

    UNICEF UK

    'This 2013 follow-up session will focus on how risks for children can be reduced in practice and the role children can play. It will offer concrete recommendations for the post-2015 DRR policy framework, as the Hyogo Framework expires in 2015'...

  • Child-based disaster resilience planning at the Global Platform

    AlertNet

    'Our message is to please listen to children and their needs for DRR, and include their needs in the next HFA2. This is absolutely doable – and we have found that children often come up with the best and most efficient solutions,' explains Jacobo Ocharan, Head of Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation for Plan International...

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