Monthly Archives: May 2017

Two Hundred Cities to Use New Tool to Improve Disaster-Related Resilience This Year

The tool will assess the citie’s resilience against 117 indicators to create a detailed city resilience action plan and improve disaster risk reduction. In a bid to boost resilience in the face of disaster, some 200 cities this year say … Continue reading

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Multi-Hazard Early Warning Conference: Saving Lives, Reducing Losses

Climate change, associated extreme weather and demographic shifts means that record numbers of people are exposed to floods, heatwaves and other hazards. Improved early warning systems and more coordinated disaster risk reduction are therefore more important than ever before. To … Continue reading

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Joining efforts for Urban Climate Resilience in Vietnam – Results from UCR-CoP Discussions

Yesterday (May 16, 2017) in Hanoi, active participants of the UCR-CoP met for the second time in 2017 to share and update of their work in climate resilience building in various cities and levels in Vietnam. The meeting was organized … Continue reading

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Đối thoại APEC 2017 về đô thị hóa bền vững

Ngày 14/5, tại Hà Nội, trong khuôn khổ Hội nghị Các quan chức cấp cao của Diễn đàn APEC 2017, Thứ trưởng Bộ Ngoại giao Bùi Thanh Sơn và Thứ trưởng Bộ Xây dựng Phan Thị Mỹ Linh đồng chủ … Continue reading

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