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Displaying 120 of about 643 resultsThe special session, a policy dialogue, will be held next Wednesday 26 November, as part of the 48th session of the International Conference on Education in Geneva. It will group together ministers in charge of education from selected countries, who have demonstrated outstanding achievements in promoting the recognition of disaster risk reduction educa…
The federal government of Pakistan has requested all four provincial governments to draft comprehensive plans to evaluate the structure of all schools and hospitals and to formulate concrete action plans regarding disaster risk reduction by 2015.
Approximately 1,800 children were trapped under the debris of hundreds of collapsed schools structures in P…
Nairobi - As countries across East Africa and the Horn of Africa begin to receive El Niño-related enhanced rainfall, disaster risk reduction experts from 10 countries in the region are meeting in Nairobi to develop strategies for reducing the negative impact of the evolving El Niño phenomenon.
"Africa, and in particular the Horn of Africa, suffers more…
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Con la participación de representantes de los Sistemas Regionales de Defensa Civil de todo el país, se inició el Taller sobre Derechos de los Niños, Niñas y Adolescentes en Situaciones de Emergencia organizado por el Instituto Nacional de Defensa Civil (INDECI) con la asistencia técnica de UNICEF.
El evento, que fue inaugurado por el Jefe…
Bhutanese schools are revising their advocacy programmes and disaster management plans following the loss of two students who drowned in one of the worst 'natural' disasters to hit Bhutan last week.
"We have to wait for data for the incessant rainfall for early detection and contact education focal persons to coordinate in schools,” said a senior progr…
A “how to” on handling disasters, especially floods, is expected to be released to the public next week, reports the Star. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim said a standard operating procedure (SOP) on disasters would be out after a Cabinet endorsement.
“For disaster preparedness, especially floods, we will come out…
Heavy seasonal rains, augmented by Cyclone Komen, led to serious flooding and landslides that killed dozens of people and affected more than 200,000in the country this year, reports Mizzima. The deluge was a wake-up call, a reminder that Myanmar could be better prepared to tackle natural disasters, whether storms and cyclones, or the threat posed by lyi…
By Merlina Hernando-Malipot
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DepEd Secretary Leonor Briones, during a virtual visit in DepEd Region 1, underscored the importance of looking at details in the building designs before the actual construction.
“Perhaps the building designs need to be improved, so that during calamities such as earthquakes and typhoons, the school buildings are muc…
Natural disaster research, prediction and mitigation series:
This book is one of the first attempts of systematic study that analyzes the principles of Indigenous Knowledge (IK) for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and its applicability to the modern context. It intends to become an useful reference material for decision making, research, implementation,…
The Gambian Minister of Environment, Climate Change, Water Resources and Wildlife, has underscored the significance of a nationwide sensitisation programme to enhance public awareness on disaster mitigation, which initiative was also meant to give feed back on the recently ended 2015-2030 Sendai Framework on DRR adopted by UN Member States in Japan, rep…
Third United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction - Ministerial Round Tables (AM & PM)
Sendai, Japan, 15 March — Building back better after earthquakes, cyclones and other destructive forces and international cooperation in reducing harm from future crises were the focus of high-level discussions today in Sendai, Japan, as the Third…
Nepal is defined by its diversity and natural beauty, highlighted by the majestic young mountain range of the Himalayas. But this beauty comes at a steep price. Nepal is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to natural disasters, suffering from floods, landslides and fire throughout the year while living in constant fear of an impending larg…
El Gobierno de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, a través de la Coordinación Nacional de Protección Civil de la Secretaría de Gobernación, se comprometió a “asumir la responsabilidad de Campeón del Programa Global de Escuelas Seguras”.
La Oficina de las Naciones Unidas para la reducción de riesgo y desastres (UNISDR), consciente de que el riesgo pérdida de…
By Annette Gough, researcher in the Centre for Urban Research, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, and the School of Education at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia; and Briony Towers, Research Fellow in the Centre for Urban Research, School of Global and Urban Studies at RMIT University in Australia
Australia’s policymak…
Vacancy ISDR/C/35/2010
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Background
The International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) is a multi-disciplinary and multi-stakeholder platform to enable societies to increase their resilience to natural, technological and environmental disasters and to reduce associate…