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While world attention remains focused on the COVID-19 pandemic, the increasing number of climate-related disasters continues to be a growing challenge for disaster management agencies.

More than 300 people from Latin America and the Caribbean came together virtually to address the progress in disaster preparation in the region. The meeting took place within the framework of the workshop entitled “Enhanced Disaster preparedness for

Check against delivery Remarks by SRSG Mizutori at the ICLEI World Congress 2021-2022 Resilient Development and Risk Management for a Sustainable Urban Future Thursday, 15 April 2021 at 09:00 – 10:00 CEST: High Level Discussion on the MCR2030 to meet the

2021 ECOSOC Forum on Financing for Development

According to the latest evidence, investments in safe schools provide economic returns for society and also contribute to economic recovery.

The National UAE Private Sector Alliance for DRR (ARISE UAE) participated in the Arab Forum for Sustainable Development 2021 (AFSD-2021) in a special session for the private sector under the theme “Catalyzing Private Sector Engagement in the Decade of

Women play a critical leadership role in the provision of healthcare across the Asia-Pacific Region, including during disasters. They are working to build more resilient health systems and helping transform the way healthcare is provided.

LDCs Ambassadorial Climate Change and Risk-Informed development Briefing: Road to Doha Series

ALMATY – On 17 March, 16 technical experts from Central Asia have been trained in the framework of the EU-funded project on strengthening disaster risk reduction in the region. The training aimed to improve national reporting on achieving the targets of

2020 was an unprecedented year for the Asia-Pacific region with the COVID-19 pandemic compounded by a succession of climate-related disasters, threatening to derail decades of hard-earned socio-economic progress. Many countries in the region now face