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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.
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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...
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Strategising for urban risk and resilience in Thane’s coastal settlements

On the western part of India, Thane is a rapidly urbanizing city in the Mumbai Metropolitan region. Thane Creek, which joins the Ulhas...
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Making Cities Resilient in Sweden

To build their resilience, Arvika and other cities in Sweden have joined the Making Cities Resilient initiative, run by the UN Office...
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UNDRR ROAS Making Cities Resilient 2030 Webinar: Our Future is Urban

29 June 2021 – The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), Regional Office for Arab States (ROAS), in collaboration...
MCR 2030
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UNDRR ROAS Making Cities Resilient 2030 Webinar: Our Future is Urban

The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), Regional Office for the Arab States (ROAS), in collaboration with the...
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UNDRR, UNOSSC & WHO Kick-start online training on Building Back Better, Res...

With over 2400 participants from about 149 countries and territories, the first session of a new joint certification programme was held...
UNDRR Participation at the FIABCI Real Estate Days
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UNDRR Participation at the FIABCI Real Estate Days: Together we need to thi...

The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction joined the FIABCI Real Estate Days, which was organized virtually under the theme...
Port of Bossaso, Somalia
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UNDRR Regional Office for the Arab States leads on DRR Capacity Building Pr...

The DRR Capacity Building Programme in Somalia is funded by the Government of Italy and comes to revise, and update the National...
ARISE
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ARISE UAE in the Arab Forum for Sustainable Development 2021 (AFSD-2021): C...

The National UAE Private Sector Alliance for DRR (ARISE UAE) participated in the Arab Forum for Sustainable Development 2021 (AFSD-2021...
Infrastructure Resilience
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Exploratory Roundtable Discussion on Infrastructure Resilience in the Real ...

The UNDRR Regional Office for the Arab States (ROAS) and the Private Sector Alliance in the United Arab Emirates (ARISE UAE) brought...
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Asia-Pacific consultations firm-up regional priorities for APMCDRR 2021

Following on from the Asia-Pacific Partnership for Disaster Risk Reduction (APP-DRR) Forum, a series of thematic consultations were...