Felix Dodds comments on sustainable development, coffee & life

  This will be a new part of my blog where we give an overview of organizations that are active in advancing the Sustainable Development Goals, the Rio Conventions and the Sendai Framework. It started because she wanted to feel safe Agnieszka Kordalewska became interested in preparing for threats in 2014, when Russia initiated its military operations in Ukraine. It happened right on her doorstep, and escalation seemed only a matter of time. Initially, in her preparations, Agnieszka often used websites of FEMA or ready.gov. At that time compendium of knowledge about threats did not exist in Poland. Until one November evening in 2019, in a small room in the attic, the idea was born to create the first portal in Poland about preparing for disasters and threats. And then the need arose to share the portal and the acquired knowledge with others. And so, almost 5 years ago, Agnieszka created the Gotowi.org Foundation , which she still manages. Shortly afterwards, the portal www.gotowi....

IISD/ENB | Mike Muzurakis United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Kamal Kishore of India as Assistant Secretary-General and Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR). He succeeds Mami Mizutori of Japan, to whom the Secretary-General is grateful for her service and commitment to the Organization.  The Secretary-General also wishes to extend his appreciation to the  UNDRR Director, Paola Albrito , who will continue to serve as Acting Special Representative until Mr. Kishore assumes his position. Currently Head of Department of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) in the rank of Secretary to the Government of India (since 2015), Mr. Kishore brings to the position nearly three decades of experience in disaster risk reduction, climate action and sustainable development at the global, regional, national and local levels,...

  Please join us for a  technical online briefing on the process and existing status of the selection of the Santiago Network on Loss and Damage (Santiago network) host secretariat , and an avenue to ask the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) secretariat technical questions.   Date and time:  24th of October 2023 GMT 13:00 - 14:00 Registration:  LINK The SNLD was created by the Conference of Parties under the Paris Agreement, to catalyse the technical assistance of relevant organisations, bodies, networks and experts, for the implementation of relevant approaches for averting, minimising and addressing loss and damage at the local, national and regional levels, at countries that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change.  The selection of the host secretariat of the Santiago network is currently under process.  The two proponents are the coalition of UNDRR-UNPOS and the Caribbean Dev...

Guest blog originally published on the International Science Council web site. As climate change accelerates the devastation of disaster in populated environments, government leaders across the world are figuring out how to best mitigate these impacts before they happen. First, they must assess who the most vulnerable groups are in their population. Our research has revealed the surprising fact that the United Nations currently does not have a global vulnerability index. Even though vulnerability is being discussed in different UN fora, there is concern that if the UN does not make efforts to unify and coordinate these discussions, it may create confusion that will not adequately address the needs of the most vulnerable populations. In this blog we discuss current policies in place, with recommendations for improvement in order to identify the most vulnerable groups on a global and regional level, which could then inform the local level. There are currently vulnerability indices in pla...