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Displaying 60 of about 314 resultsThe Second 'Urban Resilience Asia Pacific' Conference has been designed to address the critical themes of 'Readiness', 'Security' and 'Transparency' in Urban Resilience keeping in mind the exhaseration due to the ongoing crises of a global pandemic with a focus on Asia Pacific, the fastest urbanising region of the world.
The conference will be hosted o…
To mark the closing of ADB's Integrated Disaster Risk Management Fund, an interactive webinar will bring together experts from across Southeast Asia to look at the Fund’s contribution and to exchange views and ideas on advancing integrated disaster risk management.
If efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are to succeed, undertaki…
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Date & Time
Date: 8 September 2021 (Wed)
Time: 11:00 New Delhi | 12:30 Bangkok/Jakarta | 13:30 Manila/Beijing | 14:30 Incheon
Duration: 90 minutes
Language: English
Background
Making Cities Resilient 2030 (MCR2030) is a unique cross-stakeholder initiative offering a 3-stage re…
Event Description
Urban safety is a fundamental value that supports citizens’ lives and urban competitiveness. During recent natural and social disasters, including the COVID-19 pandemic, strengthening urban resilience has emerged as a critical policy task. Global environmental transitions such as climate change and various economic and social…
India is witnessing growing numbers of urban disasters. Poverty and poor urban management mean that many cities are expanding in an uncontrolled way. This has led to severe social, economic and environmental problems. It is also putting greater numbers of people at risk. For those working with communities, a broader view of risk can help build safer cit…
Most houses were damaged by the recent earthquake, north of Padang in the village of Mangopo, however there were no victims. "Everyone reacted very quickly because of the training and that's why no one died in that village" said Malka Older of Mercy Corps Indonesia, which helped train Mangopo and other villages at risk.
"Other nearby villages that were…
ISTANBUL, Turkey, 24 May 2016 – A major global network launches today at the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul to facilitate business engagement in crisis situations through pre-positioning supplies, meeting humanitarian needs and providing resources, knowledge and expertise to disaster prevention.
Businesses can now play a central role in pre…
GENEVA, 28 April 2016 - One of the world’s most ambitious low-cost housing reconstruction programmes ever to be undertaken in a seismic zone is due to get underway this week following first anniversary of the 25 April Nepal earthquake.
Nepal’s new Reconstruction Authority and its partners are embarking on a programme to provide over 500,000 low-c…
Aditya V. Bahadur (ODI), Amy Kirbyshire (ODI/CDKN), Kashmala Kakakhel (Lead Pakistan/CDKN) and Mihir Bhat (AIDMI) present Insights from the front lines of disaster risk, following an expert consultation in the region.
The pre-zero and zero drafts of the post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction (DRR) have now been released and the process to forg…
By Jim Jarvie and Anna Brown
On an ordinary morning in January 1995, the city of Kobe, Japan shook for less than a minute. By the time the tremors subsided, one of the most powerful earthquakes in recent history had already destroyed bridges, expressways and buildings, and within several hours, claimed over 6,400 lives. The quake's magnitude and the fa…
The new Urban Action Kit, launched by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and the Climate Centre, and supported by EIT Climate-KIC and partners, offers a guidebook and activity cards for community organisations working on urban climate resilience. The kit features a case study from EIT Climate-KIC’s Resilient Regi…
Webinar Recording
Background
COVID-19 has been a massive challenge for cities that are being tested with extremes of COVID-19 spread, with simultaneous health, social and economic crises. Cities and local authorities who are at the forefront of combatting COVID-19, with continuous management of a wide range of public health o…
Context and Justification
Over the past 20 years disasters have affected 4.4 billion people, caused USD 2 trillion of damage and killed 1.3 million people. Disasters affected people living in developing countries and the most vulnerable communities within those countries. Over 95 percent of people killed by disasters are from developing countri…
Contexto y Introducción
Todas las comunidades están expuestas a emergencias y desastres relacionados con cualquier tipo de amenazas naturales, brotes epidémicos y aquellas producidas por el hombre, biológicas, químicas, radiológicas, tecnológicas, conflictos y otros. En un contexto de urbanización creciente y cambio climático, la frecuenci…
Webinar Recording
Event Description
The building and construction sector globally represents a huge contribution to climate change and environmental issues. The sector is responsible for close to 40% of energy-related carbon emissions, plus 40% of virgin raw material use. Decarbonising, restoring our natural environment and enhancing…