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03 January 2023UNU-EHS and UNDRR release new report
The Institute for Environment and Human Security of the United Nations University (UNU-EHS) and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction released a new report on the
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20 December 2022UN-SPIDER workshop on combating droughts
The United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response (UN-SPIDER) of the UN Office for outer affairs (UNOOSA) co-organized a works
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- Disaster Risk Reduction
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19 December 2022How to combat false information about risk
The combat against false information belongs to the most challenging priorities of the Untied Nations Organisation.
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07 December 2022To reach Sendai Framework goals, UNDRR is working with the private sector in Africa
The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) keeps supporting cities and communities around the world to increase their resilience.
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31 August 2022United Nations University - EHS launches #InterconnectedRisks report
In 2021/2022, the world yet again witnessed catastrophic disasters happening around the globe, from record-breaking heat to floods, extreme drou
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01 August 2022Launch of a New UN Report “Interconnected Disaster Risks” on 31 August
Our world today is facing an unprecedented level of extreme events impacting people and na
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25 July 2022UN University: A Concern in the Summer: 5 Facts on Heat Stress
The past few weeks have seen an extreme heatwave in parts of the Northern hemisphere.
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06 July 2022Graduation Returns to the UN Campus
The Joint Master’s of Geography of Environment and Human Security recently gathered in the Langer Eugen at the UN Campus and online to celebrate the graduation of 41 students.
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01 July 2022UNU-EHS: 5 Facts on Disaster Risk and the SDGs
The global community continues to reel from the COVID-19 pandemic, and has also become increasingly aware of the impacts of natural hazards and the climate crisis.
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19 May 2022United Nations University InstUNU-EHS and UNDRR launch the new report “Rethinking Risks in Times of COVID-19”
As world leaders are traveling to Bali to meet at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction 2022 and discuss how to better prevent and red
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07 April 2022Five facts on drought risk, from the UNU Lead Author of GAR Special Report on Drought 2021
Droughts affect millions of people and many domains, and incur costs that are mostly laid on the shoulders of the most vulnerable.
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07 February 2022Launch of the UNU Climate Resilience Initiative
To attend the event, register here.
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13 October 2021New InsuRisk Report focuses on social protection
Every year on 13 October the United Nations celebrates the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR).
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21 September 2021New Podcast Episode on How Disasters are Interconnected
Our world today is facing an unprecedented level of extreme events impacting people and nature, evident in the ever-increasing frequency of severe weather events, epidemics and human-made disasters
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08 September 2021New Report by UNU-EHS: Disaster Risks in an Interconnected World
Nobody is an island. We are interconnected. Our actions have consequences − for all of us. As we become ever-more interconnected, so do the risks we share.
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26 August 2021Media Advisory: Virtual press briefing for launch of new UN University report “Interconnected Disaster Risks 2020/2021”
When: Wednesday, 8 September 2021, 11.00 a.m. CET
Where: Virtual event. Please register here.
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05 August 2020New Vice-Rector for UNU-ViE and Director for UNU-EHS
As of 1 August 2020, Dr. Shen Xiaomeng assumed the role of UNU Vice-Rector in Europe (UNU-ViE) and Director of the UNU Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS).
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06 November 2019UN-SPIDER Bonn International Conference: "Space-based Solutions for Disaster Management in Africa: Challenges, Applications, Partnerships"
The importance of using space technologies in the disaster management process has received growing global recognition in recent years.
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05 November 2019Umweltverschmutzung birgt das Risiko eines „schwarzen Tsunami“
Der Welttag für Tsunami-Aufklärung am 5.
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21 May 2019Women's Leadership Key to Reducing Disaster Mortality
The large-scale drop in disaster mortality in Bangladesh in recent times was due to a deliberate policy of promoting women's leadership in all sectors, a Special Sessi
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