Home

News Home

Shareweb News

Page Content
UNDRR Learning exchange Capitalisation: Le programme Réduction des Risques de Désaster (RRD) au Maroc (2008-2019) Presentation of the Swiss Emergency Relief Global Webinar Series: Environment and Emergencies in the face of COVID-19 UNEP Global Webinar on COVID-19 and Waste Management Special issue: Five years of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction Call for Tender Proposals: Disaster Risk Management Planning and Implementation Support in the Indian Himalayan Region UNDRR COVID-19 Webinar Series Call for application: Evaluation of Bolivia’s National Watershed Plan e-learning resources for DRR Reflections on the Sendai Framework Job offer UNDP Georgia Lets keep focus: no regular Covid-19 updates on the DRR shareweb Webresources Covid-19 MOOC material: Disasters and Ecosystems: Resilience in a Changing Climate New ICRC Framework: Ambitions to address the climate crisis Webinar: Humanitarian - Development Nexus Consequences of climate change - Risks and opportunities for Switzerland video on Natural Climate Solutions: Tap into the Opportunities Stepping-Up Knowledge Exchange between Climate Adaptation Knowledge Platforms (KE4CAP) Guide: Children and DRR SDC call for proposals: Research and innovation for sustainable development Technical Handbook of Nature-based Solutions Global Risks Report 2020 Operationalizing crowdsourcing through mobile applications for DRR in India Carbon market trading (movie) Overview of SDC DRR Newsletter 2019/18 Literature Review on Aligning Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) and DRR SDC DRR Shareweb newsletter 3/ 2019 December African climate risk conference (ACRC) Swiss events Climate change (20.11.2019) SDC thematic event nature-based solutions (documentation) Interesting publications related to Nature-based solutions (NBS) Interview with the key authors of the ODI-UNDP-SDC report “Risk-informed development - From crisis to resilience” Climate Change & Environment newsletter CSS study: Educating Engineers for the resilience of critical infrastructures Guidance sheet on Gender, Climate Change and DRR Global Risks Report 2019 Disasters and Ecosystems: Resilience in a Changing Climate Disaster risk reduction in conflict contexts Building disaster resilience to natural hazards in Sub-Saharan Africa region, countries and communities Liste des dangers en Suisse SDC BBL: GFDRR report "Resilient Infrastructure" (presentation) IFRC report: The cost of Doing Nothing GNDR updates: Local level DRR UNDP vacancy: international expert disaster risk management Words into Action on engagement of children and youth Navigator which catalogues tools for Ecosystem-based solutions SDC BBL: Urban Resilience (presentations) DRR at the 2019 UN General Assembly High-Level Week SDC / Humanitarian aid engagement against the Amazonian Fires in Bolivia DRR in the The Golf of Mottama project in Myanmar CAS at ETHZ on “Collaborative decision making under uncertainty" Lifelines: The Resilient Infrastructure Opportunity Asia-Pacific Disaster Report Communicating climate change: A practitioner’s guide webinar: Urban and rural Ecosystem-based Adaptation (en español) Implementation guide for land use and urban planning SDC DRR shareweb: Newsletter 2-September 2019 Companies and Climate Resilience: Mobilizing the power of the private sector to address climate risks GPDRR 2019 - Interviews with the Swiss Delegation Climate Vulnerability Assessment for the Indian Himalayan Region using a common framework Webinar: Earth observations for disaster risk assessment & resilience Two new Risk and Resilience Reports by CSS/ETH Zurich Strategies for operationalizing Nature-based Solutions in the private sector Bangladesh Cyclone/Monsoon Preparedness - Response Workshop IIED report on the effectiveness of ecosystem-based adaptation VFL data - independent global review of DRR at the local level Updated Training kit Launch of collaboration Platform weTRANSFORM Publications featured at GPDRR 2019 (selection) DRR from a business / private sector perspective ODI: Risk-informed development - from crisis to resilience SDC Managing disaster risks and water under climate change in Central Asia and Caucasus Independent Evaluation of the Linkage of Humanitarian Aid and Development Cooperation at SDC Goodbye from your DRR shareweb moderator Nadia Zuodar and welcome to Julien Grunder Switzerland at the Global Platform for DRR 2019 News on Eco-DRR and PEDRR from GPDRR Good Practice from the GPDRR: Wetlands International Public-Private Partnership with BSP for risk prevention and ecosystem restoration DRR comments on the Expert Forum - Challenges and impact of extending inclusive insurance to MSMEs Global Platform on DRR (GPDRR) 2019 New publications of the Swiss NGO DRR Platform Scientists reveal 1 million species at risk of extinction in damning UN report 6th Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction kicks off in Geneva this week The Nature Conservancy Launches "Blue Bonds" for Ocean Preservation Center for Security Studies (CSS) ETH Zurich policy brief No. 245 Resilience to Disaster Is No Small Measure Impact of Disaster-Driven Migration on the Lives of Mongolian Herders