UNDRR Publications

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Este documento hace referencia a la serie de actividades realizadas durante la Plataforma Regional para la Reducción de Riesgo de Desastres de las Américas (#PR14) efectuada en Guayaquil, Ecuador en mayo del 2014.

Las memorias de la #PR14

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Este texto fue establecido como el Marco de Colaboración para establecer vínculos de intereses para la coalición para la resiliencia de las organizaciones de carácter regional e internacional comprometidas con la promoción y garantía de

This document describes the work plan and strategy of the UNISDR regional office for the Americas for the period 2014-2015. It presents: (i) a message from UNISDR Americas head of office; (ii) UNISDR Strategic Framework; (iii) disaster risk reduction in

This brief addresses the impact of disasters in the Latin America and Caribbean region (LAC), which reinforce, perpetuate, and increase the gender inequalities, widening the gap between men and women in the world's most unequal region. It considers the

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El Informe complementa (para América Latina y el Caribe), los resultados del “Informe de evaluación global sobre la reducción del riesgo de desastres – GAR 2013", de la UNISDR (Ginebra, mayo de 2013) y acoge los umbrales establecidos en el

This annual report of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction's (UNISDR) Regional Office for the Americas highlights that the office seeks to promote increasingly wider synergies and partnerships among different stakeholders at all levels

This briefing note examines the relation between climate change and disaster risk reduction (DRR). The increase in extreme weather events in the future will likely increase the number and magnitude of disasters, at the same time, the methods and existing

This report details the results of an assessment of the status of disaster risk reduction and institutional capacities in Uruguay, prepared by an inter-agency mission at the request of the Government of Uruguay, with the aim of promoting the development

This report is intended as a tool for decision-making, organization and implementation of strategies in the event that schools are used as temporary shelters, presenting considerations and reflections on education and protection of children's rights in

Investing in resilience - accelerating the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action in the Americas:

A declaration in which the participants of the Regional platform for disaster risk reduction in the Americas acknowledge the work being developed