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This document reports on the conference convened in Jeju, Republic of Korea, on 3-6 December 2008, aimed at discussing and exchanging information and experiences on the following issues: (i) awareness of the impacts of climate change in

According to a new report, countries in the East Asia and the Pacific Region, including the Philippines, need to adopt 'climate-smart' growth strategies that are good for both development and the environment. They should integrate climate change risk management into development plans...

This review aims at developing a common action plan that would facilitate public-private partnerships (PPP) for disaster risk reduction (DRR) in East Asia, based on an evaluation of PPP case studies and consultations with stakeholders.

Its outputs

The “2009 UNISDR Terminology on Disaster Risk Reduction” has been jointly published in Chinese, Japanese and Korean by the Cabinet Office of Japan (CAO), the National Emergency Management Agency of Korea (NEMA) and UNISDR . It was officially launched on

Meeting in Japan on Saturday, China, Japan and South Korea agreed to collaborate on disaster preparedness and management by sharing information and technology on measures such as improving the earthquake resistance of buildings...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon remarks at the opening of the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction office and the ISDR Training Centre for Urban Risk Reduction in Incheon, Republic of Korea...

As part an ongoing strategy to assist countries in Asia and the Pacific better prepare for and manage hazard-related disasters, the UN is organizing a session on the effective use of information and communication technology (ICT) for disaster risk reduction...

The international conference on ‘Building a Local Government Alliance for Disaster Risk Reduction’ is co-organized by Incheon Metropolitan City and UNISDR and will bring together 200 participants.