30 March 2015 - The international community must gear up for a new era of “hydro-diplomacy” as the threat of water scarcity risks plunging the world into a period of geopolitical tension and stunted development, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson told delegates gathered at the General Assembly today.
New York, 21 March —The sustainable management and conservation of [...]
Farmers in developing nations bear the "major brunt" of natural disasters yet receive just a small percentage of post-disaster aid, says a new study released today by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) at the UN World Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction in Sendai, Japan.
In the last 20 years, we've seen over 1.3 million people killed and more than 4 billion affected by disasters that have cost at least US$2 trillion. It is clear that we will never eradicate poverty or achieve sustainable development goals so long as disasters continue to set back progress. But it doesn't have to be this way. While weak development choices expose people to disasters, good, risk-informed development makes people and communities more resilient.
As cyclones sweep the Asia Pacific region and world leaders meet at the World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Sendai, Rachel Kyte, World Bank Group vice president and special envoy for climate change shares her perspective on why disaster preparedness is key.
Singapore and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) will collaborate on a specialized training course for developing countries, in particular Small Island Developing States (SIDS), on the front line of climate change. The joint announcement at the Third UN World Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction coincides with news of a devastating Category 5 cyclone hitting the island nation of Vanuatu this weekend.
As government representatives and experts from around the world gather in Japan to endorse a post-2015 framework for global disaster risk reduction, the World Bank Group has today emphasized that increasing resilience and disaster risk reduction are central to alleviating poverty and boosting shared prosperity.
Experts want gender to feature strongly in the final text of the post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction, due to adopted at the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction.
