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The Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction opens in Geneva Leaders and representatives from some 165 Governments gathering here today for the 2009 Global Platform on Disaster Reduction will be urged to ‘invest today for a safer tomorrow’ – or face much harder decisions in the years to come.

The Second Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Reduction (DRR) opening in Geneva, Switzerland tomorrow (Tuesday) will hear details of the world’s safest places and those most threatened by sudden onset hazard. The information is drawn from a new

The upcoming Global Platform on Disaster Reduction will feature an impressive 42 thematic special events, which will complement and support the high-level plenary sessions. The events will focus on different aspects of disaster risk reduction, including

Regional and national launches of the Global Assessment Report: Risk and Poverty in a Changing Climate are in full swing, with strong attendances and significant interest in the findings of this landmark document. To date, launches have taken place in

The recently published Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction: Risk and Poverty in a Changing Climate identifies ecosystems decline as a key disaster risk driver that will exacerbate natural hazards in the future. Healthy ecosystems provide

A record registration of some 1,500 participants, drawn from 150 Governments and over 120 regional/national Organizations is building momentum for the Second Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction which opens in Geneva two weeks today

In order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, UNISDR aims to minimize and compensate the impacts related to the Global Platform. Making the Global Platform a carbon neutral event is not an isolated activity. It is part of UNISDR’s climate neutral

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) agreed at its 30th session in Antalya, Turkey, 21-23 April, to undertake the preparation of a special report entitled "Management of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation"

A major UN Report was launched on 17 May in the Kingdom of Bahrain – the first time such an event has been held in the Gulf region. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon unveiled the Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction: Risk and Poverty in a

More than 1,250 participants have registered for the Second Session of the Global Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction taking place in Geneva from 16 through 19 June 2009. The conference will bring together a wide cross-section of the global disaster risk