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COVID-19 trigger to re-examine resilience
The urban experience of COVID-19 is “a trigger for us to re-examine the meaning of local resilience,” said Mami Mizutori, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction in a webinar with cities and local government representatives.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Office in Incheon for Northeast Asia and Global Education and Training Institute for Disaster Risk Reduction
Biggest risk driver of all is bad governance
Statement by the Secretary-General's Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction to the High-Level Politcal Forum on Sustainable Development on Water-related Disaster Risk Reduction under the COVID-19 Pandemic
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
Climate risk insurance gets a major boost in Bangladesh
A new international partnership aimed to provide suitable insurance to greatly increase farmers’ resilience to climate change and weather risks in Bangladesh.
InsuResilience Global Partnership
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.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, International Science Council