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Looming hurricane season raises displacement risk Format After Hurricanes Iota and Eta ripped through Central America in 2020, many were forced to flee with little more than the wet clothes on their backs, leaving their houses destroyed and even bodies of family members buried in thick mud. Instead of returning to rebuild both their homes and their lives in the wake of the storms that wreaked billions of dollars-worth of damage on the region, many opted instead to take the perilous journey nort...

English News and Press Release on World about Disaster Management; published on 26 May 2021 by SADC

India News: NEW DELHI: Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee may still be engaged in an acrimonious debate over management of cyclone Yaas, but here is another si.

Kyrgyz Republic strengthens systems approach to Disaster Risk Reduction, with the support from UNDRR and the EUKyr Format Bishkek – On 25th May, stakeholders on disaster risk reduction (DRR) in the Kyrgyz Republic took part in the consultative workshop titled “Use of System Approach for Strengthening DRR Governance in the Kyrgyz Republic”. The workshop was organized by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR). This event is part of activities of the Regional initiativ...

Disaster resilient infrastructure key to risk reduction in loss of life and property May 24, 2021, 3:26 PM IST Rajiv Tikoo is a journalist and editor with interest in sustainable development. Apart from writing, he has edited books and compendiums of case studies related to social sector, including ‘Forest Lanterns’ on tribal communities published by Penguin Random House. He has also produced radio programmes for All India Radio, and films. Besides, he explores the use of ...

IOM will take place virtually between 25 and 27 May 2021 from 9:00 to 12:00 EST. Building on the 2008 and 2011 IDM meetings, this session focuses on “Accelerating integrated action on sustainable development: migration, the environment and climate change”. This comes at a time of increasing political urgency, and in view of the deep impacts of the COVID-19 health crisis linking climate and migration to current and future development issues. Environmental change and disasters have always bee...

May 21, 2021 ‘Unique opportunity to develop affordable supply chain’ A vital lesson from this pandemic is that the capacities of public health systems must be scaled up and repurposed, and systemic approaches used for strengthening resilience across all sectors towards disasters. Else, disruptions to the supply chain systems on which various facilities and undisrupted services depend have fatal consequences, says Sanjay Srivastava, Chief, Disaster Risk Reduction at the UN-ESCAP. “As th...

English News and Press Release on Tajikistan about Disaster Management; published on 21 May 2021 by UNDRR

English Other on World about Climate Change and Environment, Contributions and more; published on 21 May 2021 by UNDRR

Title: Human Resources Specialist (Organizational Development) Objective: Human Resources and Administration (HRA) department established a consultancy opportunity as a replacement for current staff who will be on maternity leave to continue the HR ongoing work and project implementation within ADPC regarding organizational development. The consultant aims to provide HRA and management with the required technical advice and support in new HRA manual implementations and to respond to the needs o...