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Millions of dollars of new business investment will be made in the private sector in the coming years. Much of it will be spent in hazard-exposed locations. How disaster sensitive this investment is will in part determine the future resilience of the country. In most economies, the private sector is responsible for 70–85 percent of this inve…
The Third Global Summit of Research Institutes for Disaster Risk Reduction (GSRIDRR 2017) will take place at the Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University, Uji Campus, Oubaku Plaza, Kyoto, Japan from 19 to 21 March 2017.
This conference provides an opportunity for all those who are involved in disaster risk reduction (DRR) ac…
For the first time in disaster risk reduction, the new global blueprint for reducing disaster risks – the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, adopted numerical targets and indicators for countries to achieve by 2030.
It is therefore important to understand the characteristics of the targets of the Sendai Framework. Are they just aspirational,…
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Contemporary problems in emergency management and crisis preparedness demand new approaches. The old ways of doing business do not apply. Although many observers recognise the importance of public-private partnerships, this concept does not go far enough. Rather, modern systems of resilience and preparedness should be built…
We are pleased to invite you to join us on 16-17 May for a UNFCCC technical expert meeting on Integrating climate change adaptation with the Sustainable Development Goals and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, taking place during the Bonn Climate Change Conference.
The two day meeting will allow participants to identify challenges and co…
Logistics is at the heart of all emergency operations. It encompasses the movement of goods and equipment, the relocation of disaster-affected people, transfer of casualties and the movement of aid and relief workers and volunteers. Approximately 60 - 70% of funding in each emergency is spent on logistics, highlighting the need for effective and efficie…
This addendum to the white paper supports the case for the incentivization of resilience-building actions and policies to reduce the effects of disasters. It then redefines the relationship of incentives to definitions of resilience, describes the goal of resilience in a world of incentives, adds to characteristics of incentivization that govern ho…
This report lays out the multi-billion dollar threats and opportunities of climate adaptation, exploring avenues to increase investment into adaptation. The report provides recommendations to overcome barriers to action.
Developed through a multistakeholder climate adaptation finance consultation process, it aims to identify real world…
This report summarizes how urban stormwater managers can work with market forces, applying “economic instruments” to address the issues of flooding, water supply and quality, and habitat degradation, and meet their stormwater program goals. Economic instruments recognize and deliberately work within the economic system to create action or drive investme…
By Julianne Liebenguth
The frontlines of climate change are the world’s shorelines. “It goes without saying that people living in coastal communities are already observing impacts,” said Erin Derrington, a coastal resources specialist working in the Northern Mariana Islands, at a recent Wilson Center event, the third in a series on coastal resilience…
By Christopher Flavelle and Tiffany Kary
Coastal communities from Maine to California have been put on notice from one of the top credit rating agencies: Start preparing for climate change or risk losing access to cheap credit.
In a report to its clients Tuesday, Moody’s Investors Service Inc. explained how it incorporates climate change int…
By Jaime Pilapil
The government and the private sector came together on Friday to address disaster management in a bid to make the country more resilient to calamities and other emergencies.
Launched was the Resilient Cities/Municapalities Leadership Program for Local Chief Executives at the SMX Convention Center in SM Aura Premier in Taguig City.
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Tokyo, Japan - NEC Corporation, in collaboration with Thailand's National Disaster Warning Center (NDWC), announced today the completion of a trial for a system that identifies areas where there is danger of a landslide occurring. The effectiveness of the system was confirmed as the trial was conducted in Chiang Mai Province in Northern Thailand during…
JOHNSTON, R.I., USA - New insights have emerged around three of the most pressing risks to business performance in the 21st century—cyber attack, natural hazards and supply chain failure—with the release today of the 2017 FM Global Resilience Index.
The annual index, which is online and interactive, ranks 130 countries and territories by their enterpri…
Last year, the lives of 102 million people were devastated by droughts, storms, earthquakes or floods, but the vast majority of those people had no risk insurance to help them cope. The result was lost homes and livelihoods, displacement and hunger, and deepening impoverishment and debt. Globally, 70 per cent of economic losses resulting from natural ha…