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Displaying 15 of about 285 resultsTo celebrate International Day for Disaster Reduction, UNISDR will join the French and the Philippines Missions in Geneva and the French Agency for Development (AFD) and officially open Yann Arthus-Bertrand’s new exhibition “Sixty solutions against climate change”. It will be exhibited for one week, from the 13-20 October, on the Passerelle of the Palai…
OSLO, 26 September 2013 - A champion of local action to reduce disaster risk was this week honoured for his years of commitment in support of building safer and more resilient communities worldwide.
The European Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction presented Dr Ilan Kelman with the Damir Čemerin Award for Local Change for his work to link disaster risk re…
GENEVA, 16 July 2013 - The head of a major Pacific regional organization said the region’s acute vulnerability left it no alternative but to lead the world in integrating risk reduction and climate change action into one over-arching strategy to secure a sustainable future.
The Director General of the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Pro…
GENEVA, 4 July 2011 – As Europe and North America move into the summer season, the risk of wildfires will increase. While these natural hazards may not get the attention of earthquakes, tsunamis and cyclones, their destructive potential is considerable and reducing the risks they present should be a priority for countries who face this threat.
Over two…
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Building on past agreements and issues discussed in the earlier conferences, particularly in the 3rd and 4th AMCDRR, the 3rd Session of Global Platform for Disaster Risk Re…
As part of its commitment to turning climate knowledge into climate-resilient action, CDKN is providing Knowledge to Action (K2A) grants in Africa. After putting out an open call for locally-led adaptation initiatives last year, five K2A projects were chosen from an extremely competitive pool of over 1000 applicants. The selected K2A projects are in Ben…
From Kakadu to Uluru and the Great Barrier Reef, to Sydney Opera House and the convict sites, Australia’s list of World Heritage places is incredibly diverse. Each site represents the culture, nature and history of this land, in its own way.But climate change threatens these sites. Many heritage values are already being eroded. On-ground managers of the…
Mountain Village, Alaska, which accommodates 855 residents, are sinking due to thawing permafrost. Ninety per cent of people living in Yupik village are Native Americans.
They lived in these 1970s homes brought to the village during the trans-Alaska oil pipeline boom, making the country a petroleum state.
The problem with these houses is that th…
Spring is here, and with it comes the threat of more floods. Australia is currently experiencing its third consecutive year of a La Niña weather cycle. This means we expect more rainfall than average over the spring and summer months. There is heightened risk of floods, tropical cyclones, prolonged heatwaves and grass fires in southern Austral…
This study considers consider the integration of Indigenous Knowledge Systems in the anticipatory action decision-making processes. A fuller understanding of the current state of Indigenous Climate Services (ICS) in weather and seasonal climate forecasting amongst some of the targeted communities seemed essential before such an integration could be done…
The Seminar mapped out the different risk assessment practices and programs at all disaster phases: in pre-disaster situation, during emergency response, in the post-disaster rehabilitation and reconstruction period as well as far after the recovery timeframe has been completed. Discussions in the seminar were focused on how communities take part in ris…
Shock Waves - 2 (International Film Festival on Disaster Risk Reduction) is being organised consecutively for second year. This year's programme is being organised in collaboration with Japan Foundation, India.
Global Forum for Disaster Reduction (GFDR) is committed to provide an international platform to producers of these documentaries and films from…
The Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS), Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SREP) and the World Bank are pleased to invite you to participate in a High Level Dialogue on Climate and Disaster Resilient Development. This meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn in Suva, Fiji on 4th an…
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The Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources in partnership with UNOPS Kenya office has designed a project aimed at climate change adaptation and sustainable use of natural resources in rural areas of Kenya through the eco-village model. Climate change is one the greatest challenges facing the world today and Kenya is already experienc…
Decentralization in Tropical Africa puts decision-making in adaptation and risk reduction in the hands of those who are directly experiencing climate change and disasters. Local plans are multiplying at municipal and village scale. Nevertheless, these tools, built on local/indigenous knowledge only, have still several limits: climate trends are not cons…