http://www.preventionweb.net/english/rss/feed.php?id=2 DRR in the news and ISDR System partner announcements. en-us Copyright 2013 PreventionWeb.net Wed, 22 May 2013 13:28:59 +0100 60 http://www.preventionweb.net/english/images/common/preventionweb_logo.gif http://www.preventionweb.net/english/ 44 44 http://www.preventionweb.net/english/professional/news/v.php?id=33268'Cranes and bulldozers and diggers can be hired - they are really just commodities. Institutions and good governance can't be bought. And when things are really turning to custard, you need strong institutions,' said Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority chief executive Roger Sutton in a speech to the 4th Session of the Global Platform...Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.preventionweb.net/english/professional/news/v.php?id=33271'Young people may be the most vulnerable but we are innovative and have a great capacity to deal with change, if equipped with adequate information and resources,' said Cressida Mawdesley-Thomas, 18-year-old youth campaigner and peer educator on climate change with UNICEF since 2009...Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.preventionweb.net/english/professional/news/v.php?id=33206Governments represented at the United Nations Global Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction conference now underway in Geneva discuss the possible inclusion of disaster risk reduction (DRR) in the post 2015 development agenda framework that will replace the current Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which expire in 2015...Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.preventionweb.net/english/professional/news/v.php?id=33229The Global Platform is highly important for the international community to agree a strong successor framework that builds on the achievements of the Hyogo Framework for Action, and to ensure clear links between discussions on post-2015 frameworks to enable sustainable development through reduced disaster loss...Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.preventionweb.net/english/professional/news/v.php?id=33231Il sindaco interverrà come uno dei principali speaker nella sessione plenaria della Conferenza sulla "Resilienza e patrimonio culturale", organizzata da UNESCO, per sottolineare il valore della cultura e come la manutenzione dei centri storici delle città e del loro patrimonio culturale sia fondamentale anche per far fronte ai bisogni di...Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.preventionweb.net/english/professional/news/v.php?id=33232'Disaster risk management must become part of the investors' mindset,' Margareta Wahlstrom told Devex in an email interview. The UNISDR chief discussed the Hyogo Framework for Action, the 10-year action plan developed in 2005 to reduce disaster losses, its impending successor and the vital role the private sector plays in building a more resilient...Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.preventionweb.net/english/professional/news/v.php?id=33233Switzerland, hosting the event for the fourth consecutive time, was represented at the opening ceremony by the President of the Confederation, Ueli Maurer. In his speech, he spoke in favour of a second international regime that would enable the efforts undertaken since 2005 to be continued and their implementation to be strengthened...Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.preventionweb.net/english/professional/news/v.php?id=33242Ways to encourage cooperation and use the Caribbean island's experience in protecting populations affected by natural disasters were discussed during a meeting between the head of the National Civil Defense's Major General Jose Ramon Pardo Guerra, and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Deputy Director General Laura Thompson...Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.preventionweb.net/english/professional/news/v.php?id=33248In preparation for this week's Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), GHA has updated their analysis which was previously published last year in Aid Investments in DRR: rhetoric to action. GHA would encourage donors to report spending on DRR and prevention more comprehensively and to work with the OECD to improve existing coding systems...Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.preventionweb.net/english/professional/news/v.php?id=33250Speaking at the opening of the 4th Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, the President of Switzerland, Ueli Maurer, extended his country's condolences to the victims of the tornado in Oklahoma City and said that disasters were of concern to everyone, no matter where they occurred...Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 +0100