At a side event during the Commission on the Status of Women, women (and men) from around the world eagerly packed into a UN conference room to discuss the impact of inadequate menstrual hygiene, open defecation and other practices on women and girls.
In the last 20 years, we've seen over 1.3 million people killed and more than 4 billion affected by disasters that have cost at least US$2 trillion. It is clear that we will never eradicate poverty or achieve sustainable development goals so long as disasters continue to set back progress. But it doesn't have to be this way. While weak development choices expose people to disasters, good, risk-informed development makes people and communities more resilient.
As cyclones sweep the Asia Pacific region and world leaders meet at the World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Sendai, Rachel Kyte, World Bank Group vice president and special envoy for climate change shares her perspective on why disaster preparedness is key.
Data from the International Energy Agency (IEA) indicate that global emissions of carbon dioxide from the energy sector stalled in 2014, marking the first time in 40 years in which there was a halt or reduction in emissions of the greenhouse gas that was not tied to an economic downturn.
A film chronicling the monumental effort of the engineers and designers to rebuild entire new cities from scratch following the devastating 2008 earthquake in China’s Sichuan Province, took the top prize at the first United Nations co-organized International Awards for the Best TV Documentaries on Disaster Risk Reduction.
During a special ceremony at the Third World […]
Singapore and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) will collaborate on a specialized training course for developing countries, in particular Small Island Developing States (SIDS), on the front line of climate change. The joint announcement at the Third UN World Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction coincides with news of a devastating Category 5 cyclone hitting the island nation of Vanuatu this weekend.
When disaster strikes, the surest way to save more lives is to get targeted, practical information quickly out to communities, United Nations experts told delegations gathered in Sendai, Japan, but stressed that even the most technically impressive systems “are useless” if people are not reached or do not understand the warning.
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