UNISDR
11 Jul 2012
The Fifth Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR) will be jointly hosted by the Indonesian National Agency for Disaster Management (BNPB) and the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR), with support from regional and international development partners. AMCDRR will convene under the theme "Strengthening Local Capacity for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)”. [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/fifth-asian-ministerial-conference-on-...
23 Apr 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
19 April 2012: The UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) has reported on the four writeshops, which were co-convened with the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) and conducted since 2010 in Thailand, Ghana, Costa Rica and Barbados. UNISDR underlines that they have helped increase the body of published literature on disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation.
According to UNISDR, over 60 PhD students, young academics and researchers have participated in...
16 Mar 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
15 March 2012: The UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UN/ISDR) has announced that the Kiribati Cabinet has recently agreed to purchase land in neighboring Fiji, as “climate change insurance” for its population. The decision comes as Kiribati President Anote Tong renews calls to the international community to address the effects of climate change threatening to submerge many of Kiribati’s low-lying atolls.
According to UN/ISDR, Kiribati is currently negotiating the purchase of 6,...
09 Mar 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
8 March 2012: The UN system celebrated International Women’s Day on 8 March 2012, under the theme “Empower Rural Women – End Hunger and Poverty.” In a message to mark the Day, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed that rural women are a major part of the agriculture labour force, performing most of the unpaid care work in rural areas. He noted that, if women enjoyed equal access to productive resources, agricultural yields would rise by 4%, taking at least 150 million people out...
06 Feb 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
3 February 2011: According to the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UN/ISDR), a 15-day state of disaster has been declared in areas on the west coast of Fiji, which have been ravaged by floods and landslides. The state of disaster applies to Ba, Lautoka, Nadi, Nadroga, Ra, and Tavua, and continued heavy rains are predicted. Nadi and Ba are participating in UN/ISDR’s Making Cities Resilient Campaign.
According to UN/ISDR’s subregional office, scientists are exploring evidence...
