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UNDRR Asia-Pacific

@undrr_asiapac

Advocates for #disaster prevention!

Regional Office for Asia-Pacific
UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)

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linkhttps://www.undrr.org/asia-pacific calendar_today04-04-2018 01:57:37

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🎬The Girl and the Tsunami This UNDRR-supported short film tells the true story of a brave girl who takes early action & warns her village about a #tsunami 🌊– it has won multiple awards in film festivals around the world!🏆 Watch the whole film here👉ow.ly/aVLz50TaU6U

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GCF Board #GCFB41 approved #adaptation project FP258 with UN Development to advance multi-hazard early warning systems and impact-based forecasts in 7 countries 🇦🇬 🇰🇭 🇹🇩 🇪🇨 🇪🇹 🇫🇯 🇸🇴, improving preparedness and anticipatory actions by authorities and communities. g.cf/fp258

GCF Board #GCFB41 approved #adaptation project FP258 with <a href="/UNDP/">UN Development</a> to advance multi-hazard early warning systems and impact-based forecasts in 7 countries 🇦🇬 🇰🇭 🇹🇩 🇪🇨 🇪🇹 🇫🇯 🇸🇴, improving preparedness and anticipatory actions by authorities and communities. g.cf/fp258
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Join us for the #APFSD side event on Inclusive #EarlyWarnings and Development Cooperation in Asia-Pacific. 🗓️ 25 February 2025, 13:00 (UTC+7) 📍 Bangkok, UN Conference Centre, Room G or online Register today! In-person: bit.ly/3XaqF0q Virtual: bit.ly/3XeHRlE

Join us for the #APFSD side event on Inclusive #EarlyWarnings and Development Cooperation in Asia-Pacific.

🗓️ 25 February 2025, 13:00 (UTC+7)
📍 Bangkok, UN Conference Centre, Room G or online

Register today! 
In-person: bit.ly/3XaqF0q
Virtual: bit.ly/3XeHRlE
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We look forward to working with Republic of Kiribati, NDMA Maldives, #TimorLeste CPA and Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure to enhance the availability, quality & use of risk information and data for critical infrastructure - reducing disaster risk, boosting resilience & improving #EarlyWarnings.

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Disasters don’t wait - neither should we. Join UNDP, IFRC, The Gov't of Japan & partners at #APFSD2025 side event: Leaving no one behind, to discuss inclusive disaster resilience in #AsiaPacific 📅 25 Feb 2025 | 13:00 BKK #LeaveNoOneBehind #InclusiveResilience #EW4All #DisasterResilience

Disasters don’t wait - neither should we. Join UNDP, IFRC, <a href="/JapanGov/">The Gov't of Japan</a> &amp; partners at #APFSD2025 side event: Leaving no one behind, to discuss inclusive disaster resilience in #AsiaPacific
📅 25 Feb 2025 | 13:00 BKK
#LeaveNoOneBehind #InclusiveResilience #EW4All #DisasterResilience
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Climate disasters in #AsiaPacific are worsening, hitting marginalized groups hardest. #EarlyWarningsForAll must be inclusive, accessible & tailored to those most at risk. At the #APFSD side event, I urged action to ensure no community is left behind in disaster preparedness.

Climate disasters in #AsiaPacific are worsening, hitting marginalized groups hardest.

#EarlyWarningsForAll must be inclusive, accessible &amp; tailored to those most at risk.

At the #APFSD side event, I urged action to ensure no community is left behind in disaster preparedness.
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📆 Join our webinar tomorrow, 27 Feb, 13:00 (CET), to explore how the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami shaped DRR & recovery. Your insights will inform the 2025 World Resilient Recovery Conference. Co-organized by UNDRR UN Development UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 World Health Organization (WHO) @GNDR Register: ow.ly/o8ET50V60Zy

📆 Join our webinar tomorrow, 27 Feb, 13:00 (CET), to explore how the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami shaped DRR &amp; recovery. 

Your insights will inform the 2025 World Resilient Recovery Conference.

Co-organized by <a href="/UNDRR/">UNDRR</a> <a href="/UNDP/">UN Development</a> <a href="/UNESCO/">UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳</a> <a href="/WHO/">World Health Organization (WHO)</a> @GNDR

Register: ow.ly/o8ET50V60Zy
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Productive meeting between UNDRR Regional Chief Marco Toscano Rivalta & 🇹🇱 #TimorLeste Secretary of State for Civil Protection, Mr. Domingos Mariano Reis, on enhancing #EarlyWarnings. Timor-Leste Govt to implement disaster risk education to better prepare communities and avoid losses.

Productive meeting between UNDRR Regional Chief <a href="/toscanorivaltam/">Marco Toscano Rivalta</a> &amp; 🇹🇱 #TimorLeste Secretary of State for Civil Protection, Mr. Domingos Mariano Reis, on enhancing #EarlyWarnings. Timor-Leste Govt to implement disaster risk education to better prepare communities and avoid losses.
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The Fiji NDRMO was delighted to traditionally welcome Kamal Kishore Kamal Kishore in Suva yesterday who is on a two-week visit to the region, focusing on accelerating Sendai Framework implementation, strengthening DRR coordination, & promoting resilience investments.

