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The Sasakawa winner Allan Lavall is pictured here on stage with the head of UNISDR, Margareta Wahlstrom, and Yohei Sasakawa,chairman, the Nippon Foundation. (Photo: UNISDR)

Press release

17 March 2015

Model researcher wins 2015 Sasakawa Award

The Jury of the 2015 United Nations Sasakawa Award for Disaster Risk Reduction today said the work of this year’s winner – Allan Lavell – that he represents “A timeless model; a model for all times.”

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Climate change creates key challenges for disaster risk reduction. (Photo: UNISDR)

Update

17 March 2015

2015 – a year of opportunity on climate

Climate change is a clear and present danger, forcing countries to evolve their policies constantly to keep up, participants at the World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction said today.

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Ugandan MP Alex Bakunda Byarugaba: "We need real work with tangible outcomes, something to be seen and felt by the community. We do not need those who come, talk, and go, and don’t do much." (Photo: UNISDR)

Update

17 March 2015

DRR Champions ready for new challenge

UNISDR’s team of champions from around the world today outlined how they are preparing to meet the challenge of implementing the post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction.

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Henk Ovink, the Special Envoy for International Water Affairs of the Netherlands, Margareta Wahlstrom, head of UNISDR, and Naohiro Nishiguchi, the President of the Japan Bosai Platform (JBP) share a light-hearted moment after agreeing on the ‘Statement of Cooperation for Implementation of Resilient Cities Connect’. (Photo: UNISDR)

Press release

17 March 2015

Japan and Netherlands join UNISDR in resilient cities initiative

Two countries at the forefront of global disaster risk management efforts today joined with the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) in an innovative partnership to strengthen urban resilience.

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Dr. Laila Rashed Iskandar, Egypt's Minister of State for Urban Renewal and Informal Settlements. (Photo: UNISDR)

Update

16 March 2015

Egypt moves on slum resilience

Granting property rights to slum dwellers is a key tool for reducing the risk of disasters striking such communities, Egypt’s Minister of State for Urban Renewal and Informal Settlements Laila Rashed Iskandar said today.

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Producer Sen Zhang received the top award for the ‘Rebuilding Sichuan’ documentary in the first International Awards for Best TV Documentaries on Disaster Risk Reduction. (Photo: UNISDR)

Update

16 March 2015

‘Rebuilding Sichuan’ scoops DRR film award

The documentary ‘Rebuilding Sichuan’ today scooped the top prize in the first International Awards for the Best TV Documentaries on Disaster Risk Reduction.

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Thomas Loster, MunichRE Foundation, Margareta Wahlstrom, UNISDR, RISK Award Winner, Shweta Gupta of AIILSG and Walter J. Amman, President of GRF Davos. (Photo: UNISDR)

Press release

16 March 2015

Risk award to support slum dwellers in Pune

All the key drivers of risk are present in the Indian city of Pune where 25,000 people living in ten slums will benefit from a project which today won the 2015 Risk Award and a grant of €100,000 at the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction.

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Mr. Aris Papadopoulos: “We need to move from disaster reaction to resilience pro-action.”

Update

16 March 2015

Thai floods a turning point for private sector

A UNISDR private sector champion today called for the high standards that are typically applied to major infrastructure projects to be the benchmark for the majority of urban areas that are residential and home to small businesses.

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Devastation in Port Vila, Vanuatu, in the wake of Category 5 Cyclone Pam. (Photo: Alice Clements/UNICEF Pacific and Humans of Vanuatu)

Press release

16 March 2015

Singapore aid for developing countries on new disaster risk framework

Singapore and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) will collaborate on a specialized training course for developing countries, in particular Small Island Developing States (SIDS), on the front line of climate change.

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United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Office in Incheon for Northeast Asia and Global Education and Training Institute for Disaster Risk Reduction

(From Left) Mr. Luis Felipe Puente Espinosa,Dr. Somia Okued, Mayor Lianne Dalziel, Moderator Steve Kraus, Dr Bruce Aylward, Mr Elhadj As Sy, and Dr Ali Ardalan. (Photo: UNISDR)

Update

15 March 2015

Health ‘a must for HFA2’

The Mayor of Christchurch today said that inclusion of health “is an absolute minimum requirement” for the post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction.

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