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Displaying 15 of about 126 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…
Following the 2nd World Congress on Cities and Adaptation to Climate Change, mayors from over sixty countries unanimously adopt the 2011 Bonn Declaration of Mayors to commit to globally coordinated local climate action.
In the declaration, building resilience to disasters was highlighted as a critical issue. It also signaled the need to take appropriat…
Geneva, 20 May -- After announcing last week that Geneva would take part in the United Nations "Making Cities Resilient" campaign, Pierre Maudet, the incoming Mayor of Geneva as of 1 June, said the city would share experiences with other local governments seeking to manage risk.
Mr. Maudet made that comment at a meeting convened by the United Nations s…
Geneva – The international community must “risk proof” development because disasters are taking a heavy toll on rich and poor countries as well as outpacing their ability to respond, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told delegates today, at the foremost gathering of stakeholders on reducing disaster risk which opened this afternoon in Geneva…
Geneva, Tuesday 10 May – Disaster-related economic losses are increasing across all regions, critically threatening the economies of low-income countries and even outstripping wealth creation across many of the world’s richer nations, says a United Nations report titled Revealing Risk, Redefining Development to be launched today by the United Nations' S…
New Delhi, India – From the 2004 tsunami to devastating earthquakes in China and Pakistan to recurring floods in Bangladesh, Asia is one of the most disaster-prone regions in the world.
Mayors and local government leaders from more than 100 South Asian cities will be invited at a regional launch event in New Delhi on 8 June 2010 to sign up to the Unite…
GENEVA, 18 July 2012 - UNISDR's 2011 Annual Report is now available online and reveals that its two landmark Global Assessment Reports on Disaster Risk Reduction Reports (GAR) for 2009 and 2011, have had over 200,000 chapter downloads over the last three years.
It also demonstrates that, "despite some degree of unpredictability in its voluntary funding…
The conference motto for IDRC Davos 2008 is: Public-private partnership – key for integral risk management and climate change adaptation.
IDRC Davos 2008 will address global problems and attract participants from all over the globe. We expect more than 1300 participants from 130 countries.
The conference will take an integrated, multidisciplinary appro…
Towards 25th anniversary of Spitak earthquake, the “Emergency Channel” Information Center under the auspices of Ministry of Emergency Situations, plans to organize a 2-day Conference on “Public Awareness as a Cornerstone for Disaster Risk Reduction”, to be held on December 3-4, in Yerevan.
Aim of the Conference
The Conference aims to bring together th…
This event is organized by The General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations as a Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) national focal point and also as an integrator of the national emergency management system in collaboration with Prefecture Institution of Valcea County, Romania.
The main objectives of this seminar are:
-raising awareness within communit…
Following the 2010-2011 world disaster reduction campaign, Making Cities Resilient: "My City is Getting Ready!" and the International Disaster Risk Reduction Day, 13 October, DG Civil Protection, Ministry of Interior, Bulgaria as a National Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction is organizing Open-Day in Sofia to celebrate the event. The following activit…
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This report details the status of the implementation of programs and events by the Huairou Commission in relation to Making Cities Resilient Campaign and in preparation for the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GPDRR13). The document includes activities supported by the Community Resilience Fund (CRF), the work of strengthening the Community…
Air pollution, diseases, drought, climate change and earthquakes are creating risks "in a way that we have not anticipated"
By Megan Rowling
Geneva — Increasingly complex, growing and related risks, from global warming to pollution and epidemics, threaten human survival if left to escalate, the United Nations warned on Wednesday.
A biennial asse…
This second volume presents case studies covering a diverse range of chemical and technological innovations, and highlighting a number of systemic problems. It contains five parts: (i) lessons from health hazards and the value of independent scientific research and risk assessments; (ii) emerging lessons from ecosystems and their wider impacts such as c…