UNISDR host Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction
The sixth session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GP2019) will take place in Geneva, Switzerland from 13 to 17 May, 2019, convened and organized by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) and hosted by the Government of Switzerland.Over the past decade, the Global Platform has assumed the role of assessing and reviewing the progress in the implementation of the global disaster risk reduction agenda, and to serve as a platform for governments and stakeholders to share good practices, identify gaps and to make recommendations to further accelerate the implementation.
The Global Platform will represent the next important opportunity for the international community to boost the implementation of the Sendai Framework related goals of the 2030 Agenda, as well as commitments of the Paris Climate Agreement. It is also the last global gathering for all stakeholders before the deadline for achieving Target E of the Sendai Framework: to substantially increase the number of countries with national and local disaster risk reduction strategies by 2020.
Access the programme and learn more about the sixth session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction here.
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News type | Inbrief |
File link |
http://www.unwater.org/unisdr-host-global-platform-for-disaster-risk-reduction/ |
Source of information | unwater |
Subject(s) | RISKS AND CLIMATOLOGY |
Geographical coverage | Switzerland, |
News date | 13/05/2019 |
Working language(s) | ENGLISH |