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Displaying 45 of about 52 resultsThis year’s report presents new findings for displacement during 2012 and analysis drawn from five years of data compiled by IDMC. It presents global estimates for disaster-induced displacement associated with hazards that rapidly impact communities or are experienced as sudden triggers to forced movement. These include both weather hazards, such as flo…
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Monrovia, Liberia – The global burden of disasters and armed violence which affect over 200 million people and result in over 500,000 deaths each year will be the focus of a forum on conflict and fragility which opens in Liberia tomorrow.
With a special focus on Africa, the forum is co-hosted by the governments of Liberia and Finland,…
GENEVA, 3 March, 2017 - The Americas region meets next week to discuss the best way forward to reduce disaster losses as a new Post Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) demonstrates the full impact of the devastation wrought on Haiti by Hurricane Matthew in October last year.
It also confirms Haiti’s position as the most disaster-prone country in the…
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The purpose of this document is to describe the thematic classification system that has been developed, with the aim of promoting a better understanding of disaster risk reduction (DRR), and the development of an internationally recognized information classification and exchange standard. It is hoped that a clear set of…
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown the fragility of our global networks. A health crisis has shocked economies, policies, governance, trade, infrastructure. In short, it has changed today’s society and may well leave a significant mark on the shaping of tomorrow’s society.
The clearest lesson from the pandemic has been the necessity to be prepared for dis…
GENEVA, 2 February 2012 - Climate change was a key driver in 2005 when 168 UN member states agreed on an international blueprint for disaster risk reduction but there is no reference in the Hyogo Framework for Action* to the environmental threat posed to the world’s retreating glaciers by criminal gangs.
Police in Chile are now investigating a criminal…
GENEVA, 5 February 2013 - Heads of State, government ministers, parliamentarians, CEOs, scientists and civil society representatives will meet in Geneva in May to discuss a new global framework to reduce disaster risk.
Some 3,000 people are expected to attend this fourth session of the Global Platform which will be the last to take place before the Wor…
RIO DE JANEIRO, 22 June 2012 - The largest UN summit ever organized closes today with an urgent worldwide call for accelerated implementation of the international blueprint for disaster risk reduction agreed by all UN member States seven years ago.
Against a backdrop of 1.3 million deaths, 4.4 billion people affected and $2 trillion in economic losses…
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UNESCO’s General Conference, at its 36th session, proclaimed World Radio Day on 13 February.
Radio is the mass media reaching the widest audience in the world. It is also recognized as a powerful communication tool and a low cost medium. Radio is specifically suited to reach remote communities and vulnerable people: the illiterate, the disabled…
AIMS International provides intuitive consultancy services in conflict, post-conflict and fragile environments. We work clients in the developmental, governmental and private sectors guiding them towards their respective goals.
The purpose of AIMS International is to provide a balance between international and local expertise in the best interests of t…
Background
Afghanistan is recurrently hit by natural disasters causing losses to lives, livelihoods and property. In recent decades, this has led to massive problems of food insecurity and population exodus from the worst-hit areas. Between 1970 and 1998, the country experienced 57 large-scale disasters. More recently, Badakshan, Herat, and Badghis pro…
LocationJohannesburgDegreeCertificates in humanitarian policy and practice and diploma in humantiarian assistanceDescriptionThe programme comprises two certificates in Humanitarian Policy and Practice, with an option to take the examination for a professional Diploma in Humanitarian Assistance from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. The multidis…
Role and responsibilities
Effectively manage a food security project with Disaster Risk Reduction activities. Ensure that beneficiary participation and community relations are enhanced in all phases of the project. Overseeing community development plans, farmer training, kitchen gardens and nutrition training and DRR activities, plus livelihoods suppor…
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Description of the unit / department
This role is part of the humanitarian team based in Maynooth. The unit consists of a programme Manager, a coordinator, 3 humanitarian response officers with particular areas of responsibility and expertise including; operations, protection, policy and institutional funding/ programme development and an admi…
A framework in which the Indian government has laid out an action plan for reducing the country's vulnerability to potential hazards that are relevant to India, including: environmental disasters such as earthquake, landslide, flood, drought, cyclone, cold wave, heat wave, chemical disaster, fire, epidemic or pest attack; technological and sectoral disa…