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Caption: ‘Protection Zone’ consisting of concrete walls and demountable flood barriers at the low-lying fishing village of Tai O in Lantau Island, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
Features

Hong Kong’s preparedness and resilient infrastructure cut economic losses f...

For the urban coastal city of Hong Kong, typhoons are a regular occurrence from May to October. Consequently, Hong Kong’s infrastructure is designed to cope with the strong winds, floods, and storm surges they bring. Recently, however, the territory experienced two powerful storms in consecutive years. In 2017, Super Typhoon Hato struck the region, and in the following year, the city witnessed Super Typhoon...
Caption: ‘Protection Zone’ consisting of concrete walls and demountable flood barriers at the low-lying fishing village of Tai O in Lantau Island, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
Features

Hong Kong’s preparedness and resilient infrastructure cut economic losses f...

For the urban coastal city of Hong Kong, typhoons are a regular occurrence from May to October. Consequently, Hong Kong’s...
EFDRR in Matosinhos Portugal 25 November 2021
Press Releases

Ministers from across Europe and Central Asia endorse new roadmap to reduce...

Governments across Europe and Central Asia have backed a roadmap towards preventing future disasters including new pandemics in the...
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Press Releases

Four European cities announced as global Making Cities Resilient 2030 Resil...

Barcelona, Greater Manchester, Helsingborg and Milan comprise four of the first six cities awarded as global Making Cities Resilient...
PHA workshop in Bishkek 2021-09-24
Updates

Bishkek assesses disaster resilience with the spotlight on health systems i...

Building on the Preliminary Disaster Resilience Scorecard Assessment held earlier in September, on 24 September, Bishkek, in...
Mami Mizutori, head of UNDRR, speaking at a COP26 event in Glasgow
Statements and messages

Breakthrough for risk and resilience at COP26 says UNDRR head

Climate change is undermining the ability to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including the Sendai Framework for...
Tsunami sign in Fiji
Updates

Cities act to reduce tsunami risk

Disaster preparedness saves lives in the face of the world’s consistently deadliest natural hazard: tsnuamis. The “Effective...
Net Resllience Gain
Updates

"Net Resilience Gain" concept proposed

UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction Mami Mizutori has proposed the idea of a “net resilience...
jamaica MCR2030
Updates

Jamaica's local governments commit to a resilient future

With the adherence of all municipal corporations to MCR2030, Jamaica shows its commitment to achieving a sustainable and resilient...
Preliminary Disaster Resilience Scorecard Assessment Bishkek
Updates

Kyrgyz Republic Capital Bishkek moves forward on city resilience with the s...

On 21 September, the city of Bishkek, in cooperation with United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), conducted the...
VotC
Updates

Winners of the ‘Voices of the Community’ Video Contest

MCR2030’s short video contest 'Voices of the Community - Getting Ready for a Resilient Future in the Americas and the Caribbean', gives...