This year, UNDRR ROAS marked IDDRR through diverse events across the Arab region, emphasizing the pivotal role of education in protecting children and youth from disasters while empowering them to contribute to disaster-resilient communities.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Arab States
Empowering youth is key to a resilient future. By equipping them with knowledge and skills, we foster leaders who can tackle complex challenges and build safer, sustainable communities worldwide.
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization - Headquarters
Students in Petrópolis' Resilient Schools lead risk management through safety committees, organizing evacuations and creating risk maps. This initiative empowers over 4,000 participants, fostering resilience and safety in a disaster-prone area.
Libraries play a crucial role in disaster risk reduction by protecting cultural heritage, providing shelter, and offering critical information. DRR also urges libraries to reduce climate impacts and support social-emotional wellbeing in communities.
As we mark International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (IDRR) 2024, UNDP Myanmar reflects on the ongoing need to enhance community resilience and preparedness in the face of increasing climate-induced disasters.
This year, IDDRR 2024 emphasises the crucial role of education in mitigating disaster risks. This interview discusses this important topic with Engineer Marina Morando, Programme Director at the CIMA Research Foundation.
Secretary of the Civil Defense Council Brigadier General Ahmed Abdullah Al Abdullah affirmed the State of Qatar's commitment to implementing disaster risk reduction policies and its endeavor to enhance cooperation in this field.
As the world commemorates the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, there is a critical need for climate change resilience in our communities, says KZN Cogta MEC.
Department of Corporative Governance and Traditional Affairs - KwaZulu Natal Province
This is a conference report of the Fifth World Tsunami Museum Conference (WTMC5) which was held on 14 October 2024 during the Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (APMCDRR 2024) in the Philippines.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Asia and Pacific
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Kobe Office
This policy brief highlights priority areas for actionable advances in improving food security, nutrition and child health in Burkina Faso in the context of a changing climate.
London School of Economics and Political Science, the
This briefing note highlights the need to ensure that disaster risk reduction policies are inclusive of hyper-marginalised children and youth, not just a moral imperative but a strategic necessity for building truly resilient societies.
Education is a key asset for climate action. Education reshapes behaviors, develops skills, and spurs innovation. This report outlines data, evidence, examples, and a policy agenda on how to harness education and learning to propel climate action.
This case study shows how UNICEF, the Government of Madagascar and civil society are working together to pilot a ground-breaking, innovative finance solution that includes a child-responsive, parametric risk transfer product for tropical cyclones.
This report aims to provide a comprehensive stocktake of the impacts of climate change on children across six major hazards that impact their health and well-being: extreme heat, droughts, wildfires, floods and storms, air pollution and ecosystem changes.
This policy brief outlines six policy recommendations for governments to protect young children, particularly vulnerable to the health effects of heat stress.
United Nations Children's Fund (Global Headquarters, New York)
To achieve the goal of the Sendai Framework of reducing global disaster risks and losses, the theme of the IDDRR 2024, which falls on 13 October, will be on the role of education in protecting and empowering youth for a disaster-free future.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
