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Role of modern civil protection systems and the new global challenges: from the Hyogo Framework for Action to real time response
The workshop held in Geneva on 25 June 2008 was attended by over 100 participants and aimed at promoting the creation of a global civil protection network offering a wide range of tools aimed at providing a coherent and coordinated response to disasters cause by the impact of natural hazards under the umbrella of the United Nations system. See more
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Meeting of European national platforms and HFA focal points for
disaster risk reduction
24-25 Apr 2008, Paris
The Council of Europe (European and Mediterranean Major Hazards Agreement (EUR-OPA) and the UN/ISDR secretariat in collaboration with a European Network of National Platforms and HFA Focal Points (currently chaired by DKKV) invited representatives of European National Platforms and HFA focal points for disaster risk reduction to the second meeting of its kind in order to discuss and share information on the progress in the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action. See more |
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Disaster risk reduction in Europe:
Overview of European national platforms, Hyogo Framework for Action focal points and regional organizations/institutions
Updated version of REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE HYOGO FRAMEWORK FOR ACTION: EUROPE ISDR/GP/2007/Inf.6
2 May 2008
This document represents an update to the review presented at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in June 2007 titled “Report on Implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action: Europe”(May 2007). The updates are aimed at providing an overview of Europe region national platforms and HFA focal points and thus expanding on the initial focus of the review on the Member States of the European Union.
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South Eastern Europe
Disaster Risk Mitigation and
Adaptation Programme
South Eastern Europe: Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Programme outlines a disaster risk reduction and adaptation framework for South Eastern Europe, after an analysis of the region's vulnerability to climate change, and recommendations on disaster risk financing, emergency preparedness and management, hydrometeorology, and disaster risk reduction and adaptation.
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Mitigating the Adverse Financial Effects of Natural Hazards on the Economies of South Eastern Europe: A Study of Disaster Risk Financing Options contains a study and policy recommendations on financing for disaster losses, reconstruction and recovery, and disaster risk transfer (disaster insurance). The report was developed within the South Eastern Europe Disaster Risk Mitigation and Adaptation Programme (SEEDRMAP), an initiative of the World Bank and UN/ISDR secretariat.
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South Eastern Europe
Disaster Risk Mitigation
and Adaptation Initiative
This report analyses disaster risks for South Eastern Europe at both the country and sub-regional levels, emphasizing transboundary disaster risks and their effects. Risk assessments for all the member countries have been prepared, and country-level and regional issues and potential areas of cooperation are addressed. The report was developed by the South Eastern Europe Disaster Risk Mitigation and Adaptation Initiative (SEEDRMAI), an initiative of the World Bank and UN/ISDR secretariat.
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World Disaster Reduction Campaign 2008-2009
The World Disaster Reduction Campaign 2008-2009: 'Hospitals Safe from Disasters' is a global campaign. It was launched in Davos, Switzerland on 25 January, by the secretariat of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UN/ISDR) and the World Health Organization (WHO), with support from the World Bank.
The campaign will focus on structural safety of hospitals and health facilities, on keeping health facilities functioning during and after disasters, and on making sure health workers are prepared for natural hazards striking. |
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Disaster Figures For 2007
2007 saw a marked increase in the number of floods compared with the average of the last seven years, and Asia was the continent hit hardest by disasters according to figures from the Belgian WHO collaborating Center for Research on epidemiology of Disasters (CRED). “Current trends are consistent with the predictions of the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change, in that Asia, and also West Africa are already suffering from more severe and frequent floods,” says Professor Debarati Guha-Sapir, director of CRED.
Disaster Figures 2007
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Disaster Risk Reduction: 2007 Global Review
A radical realignment of priorities in addressing the Hyogo Framework for Action are required if the growing population living in high risk conditions is to be adequately protected, the recently released UN/ISDR’s 2007 Global Review has concluded.
Current emphasis on saving lives has to be complemented by a vision of protecting and strengthening livelihoods and human development. While political momentum for creating new systems and laws for disaster risk reduction is building, the Review states that lack of dedicated resources from national budgets and trained personnel to implement plans, may inhibit progress in reducing risks.
To view the 2007 Global Review, click here.
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