The <a href="/FijiNDRMO/">Fiji NDRMO</a> was delighted to traditionally welcome <a href="/HeadUNDRR/">Kamal Kishore</a> Kamal Kishore in Suva yesterday who is on a two-week visit to the region, focusing on accelerating Sendai Framework implementation, strengthening DRR coordination, &amp; promoting resilience investments.
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Cyclone Alfred exposed some major weaknesses in Australia's vital infrastructure. ⛈️ 🌱To better prepare for future extreme weather, we can learn from nature, research from Griffith University shows. Find out how ➡️ ow.ly/XwZZ50VhXQJ #NatureBasedSolutions

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The #SendaiFramework charts a clear results-focused path for #DRR. 🛤️ 🌐 Because disaster risk is global—tackling it takes multilateral action. 🎂 On its 10th anniversary (18 March), we urge all to recommit with urgency, cooperation & solidarity. 🤝 #GP2025 #EverydayCounts

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Today in #Vientiane 🇱🇦 we mark the World Meteorological Day ☀️🌡️🌧️ by focusing on the implementation of the Early Warning For All ‼️ initiative: Calling on *all* partners to invest in Lao PDR’s #EW4ALL Roadmap 🧭 to close the early warning gap and strengthen disaster resilience

Today in #Vientiane 🇱🇦 we mark the World Meteorological Day ☀️🌡️🌧️ by focusing on the implementation of the Early Warning For All ‼️ initiative: Calling on *all* partners to invest in Lao PDR’s #EW4ALL Roadmap 🧭 to close the early warning gap and strengthen disaster resilience
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📢 Happening now! Tune in for an exciting conversation about the role of youth in early warning systems in #AsiaPacific. 🗓️Today, 19 March, 10:00-11:30 (Bangkok time) 🔗: undrr.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

📢 Happening now! Tune in for an exciting conversation about the role of youth in early warning systems in #AsiaPacific.

🗓️Today, 19 March, 10:00-11:30 (Bangkok time)
🔗: undrr.zoom.us/meeting/regist…
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⏰ Two days left to apply for the SAFE STEPS D-Tech Awards 2025! Are you working on tech-driven solutions to protect communities from #disasters? Here’s your chance to get global recognition, funding & exclusive opportunities to scale up your impact. ➡️ safestepsdtech.com

⏰ Two days left to apply for the SAFE STEPS D-Tech Awards 2025! 

Are you working on tech-driven solutions to protect communities from #disasters? Here’s your chance to get global recognition, funding &amp; exclusive opportunities to scale up your impact.

➡️ safestepsdtech.com
UN Fiji, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu & Vanuatu (@uninfiji) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The Kamal Kishore & United Nations Resident Coordinator Dirk Wagener 🇺🇳 visited NDMO Vanuatu, which operates around the clock in one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world. Strengthening national capacity is crucial to ensuring a quick and effective response to disasters. #Recovery

The <a href="/HeadUNDRR/">Kamal Kishore</a> &amp; <a href="/UN/">United Nations</a> Resident Coordinator <a href="/DirkWagenerUN/">Dirk Wagener 🇺🇳</a> visited <a href="/NDMO_Vanuatu/">NDMO Vanuatu</a>, which operates around the clock in one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world. Strengthening national capacity is crucial to ensuring a quick and effective response to disasters. #Recovery
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🌍 This #WorldMeteorologicalDay 2025, we celebrate progress in achieving #EarlyWarningsforAll while recognizing our shared responsibility for closing remaining gaps. Closing these requires all of us—governments, businesses, financial institutions, and communities working as one.

🌍 This #WorldMeteorologicalDay 2025, we celebrate progress in achieving #EarlyWarningsforAll while recognizing our shared responsibility for closing remaining gaps.

Closing these requires all of us—governments, businesses, financial institutions, and communities working as one.
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“People who have already got so little are those who are hardest hit. We need the support of the world for these people who are in such terrible conditions.” —Tom Fletcher Tom Fletcher, speaking to Al Jazeera English at the end of his visit to earthquake-hit areas in #Myanmar. 📽️⬇️

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🏚️ Myanmar Earthquake Response SitRep #1 🔷 Approx 17.2M people living in affected areas, over 9.1M people exposed to strongest tremors. 🔷 Over 3,500 people killed & nearly 5,000 injured, including 200 remain missing nationwide. ↘️reliefweb.int/report/myanmar…

🏚️ Myanmar Earthquake Response SitRep #1

🔷 Approx 17.2M people living in affected areas, over 9.1M people exposed to strongest tremors. 

🔷 Over 3,500 people killed &amp; nearly 5,000 injured, including 200 remain missing nationwide.

↘️reliefweb.int/report/myanmar…
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UNDRR Swiss Development and Cooperation Marco Toscano Rivalta UNDRR Asia-Pacific AHA Centre The earthquake in Myanmar🇲🇲 was a strong reminder of the importance of Disaster Risk Reduction efforts. The Global Platform in Geneva🇨🇭offers an important opportunity to exchange best practices 🤝

<a href="/UNDRR/">UNDRR</a> <a href="/SwissDevCoop/">Swiss Development and Cooperation</a> <a href="/toscanorivaltam/">Marco Toscano Rivalta</a> <a href="/UNDRR_AsiaPac/">UNDRR Asia-Pacific</a> <a href="/AHACentre/">AHA Centre</a> The earthquake in Myanmar🇲🇲 was a strong reminder of the importance of Disaster Risk Reduction efforts. The Global Platform in Geneva🇨🇭offers an important opportunity to exchange best practices 🤝
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📢 Join us for the Youth Webinar Series: Sendai Gender Action Plan & the Role of Youth in #DRR, co-hosted by the Sendai Stakeholder Children & Youth Group, UNICEF Young People’s Action Team & Asia-Pacific Coalition for School Safety 🗓️12 April, 09:00 (Bangkok) 🔗Scan to register

📢 Join us for the Youth Webinar Series: Sendai Gender Action Plan &amp; the Role of Youth in #DRR, co-hosted by the Sendai Stakeholder Children &amp; Youth Group, UNICEF Young People’s Action Team &amp; Asia-Pacific Coalition for School Safety

🗓️12 April, 09:00 (Bangkok)
🔗Scan to register