VII Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Americas and the Caribbean

The VII Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in the Americas and the Caribbean will convene, virtually, under the theme, ‘Building Resilient Economies in the Americas and the Caribbean,’ to raise awareness of the increasing economic and human cost of disasters in the Americas and the Caribbean, including the special challenges facing small island developing States (SIDS) and the lessons learned by the COVID-19 pandemic and its impacts. The Forum will be hosted by the Government of Jamaica, the first Caribbean country to host a Regional Platform.