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Displaying 15 of about 507 resultsNEW YORK, 13 April 2012 - There was a strong call for "the incorporation of disaster risk reduction in any future framework for sustainable development" during the UN General Assembly Thematic Debate on Disaster Risk Reduction yesterday which served as a major curtain raiser for Rio+20.
Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Bob Carr, delivered a sta…
By Dizery Salim
GENEVA, 10 November 2011 – Eighteen countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have agreed to tighten up on school safety while also integrating disaster risk reduction into the school curriculum, following high-level talks on education in Panama City.
Between 1970 and 2009, over 32,000 schools in South America were damaged or destro…
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“Making cities sustainable and resilient: implementing the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 at the local level” is a three-year initiative by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) and United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), supported by the European Commission…
GENEVA, 13 August 2012 - A new study by UNICEF and UNESCO is a timely assessment of just how some countries are faring, or not, with the implementation of disaster risk reduction education seven years after such education was requested by the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA).
The HFA - the 10-year global disaster risk reduction action plan agreed upon…
Gestiona el riesgo de desastres desde el enfoque de la Estrategia Internacional para la Reducción de los Desastres y el Marco de Acción de SENDAI (2015-2030).Un programa que construye una cultura de prevención, dentro del marco de la política de Estado N° 32: Gestión del Riesgo de Desastres y la Ley N° 29664 del Sistema Nacional de Gestión del Riesgo de…
La Secretaría de Gestión del Riesgo de Desastres de la Presidencia del Consejo de Ministros del Perú, el Centro Nacional de Estimación, Prevención y Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres (CENEPRED), el Instituto Nacional de Defensa Civil (INDECI) y la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas para la Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres (UNISDR), junto con los socios del…
The present systematization carried out by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) compiles Good Practices in Post-disaster Recovery in Latin America and the Caribbean, with the aim of spreading and highlighting the work and recovery processes that are coming taking place in different countries of the region. This systematization compiles some goo…
This study analyses international financial flows to nine countries for the 18 months after recent crises—drought, flood, cyclone, earthquake, and epidemic. It complements the Centre’s analysis of funding flows to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, exploring similarities and differences for funding flows for natural hazards. International funding of…
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Esta ley, que tiene por fines principales proteger la vida y el bienestar público, contribuir a la sostenibilidad de la inversión pública en infraestructura social y económica, así como a prevenir y disminuir los riesgos de desastre.
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Desarrollo de competencias y capacidades para la ejecución y/o administración de iniciativas de adaptación y mitigacion del cambio climático bajo el enfoque de riesgo y desde una perspectiva multidisciplinaria.
El diplomado en Cambio Climático formará profesionales capaces de:
1. Comprender los efectos d…
The preparation of this National Progress Report has been undertaken within the framework of the 2013-15 HFA Monitoring and Progress Review process, facilitated by UNISDR and the ISDR partnership.
The progress report assesses current national strategic priorities with regard to the implementation of disaster risk reduction actions, and establishes base…
El presente documento recoge el proceso metodológico desarrollado por el Centro Internacional para la Investigación del Fenómeno (CIIFEN) de El Niño a través de 10 años de experiencia, el cual ha constituido la base para el análisis de los efectos del cambio climático en sistemas poblacionales, ambientales, etc., con el fin de permitir a los tomadores d…
Ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) is the use of biodiversity and ecosystem services as part of an overall strategy to help people to adapt to the adverse effects of climate change and promote sustainable development. This report presents the results of using our Framework for Assessing EbA Effectiveness at the Potato Park and the Indigenous Peoples Biocu…
The objective of this report is to compile and disseminate information about (a) the circumstances that led to the accident in Chilca, (b) its initial handling by the national authorities and their request for assistance from the IAEA, (c) the response of the IAEA and (d) the work done with regard to the dose assessment and medical treatment of the thre…
In the past five years, the ILO’s Microinsurance Innovation Facility has made significant progress in supporting microinsurance development and learning critical lessons on how to build quality microinsurance at scale. As part of its 5th anniversary celebration, the facility is organizing a panel discussion on "Delivering on the promise of microinsuranc…