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'We can avert the worst effects of climate change, produce more food and ease competition over resources. We can preserve vital ecosystem services, such as water retention, which protects us from floods or droughts,' Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in his message for the World Day...
'Our motto must be adopt and adapt. Adopt what works and adapt it for your nation, your business, your community,' the Secretary-General said, warning that 'time is against us. Nature will not wait. The planet is sending us a message. We must listen'...
'Everything we do needs to take climate change into consideration,' the Director-General of the United Nations Food and Drug Organization José Graziano da Silva told a conference in Morocco,'and the time is now. We cannot afford to wait'....
'The aim is simple: to leave a more resilient world to future generations,' Mr. Ban told high-level representatives of Member States attending a briefing on the Third World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction to be held next year in the Japanese city of Sendai...
As United Nations-led talks on outlining the future global development agenda continue to progress, UN agency officials joined representatives of mountain countries and organizations today at Headquarters to encourage mountain-specific policies in sustainable development strategies, with a particular focus on plans for adaptation and mitigation of climate change...
Mr. Han will be Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s Special Envoy for Disaster Risk Reduction and Water, a position is particularly relevant given the advancements being made on the post-2015 sustainable development agenda to follow the Millennium Development Goals...
'Inclusion saves lives. And it empowers persons with disabilities to take ownership of their own safety – and that of their community,' said UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. 'Let us build an inclusive world where persons with disabilities can play an even greater role as resourceful agents of change.'...
Earlier this year, the head of the UN office for disaster risk reduction warned that Pacific small islands are threatened by drought and need to incorporate mitigation measures into their national planning and risk assessments...
Voluntary Commitments
The organization has no registered commitments.
The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.