Op Ed

Siren
Op Ed

A first step to zero climate disasters is early warning

When the UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, toured the damage caused by the recent floods in Pakistan, he called the devastation “climate carnage.”
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
Group of people brainstorming on globe
Op Ed

A world in crisis needs international cooperation

The focus of this year’s IDDRR on 13 October is on a topic which has been pushed to the fore by the debates raging around the faltering response to planetary emergencies such as the COVID-19 pandemic an, the climate emergency.
UN Chronicle
Joe biden
Op Ed

New Year reckoning looms on climate and disaster action

By Mami Mizutori Climate-vulnerable nations know all too well that action on the climate emergency is just as important as a successful and affordable vaccine against COVID-19. This year’s U.N. climate talks may have been postponed, but no one can take
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
People in Macau, queue up to acquire face masks in a pharmacy
Op Ed

From COVID-19 crisis comes opportunity to rethink risk

The health crisis stress-tests our ability to cooperate, learn and adapt in the face of deep uncertainties and rising risks. The new coronavirus, COVID-19, was declared a “public health emergency of international concern” by the World Health Organization
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
International Science Council (ISC)

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