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Displaying 120 of about 129 resultsThis specialized training aims to anchor the country’s disaster management information within the Desinvetar data base. This information can then be available to government and all interested stakeholders for planning purposes to prevent or reduce disaster risks, for disaster monitoring, early warning, preparedness and response planning. The proposed tr…
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The UN in Bosnia and Herzegovina jointly with the Ministry of Security of Bosnia and Herzegovina and with support of the Embassy of Switzerland in Bosnia and Herzegovina will mark the International Day for Disaster Reduction (IDDR Day) on 13 October.
In light of this year’s IDDR global theme Live to Tell and the launch of Sendai Seve…
The increasing number and intensity of natural disasters in the past few years have had severe consequences in terms of human lives that were impacted, but also in terms of structural damage and economic losses. In years to come, extreme events will no longer be exceptions; therefore, it is essential for sovereign territories in the Caribbean region to…
This webinar is targeted for local government DRR professionals and experts from related fields in the Asia-Pacific region. The two sessions are as follows:
Nov. 18 - Addressing emergning challenges of disasters in the Asia-Pacific region
Nov. 25 - Planning the new normal with COVID-19 with DRR
Both sessions will begin at 13:00 Japan Standard Time an…
2nd G-Ever international symposium and the 1st IUGS & SCJ international workshop on natural hazards
Background:
Asia-Pacific Region is an area with high risk of catastrophic natural disasters such as earthquakes, tsunami and volcanic eruptions. In today's highly globalized economy, when a disaster occurs it can create unpredictable turmoil not jus…
This end of year report highlights disasters and emergency situations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in 2016 and captures the response and relief efforts undertaken by National, Provincial and District authorities in Pakistan.
It gives an overview of the avalanche in Kareem Abad Chitral in March 2016, flash floods, rain and landslides in April 20…
This publication aims to provide a brief overview of the disaster risk management (DRM) strides made in several Latin America and the Caribbean Region countries to date. It includes a set of country notes organised by country priority levels determined by the GFDRR. It first focus on the two GFDRR Priority Countries (Haiti and Panama), then the four Don…
This document shows the pilot experience carried out by Practical Action in partnership with the local community and the municipality of Lurigancho-Chosica in Lima, Peru, to apply new communication technologies, free software and hardware to improve early warning systems (EWS) for floods and landslides. This document outlines a participatory approa…
This document is introduced as a toolkit for the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction by the Parties to the UNECE conventions. In this document, UNECE commits to help United Nations Member States better implement the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction adopted in March 2015 in Japan and reports on its activities in…
Philippines Provincial Disaster Coordinating Council (PDCC) in Eastern Visayas is now using Blackberry devices and computer laptops as part of a text messaging-based early warning system against any typhoon or storm surge, tsunami, flashflood or mudslide, or earthquakes.
Recalling the impact of disasters in 2011 that could have been mitigated, Senator Loren Legarda, the UN Champion for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation for Asia Pacific, today called on the government to aim for a disaster-resilient nation.
Legarda said the occurrence of natural hazards is inevitable, but 2011 was marked by several d…
In an interview with The Jakarta Post, Yoshinori Katori, Japan’s Ambassador to Indonesia, talked about the mutual cooperation between Indonesia and Japan in disaster preparedness and mitigation, such as the construction of early warning systems, strong housing or the rescue of landslide victims.
The diplomat emphasized the importance of building earthq…
WMO press release no.857
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) are collaborating to reduce disaster risk throughout South-East Europe. A new project, supported by the European Commission, seeks to enhance risk assessment and early warning systems for weather and climate extremes through strengt…
As General Assembly holds thematic debate, Secretary-General urges governments to integrate disaster risk reduction into development agendas
Faced with socio-economic fallout from increasingly frequent and severe disasters, Governments must invest in disaster risk reduction and weave it into their development agendas in order to save more lives and bui…
Bishkek - Kyrgyzstan received an offer to be one of 60 countries participating a project on prevention of natural disasters using satellite technology. Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the educational and scientific-industrial complex of the International University of Kyrgyzstan (IUK) Asylbek Aidaraliev said during a press conference at Kabar Agenc…