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GENEVA, 10 November 2011 – Eighteen countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have agreed to tighten up on school safety while also integrating disaster risk reduction into the school curriculum, following high-level talks on education in Panama City.
Between 1970 and 2009, over 32,000 schools in South America were damaged or destro…
By David Singh
GENEVA, 26 October 2011 – The UN has issued a flash appeal for US$15.7 million to provide emergency assistance to El Salvador which has now been pounded by heavy rains and floods since 10 October.
Tropical Depression 12-E arrived in El Salvador two weeks ago bringing more rainfall than Hurricane Mitch in 1998 and registering the highest…
As the world celebrates World Humanitarian Day, UNISDR, the strategic arm of the United Nations working on disaster risk reduction, recognizes the valuable contribution of humanitarian workers who risk their lives everyday to help others, whilst emphasizing their crucial role in reducing disaster risk.
“On this day we recognize the importance of humani…
The World Economic Forum has published its Global Risks Report 2024, highlighting the need for dialogue in the face of growing global fractures.Among the top risks are cybercrime, the adverse outcomes of Artificial Intelligence and extreme weather events.While the challenge of each is great, so too is our capacity to respond, experts from the World Econ…
This MOOC teaches you to develop accountable, high-quality and ethical responses to disaster in conflict-affected areas. The E-course is meant primarily for practitioners, but also open to students or otherwise interested people.It stimulates participants to think about humanitarian aid, DRR and disaster response in contexts where conflict is ongoing, l…
International cooperation towards the creation of a society safe and secure against disaster
As a 10-year anniversary of the Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution (DRI), from 'Hyogo' which led disaster assistance in the 2011 great east Japan earthquake, this forum proposes the importance of creation of a society that is safe and secure aga…
AMMAN, 18 March 2013 - UNISDR Chief Margareta Wahlström met yesterday with senior government ministers of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan who briefed her on the challenge to disaster risk management in the resource-starved country as it seeks to meet the needs of an estimated 440,000 Syrian refugees.
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Nasser Joudah, said he…
ARUSHA, 13 February 2013 - Speaking at the opening of the 4th Africa Regional Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction, the Tanzanian Minister for the Environment, Dr. Terezya Huvisa Luoga, expressed her fears that climate change could cause community conflict in her country.
Dr. Huvisa who is also President of the African Ministerial Conference on the Envi…
Time12:00 - 2:00 pm ESTAboutEarly Warning Systems (EWS) stand at the forefront of disaster risk reduction efforts worldwide. On the World Meteorological Day of March 2022, the United Nations Secretary General called for every person on Earth to be protected by EWS against increasingly extreme weather and climate change by 2027. It is estimated that univ…
Across the development community, there is growing awareness about the reality that, in countries affected by fragility, conflict, and violence (FCV), the path to a resilient future is even more difficult. Disasters often amplify FCV stresses, just as these stresses tend to increase FCV countries’ vulnerability to disasters. Even as the disaster-FC…
More than 6,000 people died and at least 11,000 reportedly disappeared in the aftermath of the destructive flood that hit Libya on September 10 2023.Infrastructure in north-eastern Libya has been seriously damaged. The economy continues to suffer and companies that are crucial partners for reconstruction and development have been forced to close due to…
This UNCTAD rapid assessment looks into the situation of interntional shipping amid disruptions that have the potential to reshape global maritime networks and reconfigure the world trading map. Two months into 2024, the Red Sea and Suez Canal disruption that began in November 2023 continues to unfold, putting at risk the free movement of goods and inte…
This study investigates the intricate nexus between climate change, conflicts, and human mobility in the Moyale-Moyale Borderlands and in most cross-border pastoral areas in the region. The Moyale-Moyale Borderlands, situated between northern Kenya and southern Ethiopia, represent a unique confluence of challenges associated with climate change, human m…
This MOOC teaches you to develop accountable, high-quality and ethical responses to disaster in conflict-affected areas. The E-course is meant primarily for practitioners, but also open to students or otherwise interested people. It stimulates participants to think about humanitarian aid, DRR and disaster response in contexts where conflict is ongoing,…
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En estos momentos se está organizando la Cumbre Mundial Humanitaria, a llevarse a cabo en Estambul, Turquía durante el primer semestre del 2016, para ello entre 2014 y 2015 se ha estado llevando a cabo consultas en todas las regiones del mundo. En estas consultas se promueve la participación de representantes de comunidades afectadas, orga…