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The latest news from the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), the lead UN agency for the coordination of disaster risk reduction.

Meeting host Mr. Alain Wong Yen Cheong, Minster of Environment, Sustainable Development, and Disaster and Beach Management of Mauritius, said the adoption of the Sendai Framework was a historic milestone (Photo: UNISDR)

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22 November 2016

End the tyranny of ignorance on disaster risk

UNISDR chief, Mr. Robert Glasser, today called for "an end to the tyranny of ignorance" on disaster risk during a press conference on the first day of the African Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in Mauritius.

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(from left) At the media workshop today in Mauritius, Mr. Ritvik Neerbijn, Mauritania Broadcasting Corporation, Mr. Jatin Dindoyal and Mr, Fabrice Chelman of Mauritius Government Information Services, and Ms. Slviane Velvendron, Radio Plus

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21 November 2016

Africa convenes on Sendai Framework

The 6th Session of the Africa Regional Platform opens tomorrow and is expected to recommend a programme of action for implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.

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Eight of the South Korean cities that have signed up to UNISDR'S Making Cities Resilient campaign this year received their certificates during the event in Ilsan (Photo: UNISDR)

Update

21 November 2016

Technology: the future of disaster risk reduction?

Fast-paced developments in technology have the potential to help the world rein in the impact of natural and human-induced hazards, notably when it comes to tackling urban risk.

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Mr. Robert Glasser, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction, hailed an "unprecedented achievement" in the process of curbing the impact of natural and human-induced hazards (Photo: UNISDR)

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18 November 2016

Countries back disaster risk reduction benchmarks

Negotiators today wrapped up talks on how to measure global progress in implementing the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, the world’s most ambitious plan to date for curbing the impact of natural and human-induced hazards.

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The goal of the CREWS initiative is to help developing countries bolster their early warning and forecast services to head off the risks posed by hazards such as flooding

Press release

17 November 2016

Climate early warning initiative focuses on most vulnerable

African Least Developed Countries and Pacific Islands will be the first to benefit from upgraded early warning systems against weather and climate-related shocks under an action plan outlined at the United Nations climate change conference.

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Ms. Darin Klong Ugkara of Thai PBS recounts her experience during the huge floods of 2011 in her country (Photo: UNISDR)

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16 November 2016

Thailand’s ‘Madam Disaster’ champions risk reduction

Asia’s most prolific disaster risk reduction journalist has urged media colleagues from 12 other countries to move beyond simply describing events and instead help their audiences better protect themselves from various hazards.

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Raising public awareness of disaster risk reduction: UNISDR's Neil McFarlane (centre) with presenters Paula-Anne Porter Jones (left) and Alan Magnus (right) at Radio Jamaica RJR 94FM

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15 November 2016

Public-private partnership vital to reduce risk

The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) has called on governments, businesses and communities in island nations to work together to curb the impact of hazards stoked by climate change.

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The man at the helm: Jamaica's UN Ambassador Wayne McCook (left), pictured here at a previous round of talks, is steering the process of setting indicators for the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (Photo: UNISDR)

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14 November 2016

Sendai benchmarks reach final stretch

Diplomats and disaster risk reduction experts today began a third and final round of talks to fix benchmarks of success in curbing the impact of natural and man-made hazards through to 2030.

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ARISE board members Ms. Sandra Wu (left) and Mr. Hans Sy with UNISDR Champion Senator Loren Legarda at the 5th Top Leaders Forum in Manila, which underlined the key role of public-private partnership in increasing disaster resilience (Photo: ARISE Philippines)

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9 November 2016

Typhoon Haiyan memory spurs ARISE commitment

Exactly three years after the country was lashed by the deadly Typhoon Haiyan, the ARISE network in the Philippines yesterday committed to strengthen partnerships with national and local authorities.

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Children in class learning about peace-building, conflict and disaster risk management (Photo: Ugandan National Curriculum Development Centre)

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8 November 2016

Uganda integrates disaster risk reduction into school curriculum

Ensuring that children understand hazards is the route to reducing their impacts. Uganda is making disaster risk education part of its curriculum in order to bring up a generation that knows how to deal with the threats that it faces.

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