Climate Change
COP 21 – The Paris Agreement
Disaster Risk Reduction
The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, 2015 – 2030
Sustainable Development
Sustainable Development Goals
EM-DAT The International Disaster Database http://www.emdat.be/
Sustainable Development Goals
http://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals/
http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/sdgoverview/post-2015-development-agenda.html
Video: http://bcove.me/r3svz112
UNDP Support to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda
Climate
Outcomes from COP21: Forests as a Key Climate and Development Solution
http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2015/12/18/outcomes-from-cop21-forests-as-a-key-climate-and-development-solution
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- Healthy forests and landscapes can help us realize real reductions in global emissions in the short and long term.
- The important role that forests have in addressing climate change was formally recognized in the Paris Agreement.
- The specific inclusion of REDD+ in the text builds on years of work find ways to positively incentivize countries to reduce carbon emissions at a landscape scale and conserve their standing forests at the same time.
Major Outcomes of COP21
http://www.theroadthroughparis.org/resources/major-outcomes-cop21
Cities and climate change
http://www.resilientcity.org/index.cfm?pagepath=Resilience/Climate_Change&id=11896
Resilient Cities
100 Resilient Cities
Helping cities around the world become more resilient to the physical, social, and economic challenges that are a growing part of the 21st century.
http://www.100resilientcities.org/#/-_/
https://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/our-work/initiatives/100-resilient-cities/
Resilient cities demonstrate seven qualities that allow them to withstand, respond to, and adapt more readily to shocks and stresses.
ICLEI
http://resilient-cities.iclei.org/
Resilient Design Principles
http://www.resilientcity.org/index.cfm?pagepath=Resilience/Resilient_Design_Principles&id=11900
https://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/blog/next-wave-public-private-partnerships-helping-communities-build-resilience/
http://www.100resilientcities.org/blog/entry/how-maintainers-not-innovators-make-the-world-turn#/-_/
https://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/blog/why-by-design/
https://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/report/city-resilience-index/
https://nextcity.org/column/futureofresilience
Disaster Risk Reduction – The Sendai Framework
http://www.unisdr.org/we/coordinate/sendai-framework
https://twitter.com/hashtag/switch2sendai?src=hash
https://twitter.com/unisdr
Professionalisation
Applications for registration as Disaster Management Professional.
DMISA is inviting applications for registration as Disaster Management Professional. Download the application forms with detailed instructions in Word or PDF versions. Download a slideshow with more background information here.
We recommend the following sources of international news on Disaster Risk Reduction and Disaster Management:
http://www.preventionweb.net/english/
http://reliefweb.int/
The DMISA Council consists of directly and proportionally elected representatives from the Disaster Management profession in Southern Africa.