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(from left): Mr. Xavier Agostinho Chavana, Mozambique government, Dr. Ailsa Holloway, Stellenbosch University, Prof. Wadid Erian, League of Arab States, Mr. Robert Glasser, UNISDR head, Ms. Katie Peters, ODI (Photo: UNISDR)
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Agenda 2030 and search for coherence

There was a wide ranging discussion on understanding disaster risk and coherence between the main framework agreements comprising the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Africa
Mauritius Government Minister Alain Wong Yen Cheong (centre) speaking to the media yesterday following the opening of the Africa Regional Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction with Ms. Olushola Olaide of the African Union Commission, and Mr. Robert Glasser, head of UNISDR.
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Mauritius invests 2% GDP in resilience

The Africa Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction is being hosted by a small island developing state for the first time. The conference has been hearing what Mauritius is doing to reduce disaster risk and fight climate change.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Africa
Meeting host Mr. Alain Wong Yen Cheong, Minster of Environment, Sustainable Development, and Disaster and Beach Management of Mauritius, said the adoption of the Sendai Framework was a historic milestone (Photo: UNISDR)
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End the tyranny of ignorance on disaster risk

UNISDR chief, Mr. Robert Glasser, today called for "an end to the tyranny of ignorance" on disaster risk during a press conference on the first day of the African Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in Mauritius.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Africa
Mr. Robert Glasser, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction, hailed an "unprecedented achievement" in the process of curbing the impact of natural and human-induced hazards (Photo: UNISDR)
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Countries back disaster risk reduction benchmarks

Negotiators today wrapped up talks on how to measure global progress in implementing the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, the world’s most ambitious plan to date for curbing the impact of natural and human-induced hazards.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
The goal of the CREWS initiative is to help developing countries bolster their early warning and forecast services to head off the risks posed by hazards such as flooding
Press release

Climate early warning initiative focuses on most vulnerable

African Least Developed Countries and Pacific Islands will be the first to benefit from upgraded early warning systems against weather and climate-related shocks under an action plan outlined at the United Nations climate change conference.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
The man at the helm: Jamaica's UN Ambassador Wayne McCook (left), pictured here at a previous round of talks, is steering the process of setting indicators for the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (Photo: UNISDR)
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Sendai benchmarks reach final stretch

Diplomats and disaster risk reduction experts today began a third and final round of talks to fix benchmarks of success in curbing the impact of natural and man-made hazards through to 2030.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
Tsunami survivors and campaigners Ms. Petra Nemcova (right) and Mr. Tomas Alvarez Belon (left), with Mr. Neil McFarlane of the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (Photo: UNISDR)
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Tsunami survivors say risk awareness is a lifesaver

One is a Czech model-turned-activist, and the other a student who hails from Spain. Their lives changed forever on 26 December 2004, when they were caught up in the tragedy of the Indian Ocean Tsunami. Both have become tireless campaigners for disaster risk reduction.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - New York UNHQ Liaison Office
The first ever edition of World Tsunami Day is on Saturday (Photo: UNISDR)
Press release

400 years of data show tsunami threat ever-present across the world

The UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction, Mr. Robert Glasser, today warned against complacency in the face of the global tsunami threat which is often forgotten in parts of the world that have been affected in the distant past. The first ever World Tsunami Awareness Day is tomorrow, 5 November.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)

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