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Arturo Iglesias, del Instituto de Geofísica, dijo, es importante que la población sepa que en México la mejor forma de protegerse de los efectos de un sismo consiste en escuchar la alerta que detecta el momento en que se produce un movimiento de la Tierra en las costas del Pacífico...

Based on Lami Town Council's achievements in implementing disaster risk reduction, UNISDR invited Lami to participate in the pilot phase of the Local Government Self Assessment Tool (LG-SAT), which 25 cities around the world will test...

'It is a matter of urgency that risk financing solutions, as a disaster risk reduction measure, now be pursued more aggressively. Governments must understand the benefits of disaster risk financing as part of their comprehensive disaster risk management strategy.'...

The implementation of the NAPCC to 2021 is aimed to help Mongolia create the capacity to adapt to climate change and establish a foundation for green economic growth and development.

This report provides a synthesis of climate change governance issues emerging from the case studies. The key findings include: (i) the policy framework for climate change adaptation governance is inadequate, (ii) positioning of climate change adaptation

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), The World Bank, the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR), and the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) are convening the “ASEAN Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance Forum” to help ASEAN Member States build greater financial resilience to natural disasters.

The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction, Margareta Wahlström, is in China today for a first round of consultations on disaster risk reduction with entrepreneurs and business people.

In the lead-up to Cancun, the City of Cairns is a local government that is already taking action in DRR and CCA. Empowering local governments to engage in DRR is the world’s hope to build resilience against climate change.