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Prior to the earthquake of January 2010, UNDP Haiti was working in six main areas: Rule of Law and Security, Poverty Reduction, Democratic Governance, Disaster Risk Reduction, Early Recovery and Environment and Energy.
In responses to the devastating effects of the earthquake, UNDP Haiti will now be re-directing its efforts to respond to th…
Background
Prior to the earthquake of January 2010, UNDP Haiti was working in six main areas: Rule of Law and Security, Poverty Reduction, Democratic Governance, Disaster Risk Reduction, Early Recovery and Environment and Energy.
In responses to the devastating effects of the earthquake, UNDP Haiti will now be re-directing its efforts to respond to th…
Report of the Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs
This report contains the proceedings of the Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs of the House of Commons of Canada's Parliament. It reports on the efforts of the Committee to study the response to and long-term impacts of wildfires in First Nation communities duri…
This SSHAP brief discusses key considerations for COVID-19 response and recovery, with a particular focus on the Amazon region of South America. Indigenous peoples have experienced heightened vulnerability during the COVID-19 pandemic and face disproportionately high COVID-19 mortality. To better address these vulnerabilities, it is critical to adapt CO…
Tonga has ranked second and third place on the World Risk Report since its first publication in 2011 and ranks second on this year’s report even when the focus was on forced displacement and migration. Tonga has seen increase in tropical cyclones in the past 30 years and it is increasing not only in numbers but in velocity. The Intergovernmental Panel f…
GENEVA, 8 January 2014 – Herders whose livestock was devastated by a cyclone are taking steps to reduce their vulnerability and exposure to future disasters.
A combination of freakish freezing temperatures, high winds and severe floods after a cyclone in November in Puntland, Somalia, hit several communities hard.
Dozens of people died and up to one m…
TACLOBAN, 10 December 2013 – The City of Tacloban which accounts for almost 50% of the dead and displaced in the Typhoon Haiyan (known locally as Yolanda) disaster, is to hold a summit inviting mayors and other public representatives to come to the city to talk about the lessons learned for disaster risk management.
The announcement comes with recognit…
Stuart Mawbey is an emergency service volunteer worker and manager as well as a person living with disabilities. He has spent the last 15 years assisting in emergencies in the Australian States of South Australia and New South Wales. Here he reflects on the immense personal satisfaction he derives from his volunteerism as well as the ongoing challenges…
This book offers an up-to-date resource covering both methodological and technical aspects of disaster mitigation, involving adequate risk assessment and the implementation of risk reduction strategies. It is based on Latin American experiences of disaster response and planning programmes, and particularly emphasises the importance of community-based pa…
By Bhiamie Williamson, Jessica Weir, and Vanessa Cavangh
How do you support people forever attached to a landscape after an inferno tears through their homelands: decimating native food sources, burning through ancient scarred trees and destroying ancestral and totemic plants and animals?
The fact is, the experience of Aboriginal peoples in…
Investing in resilience - accelerating the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action in the Americas:
A declaration in which the participants of the Regional platform for disaster risk reduction in the Americas acknowledge the work being developed in the region surrounding disaster risk reduction, as guided by the principles and priorities set o…
GENEVA, 23 May 2013 - The three-day 4th Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, attended by a record 3,500 people and representatives from 172 governments, ended today with a call for "the immediate start of work to develop targets and indicators to monitor the reduction of risk" in the Chair's Summary at the closing plenary.
Global Platform Chai…
Rio+20 Side Event: One of the themes of this Rio +20 side event will be Disaster Risk Reduction.
Session topics include:
Effective public outreach and community involvement strategies
Creating tribal climate change adaptation plans
Natural resource damage assessment (NRDA) overview
Forest health in a changing climate
Climate change: Challenges and strategies on tribal lands
Sandy recovery improvement act: Tribal sovereignty and federal disa…
Investing in resilience - accelerating the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action in the Americas:
A declaration in which the participants of the Regional platform for disaster risk reduction in the Americas acknowledge the work being developed in the region surrounding disaster risk reduction, as guided by the principles and priorities set o…