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El Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) ha venido desarrollando en los últimos años un instrumento técnico titulado “Perfil de Riesgo de Desastres”. Dicho instrumento técnico puede describirse como un resumen del riesgo de desastres, expresado en

Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
Documents and publications

​En el marco de la implementación del Plan de Acción de las Naciones Unidas sobre Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres para la Resiliencia y como resultado de conversaciones mantenidas entre el gobierno uruguayo y la Coordinadora Residente de las Naciones

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean
Sistema Nacional de Emergencias
Policies and plans

This policy aims to identify, evaluate, prevent, and reduce the present and future risks related to adverse events of natural, socio-natural or anthropic origin, whether with national and/or international cooperation resources.

Uruguay - government
Policies and plans

Montevideo set out to build a vision of the future taking into account contemporary challenges from the perspective of sustainable development.

Municipality of Montevideo
Policies and plans

The National Plan for Adaptation to Climate Variability and Change for the Agricultural Sector (PNA-Agro) aims to guide the design, coordination and prioritization of policies, programs and projects that seek to address climate vulnerabilities.

Uruguay - government
Update

A Washington Post analysis reveals that many places around the world have warmed by at least 2°C, yielding impacts from hazard intensification to more clam die-offs.

Washington Post, the
Policies and plans

La presente estrategia constituye una herramienta orientativa que propone una visión futura para los países miembros de la Reunión de Ministros y Altas Autoridades de Gestión Integral de Riesgos de Desastres — Argentina, Brasil, Paraguay y Uruguay. La

Mercado Comun del Sur
Update

According to a new Aon report on disasters in January 2019, multiple winter storms and extreme cold led to 45 fatalities and losses over U.S. $1 billion in the United States. Excessive rainfall also yielded major damage in parts of South America, while Australia experienced severe heat and flooding.

Aon Benfield

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