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This second consultation workshop is part of a series of consultation sessions on developing a national disaster risk reduction strategy that is coherent with climate change and sustainable development policies in Somalia as well as relevant regional and international policy frameworks.
Workshop Objectives:
Present and discuss Soma…
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In an increasingly interconnected world, COVID-19 has been a dramatic reminder of the complex and systemic nature of risks. Over the past two years, the world has witnessed how COVID-19, often exacerbated by the concurrence of natural hazards, has led to devastating direct and cascading impacts on health, social, economic and financial sy…
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Time
16:00 - 18:00 CST
This session seeks to bring together scientific research and adaptive management strategies addressing the linkages between wildfires and water resources. In recent decades, wildfires have increased in frequency, extent, and intensity worldwide due to the combined effects of natural fire dynamics, human-induced fi…
Time
8:00 Geneva, 10:30 Tehran, 12:30 New Delhi, 13:00 Almaty, 14:00 Bangkok, 16:00 Incheon (4 hrs)
Background
The Asian and Pacific Centre for the Development of Disaster Information Management (APDIM) invites government officials, experts, and practitioners from across the Asia-Pacific region to participate in an online Regional Consultation on San…
Join this webinar on compound extremes.
Speakers
D. Faranda (IPSL): Cold & snowy spells over Europe in the context of anthropogenic climate change
J. Doss-Gollin (Rice U): Extreme impacts don’t require extreme weather: lessons from the Feb 2021 Texas blackouts
Time
3:00 PM (UTC)
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Zoom link
Recording available on YouTube
As you may know, 13th October has been set aside by the United Nations as International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction. In furtherance of our mandate, we propose to float a blast of campaigns and interactive sessions to mark this day and showcase the impact of collaborations. The theme is ‘Effectiveness of partnerships in accelerating disaster risk gov…
The First IDDRR Seminar, 2021, International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction
The first seminar for International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction(IDDRR) will be organised online, 13 October, 2021, to mark the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction
The online event will focus on disaster mechanisms and risk governance.
You will receive zo…
Description
The Geneva Nature-based Solutions (NbS) dialogues aim to facilitate further engagement and discussion among the stakeholders in International Geneva and beyond, in the lead-up to a critical year for nature and society. The dialogues are convened by the Geneva Environment Network and the International Union for Conservation of Natu…
Enabling, empowering, and supporting community resilience is one of the priorities for the National Disaster Resilience Strategy of New Zealand.
This priority focuses on identifying and monitoring risks to NZ wellbeing, actions to reduce risk, and ensuring informative tools are available to assist decisions about resilience.
However, turning resilienc…
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The 2015 Gorkha Earthquake in Nepal triggered more than 22,000 landslides, the equivalent of more than 200 years of ‘normal’ landsliding. The earthquake fundamentally changed the physical landscape in Central-West Nepal: some land was destroyed, some was rendered uninhabitable, and in some locations the risk of future landslides was unkno…
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Often based on outdated predictions, many public debates and political discourses of the recent years have highlighted the impact of climate change on migration. Research shows a very different picture, which does not correspond to these alarmist narratives. In this session, we look at the latest…
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Speakers
H.E. Mr. KAWAKAMI Fumihiro
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Fiji
Ms. Esline Garaebiti
Director General Ministry of Climate Change Adaptation,
Meteorology, Geo-Hazards, Environment, Energy and Disaster Management, Vanuatu
Mr. Arona N…
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The United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) Finance Initiative’s (FI) Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) programme is launching a Comprehensive Good Practice Guide to Climate Stress Testing. The report aims to provide a detailed user guide for financial institutions looking to understand the climate stress te…
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Children and youth represent half of the world’s population and are the ones who will benefit most from reducing the risk and impact of disasters, mitigating climate change, and achieving the global Sustainable Development Goals. Engaging with all children and youth as key stakeholders and contributors in difficult times is complex, but e…
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The Copenhagen Center for Disaster Research (COPE) is continuing its networking events, this time on Zoom. For each meeting, we invite an expert to talk for approximately 30 minutes, followed by a 15 minute Q&A.
The UNEP Adaptation Gap Report underlines the perceived funding ‘gap’ for adaptation to climate change, echoing many c…