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WMO and its partners are stepping up efforts to make sure that nobody is left behind in the international drive towards Early Warnings For All.

The next stage of the process will be to enter the data into MCR2030´s platform for external validation. It will be possible to visualise how the municipality is doing with regard to the policy for people with disabilities in disaster situations.

The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) Regional Office for Arab States organized the Ninth Arab DRR Partnership Meeting from November 21-23, 2023, in Alexandria, Egypt.

Five Chinese cities – Chengdu, Guangyuan, Lishui, Shanghai Changning District, and Tianjin Eco-City - have joined Making Cities Resilient 2030, providing a boost to the global partnership, which is focused on scaling up action on risk reduction.

Important strides towards an inclusive future took place in Astana, Kazakhstan on November 14, 2023.

On the occasion of the European Urban Resilience Forum 2023, held in Cascais, Portugal, on 18-20 October 2023, UNDRR and the Portuguese National Platform for DRR organized an informal peer learning exchange of the Making Cities Resilient 2030 initiative.

A national workshop on climate change and disaster-related statistics took place in Lesotho.

Over 50 experts participated in a workshop on assessing the impact of slow-onset events, organized in Bonn on 8 - 9 November 2023. More than 100 participants joined online. This effort is co-led by UNDRR with UNDP and WMO.

UNDRR and CAF have developed tools such as the "Multi-Hazard Climate Risk Analysis" and the "Scorecard: Climate Resilience Addendum." These tools aim to provide local governments with rapid assessment tools to evaluate climate change risks.

The workshop was held as part of the celebration of the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (13 October), whose 2023 edition aimed to promote the fight against inequality through disaster resilience.