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ECLAC's Statistics and Social Development Unit along with the Statistics Division, in collaboration with PARIS21, in support of the United Nations Development Account and Escazú Agreement, will be hosting the national face-to-face subregional event. This workshop will bring stakeholders from National Statistical Offices, Ministries of Environment, and Emergency and Disaster

ECLAC's Statistics and Social Development Unit along with the Statistics Division, in collaboration with PARIS21, in support of the United Nations Development Account and Escazú Agreement, will be hosting the national face-to-face subregional event. This workshop will bring stakeholders from National Statistical Offices, Ministries of Environment, and Emergency and Disaster

DHAKA, Sept 19, 2022 (BSS) - Speakers at a workshop have put emphasis on the importance of the regular production

Bangladesh lost a whopping Tk179,198.8 crore due to 11 natural disasters between 2015-2020, according to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS). The loss is almost 10 times bigger than the Tk18424.7 crore Bangladesh lost due to similar calamities between 2009-2014, according to a new survey of the agency. A summary of the study titled "Bangladesh Disaster-related Statistics

Crisis. >> reporter: thank you, yeah, this is, indeed, our daily reality here. were seeing it in our disaster statistics globally, but particularly people at these front lines of the climate crisis are facing it every day. in some of these cases, we can really. it the climate fingerprint very scientifically. so for instance, that terrible heat wave that hit the northwestern u.s. and canada was impossible without climate change and the european floods that killed over 200 people in germany and be...

Upcoming climate change conference and joins us from netherlands. thank you so much for being here. appreciate it. most of us think climate change, we dont necessarily associate it with the red cross, but with the growing number of extreme climate events, unfortunately, the red cross is playing a growing role in helping folks after these disasters hit, including several here in the u.s., like those floods on the east coast. so, give us the big picture about what your teams have been dealing with...

Statement delivered by Asako Okai at the Development Dialogues Session on Urban Resilience- Managing Urban Risks and Building Resilience: An Old Challenge Has Gained New Urgency.

Statement delivered by Asako Okai at the Development Dialogues Session on Urban Resilience- Managing Urban Risks and Building Resilience: An Old Challenge Has Gained New Urgency.

Managing Urban Risks and Building Resilience Format Flood in Quang Binh, Vietnam. © UNDP Statement delivered by Asako Okai at the Development Dialogues Session on Urban Resilience- Managing Urban Risks and Building Resilience: An Old Challenge Has Gained New Urgency. Distinguished Panelists, participants, colleagues and friends, A warm welcome to all. In today’s discussion, we framed Urban resilience as ‘an old challenge gaining new urgency’. Although this imperative has been evident for...