by Raphael | Apr 6, 2021 | Events
When: 13 April 2021, 7:30AM – 8:45AM (New York time) Registration: To register for this event, please click here. On 13 April 2021, the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), the UN Department for Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) Development...
by Raphael | Jan 8, 2021 | DRR Knowledge Products, Publications
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs), including micro SMEs, are the bedrock of global, national, and local markets. Two in every three people works in an SME (OECD 2019).1 When disaster strikes, SMEs are hit harder, suffer longer and are slower to recover than larger...
by Raphael | Aug 24, 2020 | Cities Clusters - COVID-19, Cities Clusters - DRR, Cities Project, Events
UNDRR GETI, UNOSSC & PAHO Joint Online Training: Making Cities Resilient: Developing & Implementing Local Disaster Risk Reduction Strategies to Respond to COVID-19 & Better Prepare for the Future Background Over the past 20 years disasters have affected...
by Naveeda | Aug 10, 2020 | DRR Knowledge Products, Publications
Countries in Southeast Asia are highly vulnerable to climate change as is evident from the rise in disaster events. The member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are on the pathway to rapid economic and social development, but their prospects...
