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UNDP in partnership with the National Disaster Management Organisation is hosting a high-level multi-stakeholder meeting July 14-15 on promoting resilient activities and increasing local level understanding of disaster risk in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area. The event will also advocate for the need to ensure linkages with social and environmental...

The Deputy Prime Minister of Tajikistan said his country was committed to a path of sustainable and resilient social and economic development, with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction at the heart of this driving ambition. Since 1997, Tajikistan has recorded 3,326 disasters, killing more than 1,100 people and causing widespread destruction...

By Andy McElroy

DUSHANBE, 12 July 2016 – The Deputy Prime Minister of Tajikistan said today his country was committed to a path of sustainable and resilient social and economic development, with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction at the heart of this driving ambition.

Mr. Zokirzoda Mahmadtoir Zoir said coordinated and consistent action was necessary to…

The purpose of this thematic review is twofold: firstly, to obtain an understanding of progress and evolution of disaster risk governance over the period 2005-2014; secondly, to inform the policy dialogue on future disaster risk management challenges and the mechanisms for addressing them. In particular, the review intends to inform and influence the...

The publication consolidates a synthetic analysis on La Niña and its potential impacts on agriculture and food security, specifically in the regions that are now dealing with the consequences of El Niño. It provides early action recommendations in the agriculture sector to either reap the beneficial outcomes of La Niña,...

This article describes the evolution of the role of science and technology in the policy process building up to the Sendai Framework adoption that resulted in an unprecedented emphasis on science in the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFRDRR). The first international conference for the post-2015 United Nations landmark agreements...

The resilience analysis of the Triangle of Hope (Mauritania) serves as a baseline for providing guidance in planning policy interventions. The present brief summarizes policy indications presented in the report. These indications aim to help the Government of Mauritania and policymakers with their future decisions, and contributes...

This report on Mauritania is part of a series of country level analyses prepared by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Resilience Analysis and Policies (RAP) Team. The series aims at providing programming and policy guidance to policy makers, practitioners, UN agencies, NGO and other stakeholders by identifying the key factors...

Even after the heavy rains that drenched East Africa in April, Makueni County in eastern Kenya remains dry - and it's not clear when increasingly elusive rainfall will come again. But the women of Kikumbulyu village are not worried. Last November, they built a rock catchment system to harvest rainwater. Now, despite dry weather, the village still...

UNISDR launched today “The Sendai Seven Campaign – 7 Targets, 7 Years”, an advocacy initiative to encourage implementation of the Sendai Framework to save lives, reduce disaster losses and improve management of disaster risk. This year's target is reducing mortality and “Live to Tell” is the slogan for International Day for Disaster Reduction,...