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Displaying 9 of about 9 resultsDates: 30 – 31 January 2022
Venue: InterContinental Citystars Hotel, Cairo
Organizers: United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Arab States / Cabinet Information and Decision Support Center, Crisis Mangement and DRR Sector
Event Language: Arabic
Within the framework of cooperation between the Egypt…
Dates: 9-10 February, 2022
Location: Online / Seoul, South Korea
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Under the theme “A human-centred future: Partnership for a smarter, greener and more inclusive ASEAN”, the Seoul Ministerial Conference will serve as an opportunity for Ministers and high-level representatives from Southeast Asian countries and OECD Members to ide…
COVID-19 has affected the whole globe and the region with all Arab countries reporting on COVID-19 cases. Countries in the region have undertaken timely actions to contain the virus and respond to its threats on the public health system and the broader economy. However, the COVID-19 pandemic is far more than a health crisis: it is affecting societies an…
In the face of multiple global crises, debt-for-climate swaps are being widely discussed as an instrument to manage mounting public debts, climate change challenges and Covid-19 recovery. Belize is a small island developing state in the Caribbean region facing these challenges. The Government of Belize has requested the Commonwealth Secretariat to provi…
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The ARFSD is an annual multi-stakeholder platform organized jointly by the United Nations Economic Commission of Africa (ECA) and the Host Government in collaboration with the African Union Commission, the African Development Bank and other entities of the United Nations System. It brings together Ministers, senior officials, expe…
Organizers: Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)
Dates: 8 February 2022
Location: Online
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Amid a global context of recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, countries, industries and firms are faced with the intensification of two core transformational trends to society: on the one hand, the increased adoption o…
The convergence of COVID-19 with natural hazards has created a hitherto unseen complex, compounding, and cascading risk landscape in the Asia-Pacific region. Amidst the pandemic, countries in the region are also being hit by cyclones, floods, landslides, and locust infestations. The capacity of disaster management, including climate adaptation and pub…
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought concerns about resilience to the fore in an unprecedented way. The pandemic has laid bare the vulnerability of health systems and economies, substantiating concerns about resilience more broadly to external shocks. Given the immense losses that could be avoided by delivering resilience, policymakers aim to prioritise re…
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COVID-19 has upended our way of life in unexpected ways. Therefore, it is only natural that in light of these changes, countries reconsider how they have been managing disaster risk. Specifically, the pandemic has highlighted the need for planning against a multitude of risks, includ…