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Displaying 15 of about 460 resultsDUBROVNIK – The UNESCO World Heritage Site city of Dubrovnik, globally celebrated for its rich past and environmental beauty, is taking steps to ensure its future is safeguarded from the threat of disaster.
The city, which has been an active member of the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction’s (UNISDR) “Making City Resilient” campaign is taking a seri…
GENEVA, 24 February 2012 - The business world is on "the cusp of a major revolution" in its understanding of disaster risk reduction as insurance industry demands force a shift from traditional accounting-based management to risk-based management, according to Rowan Douglas, CEO Global Analytics at Willis Group.
Speaking today in Geneva at the second j…
GENEVA, 12 December 2011 - Disaster risk is now a key factor influencing the way corporations look at living standards, particularly when structuring compensation packages for expatriate employees.
According to Slagin Parakatil, a Senior Researcher at Mercer, “Companies need to keep on top of current developments to ensure that their compensation packa…
NEW YORK, 19 May 2014 – Following on a statement by the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon that “economic losses are out of control and can only be reduced in partnership with the private sector,” the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) today launched the R!SE Initiative to mainstream disaster risk management into corporate planning and investm…
The overall ‘disaster context’ in the Philippines
The Asia and Pacific region and the Philippines are particularly vulnerable to disasters. Between 1970 and 2010, disasters and natural hazards caused an estimated 1.7 million deaths in the region, which was more than half the global total. Extreme weather events are expected to increase in the years to…
The vast number of small to medium-scale businesses in developing countries provides the needed commodities, services, employment opportunities, and incomes to many locals who opted to stay compared to those who migrated away from their home place. But why some people remain in a particular area despite the associated hazards puzzles disaster risk reduc…
Trinidadian entrepreneur Stacey-Ann Pi Osoria has built her one-woman business on emergencies. Selling inflatable sandbags, flood barriers and mobile shelters, she provides the vital equipment and training her clients need to reduce their disaster risk.
But when COVID-19 hit,…
Background
In times of crises or emergencies, business continuity management (BCM) is an essential means of maintaining services and activities for both, private sector businesses and public sector authorities. Business risk management planning must ensure that an organization’s activities and reputation are protected and that through emergency operati…
Office Disaster Prevention Expo is a special trade fair which deals exclusively with the management of crises in a professional workplace along with the structured plans in disaster management. Owing to the climatic conditions of the region and the sudden natural calamities like earthquakes, eruption of volcanoes and the rest, the companies and other in…
The Global Conference on Disaster Management is the premier event addressing issues common to all aspects of disaster and emergency preparedness and disaster management in the world. GCDM includes a variety of insightful and knowledgeable speakers while providing excellent opportunities for training and networking with experts and practitioners in:
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The Congress aims to address current issues related to the field of disasters risk management. Based on the themes, 4 events are distributed, which will be chaired by leading professionals:
• Symposium on Risk Management for Natural Disasters Reduction.
• Workshop on Technological Disasters Risk Management.
• Workshop on Sanitary Disaster Risk…
The conference motto for IDRC Davos 2008 is: Public-private partnership – key for integral risk management and climate change adaptation.
IDRC Davos 2008 will address global problems and attract participants from all over the globe. We expect more than 1300 participants from 130 countries.
The conference will take an integrated, multidisciplinary appro…
A one-day conference to coincide with the UN International Day for Disaster Reduction.
Key note speaker: Andrew Maskrey, Senior Coordinator for the UNISDR Global Assessment Report on Disaster Reduction The aim of this one-day conference is to create an environment in which the UK 'disasters community', whether from private sector, academia, non-governm…
Indonesia Disaster Management Expo 2010 which was due to be held from 20-22 October 2010 will now take place from to 4-6 November 2010 in order to synergize with the ASEAN Regional Disaster Emergency Response Simulation Exercise (ARDEX). The venue is still the Jakarta International Expo Kemayoran.
Indonesia Disaster Management Expo is the first intern…
For the first time in disaster risk reduction, the new global blueprint for reducing disaster risks – the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, adopted numerical targets and indicators for countries to achieve by 2030.
It is therefore important to understand the characteristics of the targets of the Sendai Framework. Are they just aspirational,…