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Displaying 15 of about 35 resultsClimate-related disasters are increasing in frequency and severity and both economic and human losses are climbing. Unfortunately, developing countries, which are the least equipped to deal with disasters, are often impacted the most. Over the past two decades, new financial tools have emerged to help developing countries cope with disaster. Sovereign p…
In May 2020, UN Women initiated online consultations with gender equality mechanisms from 14 countries (Albania, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and Turkey) in the Western Balkans and Turkey, Eastern Partnership and Central Asia sub-regions to…
This document provides a baseline on which a strategy for Comprehensive Disaster Management (CDM) within the Caribbean will be designed. CDM has been defined under the DERMS project as including integrated management of all natural and human-induced hazards and involving management through all phases of the Disaster Management Cycle viz. Preventio…
In the past two years alone, the magnitude of disasters increased significantly in the Western Balkans, affecting 15 times more people and causing economic losses 30 times higher than in the period from 2000 to 2013. While recovery actions financed largely by international donors managed to restore normal living conditions, the Western Balkans region re…
The publication discusses the fragmentary empirical data from the Americas on migration-related challenges in the context of natural disasters and analyses the laws, policies and practices of States concerned. It addresses only "international migrants", a term that encompasses both voluntary and forced movements of persons.
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There is a growing consensus on the need for an inclusive Disaster Risk Management (DRM) approach that ensures protection of groups most excluded and most affected by disasters, such as indigenous populations, persons with disabilities, older people, women, and children.
In partnership with COOPI and Save the Children International, and with the support…
This guide outlines the vulnerability of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the Pacific and the Caribbean and explains how gender roles and responsibilities result in differential exposure and impact of disasters. It seeks to support existing international frameworks that advocate gender equality: (i) the Hyogo Framework of Action in the area of r…
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Actualidad CRID de mayo, una edición especial, está dedicado a la publicación del nuevo portal web con recursos de utilidad práctica para planes y acciones ante desastres.
El portal está estructurado a modo de catálogo con los temas más recurrentes en la preparación para la respuesta, permitiendo ofrecer un panorama de la complejidad de lo…
This study explores risk transfer options that precarious and marginal urban communities could use to protect themselves from future damages and losses generated by socio-natural hazards and disasters at the individual and community levels. The design is framed within an evidence-based disaster risk reduction (DRR) strategy and follows the case st…
This annual report presents the most comprehensive global assessment of progress to date, based on data provided by a large number of international organizations within and outside the UN system. The aggregate figures in the report provide an overview of regional progress under the eight goals and are a convenient way to track advances over time. The re…
Investing in resilience - accelerating the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action in the Americas:
A declaration in which the participants of the Regional platform for disaster risk reduction in the Americas acknowledge the work being developed in the region surrounding disaster risk reduction, as guided by the principles and priorities set o…
This desk study was undertaken to better understand disability inclusion gaps in DRM and CR in Antigua and Barbuda; Belize; Dominica; Grenada; Guyana; Jamaica; St Lucia; St Vincent and the Grenadines; and Suriname; and to propose a series of recommendations to make disaster preparedness and recovery strategies more inclusive of PWD in Caribbean co…
The Comprehensive Disaster Management (CDM) strategy 2014–2024 builds on the strengths of well-founded and functional governance structures. It is designed to continue the process of embedding and institutionalizing CDM as the Caribbean’s platform for achieving risk reduction.
It proposes to do this over a ten year strategic period and expands on the o…
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Este documento presenta los antecedentes, misión, visión, objetivos, miembros, estatus legal, planificación, coordinación, reuniones, comunicación y visibilidad, recursos, integración de nuevos miembros, cese de membresía, y la coordinación y colaboración entre las representaciones nacionales de la Coalición para la resiliencia de la niñez…
This publication takes a look at older people in disaster situations, with a particular focus on the Caribbean, and provides an overview of considerations to ensure that this vulnerable group of people has the required response to their needs in disasters. This paper focuses on: (i) aging, health, and vulnerability to disaster; (ii) older persons as res…