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The 11 municipalities committed to finalise the completion of each tool by the end of July, so as to finalise their risk and resilience capacity assessments and then start the formulation of their local risk reduction and resilience plan.

Across the ACS region, CEPREDENAC, CDEMA and UNDRR have been working to bolster communication and knowledge-sharing for MHEWS, which has deepened regional cooperation.

Effective climate change action entails understanding the climate science, as well as the increasingly volatile and intense hazard events that are changing the vulnerability and exposure of people and ecosystems to potential future disaster risks.

“Measuring and Planning for Climate Change” is a regional initiative of Mercociudades, co-financed by the Union of Ibero-American Capital Cities (UCCI) and Mercociudades, with technical support from ICLEI and UNDRR – under the MCR2030 initiative.

On 12 June 2023, the Climate Risk and Early Warning Systems (CREWS) East Africa Initiative, a four-year USD 7 million collaboration between UNDRR, the World Meteorological Organization and the World Bank was launched in Kigali, Rwanda.

The Caribbean private sector has also invested in these disaster risk reduction (DRR) efforts. During and after Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria in 2017, businesses in the region grew more conscious of the risks posed by multiple hazards.

New paper builds the foundations of a resilience taxonomy to channel trillions into projects to reduce climate impacts.

The UNDRR ROAS and the AUD led a session titled "Powerful Partnerships Equal Powerful Impact,” at the Europe, Middle East, and Africa Accreditation Conference, to showcase the power of partnerships to drive positive change.

Thailand has made considerable progress towards improving urban resilience through the ‘Making Cities Resilient 2030’ (MCR2030) initiative, a collaborative effort involving the United Nations, local governments, academia and other partners.

The 11 participating municipalities received a certification that recognises the completion of Stage A and marks the beginning of Stage B, which opens the process of developing a Resilience Plan for the year 2024.