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Displaying 75 of about 79 resultsThe Secretariat of the UN International Strategy For Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) will hold a workshop "Towards the mid term review and progress monitoring of the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) and preparation of Global Assessment Report (GAR) 2011" on Monday and Tuesday 11 and 12 January 2010 in Bahrain.
This workshop is organised by ISDR in coll…
This technical summary of the Arab Sustainable Development Report aims to provide an abridged overview of key points and recommendations drawn from the full report, focusing on: (i) the science-policy interface and evidence-based policy in the Arab region; (ii) a snapshot of the status and progress on sustainable development in the Arab region across pr…
This new publication from the World Meteorological Organization provides a wide-ranging description of how small island States and territories in the Caribbean, Indian Ocean and Pacific regions are using seasonal predictions and other climate information to improve their economies and better manage their resources.
A growing number of businesses a…
CAIRO, 4 May 2017 – Countries from across the Arab region have set out their collective stance ahead of the looming 2017 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, following similar moves by other parts of the world.
Hosted by Qatar, the 3rd Arab Preparatory Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction came three weeks before the Global Platform gets underw…
MANAMA, 13 May 2015 - More than 300 Arab government representatives from the finance, economic, social, environment and technology sectors have developed a regional position for the post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals due to be adopted at a UN summit this September.
Meeting in the Bahraini capital Manama last week, the Second Session of the Arab Hi…
This report seeks to measure progress in the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) implementation in the Arab Region by synthesizing the outcomes of the HFA national progress reports submitted in the period 2005-2015 by 15 Arab countries.
The main goal of this report is to provide an overview of trends in progress, challenges and gaps in implementing the HF…
The Third Arab Preparatory Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction will take place in Doha, Qatar on April 30 - May 1 2017.
UNISDR, in collaboration with the League of Arab States (LAS) and the government of the State of Qatar will use this opportunity to discuss DRR efforts ahead of the Global Platform that will take place May 2017 in Cancun, Mexico. Th…
CAIRO, 23 May 2012 – A regional meeting of experts held in Cairo could result in a doubling of the number of Arab countries that systematically report on disaster losses.
UNISDR brought together over 40 participants from 15 Arab countries to discuss and exchange experiences on establishing national disaster loss databases. These disaster inventories (…
UNISDR, the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery of the World Bank, UNDP Syria and the Syrian Ministry for Local Administration convened a regional workshop on Urban Risk Reduction in Damascus on 4-5 November 2009. More than forty participants representing local authorities, researchers, academic experts, international and regional organi…
A consultation with civil protection authorities and local authorities from Mediterranean countries (Europe and Arab States region) on the post-2015 framework on disaster risk reduction (HFA2) took place at the workshop on “Increasing disaster resilience in urban setting” organized by the Euromed Programme on Prevention, Preparedness and Response to Nat…
The strategy aims at outlining a vision, strategic priorities and core areas of implementation for disaster risk reduction in the Arab region, as well as to enhancing institutional and coordination mechanisms, and monitoring arrangements to support the implementation of the Strategy at the regional, national and local level through preparation of a Prog…
This study provides an overview on disasters and conflicts in 57 Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) member countries during the last four decades, including a review of disaster risk reduction strategies from The Yokohama Strategy to the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters (HFA) an…
This paper is a report of the second regional consultation meeting 'Climate Change impacts in the Arab Region: sea level rise, coastal erosion and human development' held in Cairo, 20-21 September 2010. It describes the five panels that took place, as well as a summary of the discussions, conclusions and recommendations, emphasising the responsibility o…
This report reviews the progress made in addressing the vulnerabilities of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) through the implementation of the Mauritius Strategy, which includes natural and environmental disasters as one of its themes and means of implementation. It addresses their increased vulnerability due to climate change, the global financial…
Submitted in preparation of the World Conference on Disaster Reduction, 2005, Kobe, Hygo Japan.