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Somaliland commits to address risks posed by climate change and variability
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(UNDP , Hargeisa, Somaliland)- Resolution on Climate Change Adaptation to Build Development and Humanitarian Nexus and Disasters Risk Reduction Recognizing that climate change has serious implications on society, natural resources and economic and human...
South-South Cooperation a Key to SDGs Success, Says G77
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H.E. Komate Kamalanavin, Amb of the Kingdom of Thailand to UAE, on behalf of G77 and China, receives award from #UAE & Zayed F @ #GSSD2016 By an IPS Correspondent DUBAI, Nov 4 2016 (IPS/G77) The Global South-South Development Expo 2016 (GSSD),...
Banking Mantras Daily Current Affairs : November 4th & 5th, 2016
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National PM Narendra Modi inaugurate Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction:- i) Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 2016 Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR) in New Delhi ii) The conference has been...
2015’s Historic IDDR-WSDPD Convergent Observance, ‘Rohingya Children Crisis’ Declared as ‘Grave Humanitarian Disaster’ o...
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‘Rohingya Crisis’ Declared as the ‘Gravest Humanitarian Disaster’ of the Era–The United Nations’ IDDR-WSDPD Convergent O...
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UN Observances//ContentCo-GNN/ 28/10/2015 Featured News Report on the Historic UN-IDDR Observance 2015. By: UNISDR Special Correspondents. Disasters can occur anywhere, anytime, at any location, to any society. The past few decades have witnessed...

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Mix up financing to better protect Caribbean, say experts

By Sophie Hares, UNDRR – Americas and the Caribbean Menaced by increasingly violent hurricanes, Caribbean countries face an enormous bill to better protect themselves disasters and need to weave a web of financing options to help insulate against shocks...
Caribbean takes temperature check head of key disaster risk forum

By Sophie Hares, UNDRR – Americas and the Caribbean Rolling out early warning systems, boosting community resilience and better protecting economies and livelihoods in the Caribbean topped the agenda at the Comprehensive Disaster Management conference...
Jamaica prepares local disaster risk reduction plans ahead of the 2020 Regional Platform with the support of the "Ma...

By Clément Da Cruz, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean On October 22 and 23, the workshop "Disaster Risk Reduction and Making Cities Resilient: Towards the Development and Implementation...
Caribbean throws spotlight on "forgotten" tsunami threat

By Sophie Hares, UNDRR - Americas and the Caribbean From blowing conch shells to ringing church bells and sending mobile phone alerts, Caribbean countries are looking at high and low-tech ways to alert citizens to run for safety in the face of tsunamis...
Get business on board to cut disaster risk

By Mami Mizutori, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction From micro family-run ventures to giant multinationals, companies are often hard hit by disasters that erode their bottom line or force them out of business...

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