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Paraguay, with the help of the Pacific Disaster Center, will undertake a year-long National Disaster Preparedness Baseline Assessment that will facilitate data sharing and risk analysis, and will aid future preparedness and prevention investments. The assessment reflects Paraguay's support of the Sendai Framework.

Con el propósito de responder a la necesidad de contar con un documento de carácter técnico metodológico y una herramienta que permita tener información de interés y utilidad en la formulación de políticas públicas para la gestión y reducción de riesgos

Many local initiatives have grown out of the "Climate Resilient Cities in Latin America" effort and are now the basis for practical responses to climate change. To improve resilience, local authorities must openly share climate information and invite public input. Climate finance can also step up to fund projects, but gender equality must always be a priority.

According to a new Aon report on disasters in January 2019, multiple winter storms and extreme cold led to 45 fatalities and losses over U.S. $1 billion in the United States. Excessive rainfall also yielded major damage in parts of South America, while Australia experienced severe heat and flooding.

In this first Annual Report, the InsuResilience Global Partnership for Climate and Disaster Risk Finance and Insurance highlights the initiatives that the different actors worked on towards the Partnership’s vision. That is, 25 programs were supported in

For the third year, Japan hosted a High School Students Summit to mark World Tsunami Awareness Day. UNISDR head, Mami Mizutori, urged them to become youth ambassdors for disaster risk reduction.

The Making Cities Sustainable and Resilient Action is a joint initiative of UNISDR, UN-Habitat and the European Commission aiming to improve the understanding of, and capacity to, address disaster risks and build resilience at the local level, including

El objetivo de este estudio es evaluar la vulnerabilidad climática de la denominada región de triple frontera, compuesta por tres ciudades vecinas ubicadas en tres países de América del Sur. Las ciudades son Foz do Iguaçu (Brasil), Puerto Iguazú