Beirut Explosion: It could have been Prevented
At 6:07 p.m. on 4 August 2020, Beirut witnessed one of the largest non-nuclear blasts in history, as 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate that had been stored for six years without safety measures at...
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2021 Risk Award recognizes Vietnamese women fighting climate change
GENEVA – A mangrove restoration project in Vietnam which combines building the resilience of a disaster-prone coastal community with risk-themed theatre was announced today as the winner of the 2021...
UNDRR Regional Office for the Arab States Launched National Consultation in Somalia: Towards Developing a Local Resilience Action Plan
Somalia, 6-7 July 2021 – Under the Disaster Risk Reduction Capacity Building Project in Somalia, UNDRR ROAS launched a National Consultation on ‘Establishing a National Platform for Disaster Risk...
Remarks by SRSG Mizutori at High-Level Panel: Humanitarian action and climate change: advancing anticipatory approaches, strengthening resilience and enhancing collaboration in response to the climate crisis
(check against delivery) Remarks by SRSG Mami Mizutori 2021 Humanitarian Affairs Segment of the United Nations Economic and Social Council High-Level Panel: Humanitarian action and climate change:...
ARISE Africa calls for climate resilient infrastructure investment
On 30June 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...
UNDRR ROAS Making Cities Resilient 2030 Webinar: Our Future is Urban
The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), Regional Office for the Arab States (ROAS), in collaboration with the Arab Towns Organization, organized a webinar titled “Arab Cities...
Building Resilience During COVID-19: Lessons Learned from Disaster Risk Reduction Programming - Executive Summary
The COVID-19 pandemic is a stark demonstration that, in a connected and globalized world, risk is more systemic than ever: what was initially a health disaster quickly became a socioeconomic one with...
Travnik, Bosnia and Herzegovina, steps up building resilient and healthy communities through the MCR2030 initiative
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Travnik, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina - On 5 June 2021, a workshop for finalisation of the Preliminary Disaster Resilience Scorecard for Cities (and Public Health Scorecard Addendum) took...
Pandemic must serve as a wake-up call on human rights says SRSG
Excellencies, distinguished delegates, It is not a new story, but the COVID-19 pandemic has underlined in a vivid way that disasters put the human rights of vulnerable groups, and in particular in...
Words into Action: Nature-based solutions for disaster risk reduction
Some of the most important risks faced by humankind today are environment-related: extreme weather, biodiversity loss, natural hazards, and human-made environmental disasters. In large part, the...
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