The International Recovery Forum 2024 concluded successfully in Kobe, Japan, marking a big step forward in global efforts towards resilient recovery from disasters.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk ReductionInternational Recovery Platform
The International Recovery Forum 2024 concluded successfully in Kobe, Japan, marking a big step forward in global efforts towards resilient recovery from disasters.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk ReductionInternational Recovery Platform
On 8 November 2013 Typhoon Haiyan made landfall in the Philippines. Ten years on, survivors are still rebuilding their lives, but wide-ranging resilience measures mean that previously at-risk communities are now better protected.
On the request of the Government of Pakistan, the World Bank reconstructed key transport infrastructure through a developed model that estimates accessibility to services at small scales using geospatial and remote sensing data.
More than three years after cyclone Idai and Keneth hit Mozambique in 2019, much of the country is still trying to recover. An example of such recovery taking place is being witnessed in the lower Beira corridor.
United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) - Headquarters
Over the past two years, the COVID-19 pandemic has transformed the world, and its consequences have been particularly severe for the most vulnerable and disadvantaged populations.
The US-ASEAN Business Council, the U.S. Government through the USAID, and the ASEAN announced a plan to redesign the ASEAN SME Academy, an ongoing e-learning platform for MSMEs in Southeast Asia initially launched in 2016.
The International Recovery Forum 2022, with the theme, “BRedesigning Systems for Resilience through Recovery: Assessing Progress and the Unfinished Agenda at the Midpoint of the Sendai Framework ,” was held online on 19 January 2022.
The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) is glad to announce that the registration for the seventh session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GP2022) is now open.
This article commemorates the disaster by reflecting on what it has taught us over in regards to infrastructure resilience, risk identification and preparedness.
The International Recovery Forum 2024 concluded successfully in Kobe, Japan, marking a big step forward in global efforts towards resilient recovery from disasters.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk ReductionInternational Recovery Platform
On 8 November 2013 Typhoon Haiyan made landfall in the Philippines. Ten years on, survivors are still rebuilding their lives, but wide-ranging resilience measures mean that previously at-risk communities are now better protected.
More than three years after cyclone Idai and Keneth hit Mozambique in 2019, much of the country is still trying to recover. An example of such recovery taking place is being witnessed in the lower Beira corridor.
United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) - Headquarters
Respondents with the greatest economic and mental health impacts from Hurricane Harvey were respectively four times more likely to experience income loss during the pandemic and five times more likely to suffer severe anxiety because of the pandemic.
Some people sometimes call such disasters “acts of God,” Ganguly says, but they are not. They are connected to the exacerbation of climate change, and people around the world should be aware of it.
Over the past two years, the COVID-19 pandemic has transformed the world, and its consequences have been particularly severe for the most vulnerable and disadvantaged populations.
The International Recovery Forum 2022, with the theme, “BRedesigning Systems for Resilience through Recovery: Assessing Progress and the Unfinished Agenda at the Midpoint of the Sendai Framework ,” was held online on 19 January 2022.
In communities where social ties are strong and there is a sense of connectedness, residents are more readily able to rebound after a disruptive event.