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Reducing risk, and saving lives and livelihoods in Niue is at the core of a new project launched this week in the island nation. The project will enhance the access to and understanding of weather, climate and disaster information from their National Meteorological Service.
Known as the CREWS Pacific SIDS Project, the Climate…
By Jacqueline Westermann
The Boe Declaration, signed during the 2018 Pacific Islands Forum, sent a clear message: climate change isn’t a scenario of the future; it’s a reality that’s happening now and an existential threat to the people of the Pacific. Climate change will affect the economic, political and social relations of the region, from health, f…
Cabo Verde began the process of conducting its Joint External Evaluation (JEE) to assess its capacity to implement the International Health Regulations (IHR - 2005). This exercise will enable the identification of good practices and opportunities for continuous improvement aiming at strengthening the essential capacities needed for the country to face s…
Maps reveal how people move during an emergency, and who may be most vulnerable
By Noah Smith
Defying most forecasts, Hurricane Dorian largely spared Puerto Rico Wednesday and now threatens Florida, which is under a state of emergency. This surprising path has manifested itself despite decades of research, huge data sets, and advancing technology…
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Ireland today signed agreements establishing the Ireland Trust Fund for Building Climate Change and Disaster Resilience in Small Island Developing States (SIDS). The Contribution Arrangements were signed by ADB Vice-President Mr. Ahmed M. Saeed and Ireland’s Minister for International Development Mr…
By Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern
New Zealand is bolstering its support for the Pacific region’s resilience and collective response to climate change.
“Whenever I meet with those who live on Pacific Islands, climate change is top of their agenda,” said Jacinda Ardern, who is attending the Pacific Islands Forum in Tuvalu.
“That’s why we’ve been working with ou…
The Government of Japan and Tonga Broadcasting Commission celebrated the handover of an Outdoor Broadcasting Vehicle on Friday afternoon, 8 November 2019, funded through Japan’s Non-Project Grant Aid for Provision of Japanese Disaster Reduction Equipment. H.E Mr. Tetsuya Ishii, Ambassador of Japan to Tonga handed over the vehicle witnessed by Hon. Poasi…
On 14 March, the countries of the Caribbean Sea will engage in the Caribe Wave 19 exercise to test the effectiveness the Tsunami and Other Coastal Hazards Early Warning System, established in 2005 under the auspices of UNESCO's Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC). The exercise will be an opportunity to test the effectiveness of alert system…
Claret Connor, the newly appointed director of the Sint Maarten Recovery Program Bureau, says he is humbled by the opportunity to rebuild his country after it was wrecked by Hurricane Irma in September 2017. Born and raised in Sint Maarten, Connor, a former minister, parliamentarian and hotelier, leads the agency overseeing activities supporte…
BANGKOK, 19 November 2019 - In the face of growing disaster losses and risk in the Asia-Pacific region, government disaster risk management agencies, international organizations, and civil society groups met in the Australian city of Brisbane last week, to agree on priorities for accelerating action for reducing the risk of disasters.
On 12 and 13 No…
In order to ensure that policies, plans and activities that are aimed at building resilience are effective, it is important that they are informed by the priorities of those most at risk. Local people have critical knowledge on the risks they face and only when this is utilised will policies, plans and actions to build resilience be effective. It is wi…
Purpose
Given Singapore’s experience and in order to support South-South cooperation for Sendai Framework implementation, Singapore has proposed co-organising with UNDRR this customised training course for officials from the Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS), in collaboration with the CDEMA, to support a strategic and sustainable approach…
La Isla Barrio stands in stark contrast to the popular images of palm-fringed beaches frequented by tourists visiting the Dominican Republic. La Isla is one of the many illegal settlements in Santo Domingo Este, the eastern municipality of the nation’s capital. This sprawling community of 300 homes has been constructed on steep hillsides which lead do…
UR Caribbean will bring together representatives of government ministries and national disaster management agencies, disaster risk management practitioners, urban planners, insurance industry stakeholders, private sector organizations, academia, multilateral development banks, regional partners and donors to:
Identify gaps and needs that exist i…
Background
Grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, UN Women works for the elimination of the discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and secu…