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En la presente publicación, encontrarán información referida a “reducir la vulnerabilidad, las frustraciones, las demandas no atendidas” de las poblaciones locales, que muchas veces se sienten impotentes frente a los desastres “naturales”. Nos encontramos con pavorosas cifras económicas, como resultantes de este tipo de peligros, llámense se…
This report's purpose is to provide an overview of the hazard risks facing the nation, identify the common links between technological and natural hazard risk reduction, review the U.S. Government’s current efforts to increase the nation’s disaster resiliency through research and implementation of new tools and technologies, and identify issues and oppo…
The final report of the ESPON 1.3.1 Hazards project shows the spatial patterns of natural and technological hazards in Europe as an overview on all NUTS3 areas and identifies possible impacts of climate change on selected natural hazards. The approach of the project was to use existing results of hazard research and to combine those in such a way, that…
Ambassador Toni Frisch, Delegate for Humanitarian Aid and Head of the Swiss Humanitarian Aid Unit, will be representing Switzerland on Wednesday at a thematic debate of the UN General Assembly in New York on disaster risk reduction.
One-fifth of the of the world's surface is regularly hit by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, flooding, drought and storms…
PIA press release by Lizel S. Macatangay
Pili, Camarines Sur -- In line with the strategic positioning of disaster services to be lead by the provincial disaster risk reduction management team of Camarines Sur, a three-day Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) orientation and mainstreaming seminar was conducted over the weekend at the Villa Del Rey, CWC, Cap…
The number and impacts of disasters have increased in Europe in the period 1998-2009, a new report by the European Environment Agency (EEA) concludes. The report assesses the frequency of disasters and their impacts on humans, the economy and ecosystems and calls for better integrated risk disaster management across Europe.
The Agency's new report 'Map…
Since 1975, the Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado has hosted the Annual Natural Hazards Research and Applications Workshop. Today the Workshop brings together over 500 international, federal, state, and local mitigation and emergency management officials; representatives of nonprofit, private sector, and humanitarian organization…
Vacancy code: VA/2013/B5006/3862
Background information - UNOPS
“UNOPS plays a critical role in providing management services for our life-saving, peacebuilding, humanitarian and development operations.”
-Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General
UNOPS mission is to expand the capacity of the UN system and its partners to implement peacebuilding,…
GENEVA, 23 July 2018 – The soaring rise in economic losses from extreme weather events fueled by climate change will be the focus of this year’s International Day for Disaster Reduction on October 13.
The Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction, Mami Mizutori, said today: “Economic losses from disasters in low and middle-…
This publication reports on the outcomes of a pilot project to ‘operationalize’ the Making Cities Resilient Campaign in three cities in Africa – Narok and Kisumu in Kenya and Moshi in Tanzania, commenced in 2012 by the UNISDR regional office for Africa in Nairobi, Kenya. It also describes disaster prevention activities undertaken by pilot cities, an…
This book was produced to mark the end of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR), a United Nations initiative to reduce the negative effects of natural disasters.
This volume communicates solutions to the problems associated with natural disasters, stimulating discussion and improvements in methods of protecting people and prop…
This publication aims to build awareness for indigenous knowledge as an effective tool for reducing risk from natural hazard-related disasters. By improving the understanding of indigenous knowledge and providing concrete examples of how it can be successfully used, this publication hopes to inspire all practitioners and policy makers to consider the kn…
This policy seeks to establish the guiding principles and architecture for disaster risk management (DRM) in Rwanda by presenting the institutional structures, roles, responsibilities, authorities and key processes, with the ultimate goal being to increase the resilience of vulnerable groups to disasters (the main natural hazards in Rwanda identified by…
Objectives:
Review the experience of selected countries in emergency operations and assess the extent of damage to national economy, human life and the environment
Identify disaster prone areas and recommend remedial actions
Assess vulnerability factors
Appraise institutional setup for disaster prevention and recovery
Review approac…
This course covers the fundamentals of climate science, the earth system and the causes and evidence of climate change. This knowledge explains how the earth system (natural and human) is affected by climate change.
Past and present observed changes are considered, and delegates will learn how climate models work and the nature (and limits of our knowl…