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Cutting greenhouse gases, reducing disaster risk, vital for sustainable development – UN envoy

Cutting greenhouse gases, reducing disaster risk, vital for sustainable development – UN envoy

Oct 12, 2017, at 02:20 pm

New York, Oct 12(Just Earth News): A new United Nations report has underscored the importance of a “risk-informed” approach to sustainable development and called for integrating global agreements on disaster risk reduction and climate change into national socio-economic planning.

UN-backed forum in Montreal set to agree region-wide disaster risk reduction plan

UN-backed forum in Montreal set to agree region-wide disaster risk reduction plan

Mar 07, 2017, at 01:13 pm

New York, Mar 7 (Just Earth News): More than 1,000 delegates from across the Americas will meet this week at a United Nations-backed conference in the Canadian city of Montreal to agree a Regional Action Plan designed to reduce the loss of life due to disasters, both natural and man-made.

UN-backed forum in Montreal set to agree region-wide disaster risk reduction plan

UN-backed forum in Montreal set to agree region-wide disaster risk reduction plan

Mar 07, 2017, at 01:12 pm

New York, Mar 7 (Just Earth News): More than 1,000 delegates from across the Americas will meet this week at a United Nations-backed conference in the Canadian city of Montreal to agree a Regional Action Plan designed to reduce the loss of life due to disasters, both natural and man-made.

UN partners private sector to help map disaster risk

UN partners private sector to help map disaster risk

May 06, 2014, at 05:52 pm

New York, May 6 (IBNS): The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) has announced that it will partner with a California-based supplier of global geographic data to make available new technologies that can help communities and cities visualize disaster risk and take action.