and IOM Displacement Tracking Matrix La véritable histoire du tsunami lémanique s'expose à Nyon The largest-to-date Global Environment Facility supported programme to restore degraded lands kicked off in Naivasha, Kenya 3 years underway :African and Asian Resilience in Disaster Insurance Scheme (ARDIS) Largest Non-Governmental Climate Insurance Programme Launches for African & Asian Smallholder Farmers Ecosystem-based adaptation: USAID series synthesis GFDRR Knowledge & Learning Catalogue (2008 - 2018) Bangladesh Prix d'architecture sur la problematique de la montée des eaux: TEKASA'I - Vivre en symbiose sur l'eau by Loïs Tavernier GFDRR Guide: Weathering the Change: How to Improve Hydromet Services in Developing Countries UN Agencies Call for Integrated Approaches to Infrastructure Development Asian Development Bank urges countries in Asia to invest in nature-based solutions: Asian Development Outlook 2019 report Climate Change and Migration Project Launched to Protect, Empower Pacific Communities A new website focusing on natural climate solutions with some interesting facts The FDFA supports dialogue between science and diplomacy: The corals of Aqaba and the Red Sea PFIP Pacific Regional Climate Risk Adaptation and Insurance study underway Risks and options from new lakes in the Andes of Peru Forecasting the weather with an app (best-practice video) Recording the weather (best-practice video) UNU-EHS INTEGRATING INSURANCE INTO CLIMATE RISK MANAGEMENT: Conceptual Framework, Tools and Guiding Questions: Examples from the Agricultural Sector MCII discussion paper 2019: Creating synergies between macro and micro level insurance Climate Change & Health: Topics of reflection for DRR Linking Social Protection, DRR and Climate Change: ILO article on Adaptive Social Protection Mapping the Evidence and Policy Context in the Agriculture Sector in South Asia RECONECT: A framework to assess the potential of Nature-Based Solutions with a swiss example from EAWAG Booklet on nature-based solutions for DRR (World Bank Group) Oasis Hub - environmental and risk data, tools and services new CBDRM microsite (GNDR) UN World Water Development Report 2019 incl. DRR Training Course on Integrated Flood Risk Management, ADPC, Bangkok, 22 - 26 Jul 2019 IUCN: Submit a case study on local and indigenous knowledge and conservation practices in Mountain Ecosystems UNEP FI Publication: Underwriting environmental, social and governance risks in non-life insurance business 2021 – 2030 the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration WB/GFDRR and partners launch the Natural Hazards – Nature-based Solutions platform hub: Register your project! CGIAR article:Humanitarians struggle to address environment: ‘It’s nice but it’s not crucial’ A 1.5°C warmer world: A guide for policy-makers and practitioners International conference on building resilience to natural disasters Local Voices for Resilience New Research Findings on Safe Schools by GADRRRES (Global Alliance for Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience in the Education Sector (GADRRRES) Taking Sendai Forward: IOM Progress Report on Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience 2018 Follow-up from HNPW: EHA connect and Powering ahead tools The Disaster Risk, Global Change, and Sustainability Nexus Publication by GRID-Geneva and UNEP International Mountain Conference, Innsbruck Austria, 08–12 September 2019 BUILDING WITH NATURE in INDONESIA (BwN) Urban Nature Atlas: It contains almost 1000 examples of Nature-Based Solutions from across 100 European cities. Building bridges between experts and the public: a comparison of two-way communication formats for flooding and air pollution risk Working Paper - Managing Natural Risks in the Philippines, Socioeconomic Resilience and Wellbeing Losses, The World Bank Supporting Green Growth in Fragile and Conflict-affected Settings, Technopolis – DCED, 2019 Innovative UNDP-supported climate change adaptation project will restore reefs, protect food security and promote disaster risk reduction through ecosystem-based approach Mercy Corps Technical brief on Climate and Ecosystem-inclusive DRR Policy coherence among international frameworks from the perspective of local actors Webinars ThinkNature / natrure based solutions World Bank Group Announces $50 billion over Five Years for Climate Adaptation and Resilience INFORM report 2019 Announcing New Integrated Biodiversity Assessment Tool IBAT Portal (IUCN) Website & movies: Facing Climate Change Comparing the cost effectiveness of naturebased and coastal adaptation: A case study from the Gulf Coast of the United States Disability inclusion and disaster risk reduction: overcoming barriers to progress Disaster Risk Reduction and violent conflict in Africa and Arab states: implications for the Sendai Framework priorities The role of multilateral climate funds in supporting resilience and adaptation through insurance initiatives Ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation: strengthening the evidence and informing policy. Research results from the Adaptation, Vulnerability and Ecosystems (AVE) project, Costa Rica and Panama Understanding and reducing agricultural drought risk: