UNDRR News

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

(l. to r.) Elizabeth Longworth, UNISDR Director; Päivi Kairamo, Ambassador to the Permanent Mission of Finland in Geneva; Florika Fink-Hooijer, Director of the European Commission DG ECHO; Stéphane Jacobzone, Deputy Head of Division, Reform of the Public Sector, OECD; Antti Rytövuori, Minister and Deputy Permanent Representative to the Permanent Mission of Finland in Geneva. (Photo: UNISDR)
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Finland welcomes disaster risk review

The Finnish government has officially accepted the Peer Review report on its implementation of the global blueprint for disaster risk reduction, the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) which was adopted in 2005 and is due to be renewed next year at the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, in Sendai, Japan.
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UNISDR champion, Governor Joey Salceda of Albay, Philippines, receiving sectoral updates from the province's disaster management team.
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“Zero Tolerance” in Albay pays off

Governor Joey Salceda of hard-hit Albay Province, today said economic losses from Typhoon Rammasun (local name Glenda) could push over 20,000 families into poverty but many lives have been saved through early warnings and evacuations.
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Post-2015 DRR framework “on track”

GENEVA - July 15, 2014 - More than 600 government representatives and experts today concluded the First Session of the Intergovernmental Preparatory Committee for the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in 2015, with broadly converging views on how to address the threats posed by disasters and climate change...
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Erling Kvernevik, Senior Advisor at the Norwegian Directorate for Civil Protection speaking today at the First Preparatory Committee Meeting for the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction.
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Communities show way to resilience

GENEVA, 15 July 2014 – Local communities are already leading the way in adopting a holistic approach to development, the Preparatory Committee of the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction heard today...
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Triple test for public-private partnerships

Future progress to reduce disaster risk rests, in large part, on expanded and stronger public-private sector partnerships, the Intergovernmental Preparatory Committee of the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction heard today.
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(left to right) Major Groups representatives meet with Margareta Wahlstrom, UNISDR Head, Maria Veronica Bastias Gonzalez, NGOs, Akiko Domoto, Women's Groups, Fatimetou Mint Abdel Malick, local authorities, Galina Angarova, Indigenous Peoples, and Sam Johnson, Youth and Children. (Photo: UNISDR)
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Civil society calls for inclusive DRR

The lack of privacy for women in emergency shelters – managed by men - following the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami was cited today as an example of how gender issues can be overlooked in disaster risk management as civil society took centre stage at preparatory talks in Geneva on the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction scheduled for Sendai, Japan, in March 2015...
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Local data key to resilience

GENEVA, 14 July 2014 - Indicators for the Post-2015 Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction need to show what is happening locally as well as globally, the Preparatory Committee of the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction heard today...
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(left to right) Representing Major Groups at today"s Preparatory Committee meetings for the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, Sandra Wu, Private Sector, and Evelyn Nguleka, Farmers. (Photo: UNISDR)
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DRR for business and food security

The private sector and farmers took the stage today at preparatory talks on a new global framework for disaster risk reduction which are open to major groups from civil society as well as governments.
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DRR talks open in Geneva

Preparations for the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction gathered momentum today as more than 600 government representatives and experts from around the world convened in Geneva for the First Session of an Intergovernmental Preparatory Committee.
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The Atlas of Mortality and Economic Losses from Weather, Climate and Water Extremes (1970-2012) is published today. (Photo: WMO and CRED)
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Mortality Atlas sets stage for DRR PrepCom

A new review of disaster losses from 1970 to 2012 released today sets the stage for next week’s intergovernmental discussions on a new global framework for disaster risk reduction hosted in Geneva by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR).
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