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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.

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Update
Situation Room officers from the African Union Commission (AUC), IGAD Climate Prediction & Applications Centre (ICPAC), and the African Centre of Meteorological Application for Development (ACMAD) took part in a two-week training in May 2021 , focusing on
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CIMA Foundation - Centro Internazionale in Monitoraggio Ambientale
Monreal, Germany - 07 15 2021: Huge flood of the Elz river in Monreal, Eifel
Press release
GENEVA, 16 July 2021 – The UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction, Mami Mizutori, today extended her condolences to all those affected by the current severe floods across Europe and urged greater investment in disaster
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ARISE Africa virtual photo
Update
On 30 June 2021, ARISE Africa met to address how best to strengthen efforts to promote climate resilient infrastructure investments on the continent. This followed the calls to action raised during the 2021Virtual ARISE African Action Festival [1] in a
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UNDRR Private Sector Alliance for Disaster Resilient Societies (ARISE)
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Update
As the most disaster-prone region, the Asia-Pacific Climate Week (APCW) 2021 wrapped up on Friday 9 July with a strong recognition of the region’s potential to lead on resilience building against the impacts of climate change in conjunction with an increased commitment to shift to low-carbon economies.
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Live illustration during Pacific Resilience Meeting for the standard for resilience 'Include'
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Suva – The second Pacific Resilience Meeting (PRM) has closed, focusing on discussion and recommendations around the Framework for Resilient Development in the Pacific (FRDP)’s ten Guiding Principles and three Goals which fall into four ‘standards’ for
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Somalia workshop
Update
UNDRR ROAS launched a National Consultation on ‘Establishing a National Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction and Agreeing on the National DRR Priorities for the National Disaster Risk Reduction Strategy'.
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SRSG Mami Mizutori
Statements and messages
(Check against delivery) Remarks by SRSG Mami Mizutori UN High Level Political Forum 2021 Local and Regional Governments Day Opening Ceremony 9 July 2021 Distinguished participants, I would like to congratulate members of the Global Taskforce of Local and
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Tajikistan DesInventar Training
Update
DUSHANBE– On 7-8 July 2021 , experts from Tajikistan participated in the second part of the National training on the “DesInventar-Sendai” – a disaster information management software. The main objective of the training was to strengthen relative
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Jordan National Consultation
Update
Amman, 7 July 2021 – The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, Regional Office for the Arab States (UNDRR-ROAS), launched the first national consultation workshop under the umbrella of the regional disaster risk reduction initiative “Building
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HLP Panel on Covid19
Update
UNDRR chief, Mami Mizutori, this week expressed her belief that the COVID-19 Scenarios Project spearheaded by the International Science Council (ISC) “will make a major contribution to guiding governments and policymakers along an effective pathway
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