Examples from South Africa and Ukraine by the United Nations University - Institute for Environment and Human Security DISASTER RISK AND READINESS FOR INSURANCE SOLUTIONS InsuRisk Assessment Report 2018 out! First Post-Disaster Needs Assessment for Kerala in India paves way for eco-sensitive, risk-informed recovery Innovation platform at the 2019 Global Platform Proceedings from the 2018 Understanding Risk Forum Critical review on projects highlighted at the International meeting on agricultural insurances (available in english/disponible en français) Missing pathways to 1.5°C Are nature-based solutions therefore better than hard engineered infrastructure? What about hybrid solutions? An ADB article addresses these questions and more We should look to nature for solutions to the global water crisis. Here’s why PEDRR Shoutout : UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration 2021 – 2030 MESP Ecosystem services assessment Toolkit and TNC webinar on Mangroves Coastal Risk Reduction Comparing green infrastructure as ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction with gray infrastructure in terms of costs and benefits under uncertainty: A theoretical approach IIED Ecosystem-based adaptation: A handbook for EbA in mountain, dryland and coastal ecosystems UNU-EHS PUBLICATION: UNDERSTANDING LIVELIHOOD RESILIENCE IN BANGLADESH GLOMOS Conference: Eurac Research and United Nations University are strengthening their cooperation with the aim of improving the living conditions of people in mountainous regions. UNU-EHS publication: Ecosystem-Based Approaches for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation in Rio de Janeiro State UNU-EHS Comprehensive risk assessment of droughts in South Africa DISASTER RISK AND READINESS FOR INSURANCE SOLUTIONS A novel assessment tool for low to lower middle income countries (InsuRisk Assessment Tool) Making climate risk insurance work for the most vulnerable Incorporating natural capital and ecosystem services into environmental assessment 22nd November 2018, London. Designing user-driven climate services Early Warning Early Action report on food security and agriculture October - December 2018 UNISDR-CRED report on “Economic Losses, Poverty & Disasters: 1998-2017” at the occasion of the International Day for Disaster Reduction (13th October 2018) Sendai Framework Monitor - Updates SOFI 2018 - FAO Report on The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World: Building climate resilience for food securityand nutrition PEDRR Shoutout: Launch of new journal on disaster risk reduction PEDRR Shoutout: 2019 Risk Award to celebrate coastal resilience Prevenir inundaciones en Bolivia con aporte suizo (SP, IT, DE, FR) Video from the brown bag lunch "Where people and their land are safer - A Compendium of Good Practices in Disaster Risk" Launch of the Center for Research of Glaciers of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tajikistan March 2018 SDC Project news Suiza apoya la Gobernanza del Riesgo de desastres en Centroamérica Interview from Moritz Krüger SDC DRR Regional Advisor based in Bangkok Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction (CBDRR) measures build resilience of the Swat Valley in Pakistan by Ahmed Khursheed Interaction between adaptation and mitigation actions Climate-related risks and opportunities: a synthesis for Switzerland Switzerland - government, 2018 Natural Disasters 2017 Short Publication by Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) New insurance product by SwissRe for Eco-DRR through Coral Reef protection Securing Switzerland’s living and business environment: PLANAT updates strategy on natural hazards The Start Network is developing and testing innovative financing instruments: the African Risk Capacity replica Invitation: E-Discussion on managing disaster risks and water under climate change Germany confirms commitment to climate and biodiversity finance Biodiversity guidelines for forest landscape restoration opportunities assessments & Restoration Opportunities Assessment Methodology (ROAM) Increasing coastal resilience and social development opportunities: Guyana Mangrove Restoration Project (GMRP) Options and challenges in ensuring that climate/disaster risk finance and insurance deliver for poor people From commitment to action: Transforming DRR with ecosystem management Voluntary Guidelines for the design and effective implementation of Ecosystem-based approaches to climate change adaptation and DRR Launch of Europe’s Climate Data Store (CDS) Pakistan National Disaster Risk Management Fund launched with support from ADB and CHF 1.5 million SDC contribution Coastal hazard risk assessment for small islands: assessing the impact of climate change and disaster reduction measures on Ebeye (Marshall Islands) Space-based information for Disaster Management and upcoming United Nations International Conference on Space-based Technologies for Disaster Risk Reduction - "Enhancing Disaster Preparedness for Effective Emergency Response" October, China Sixth Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GPDRR2019) in Geneva in 305days! CSS Risk and Resilience Report zur Individuellen Katastrophenvorsorge in der Schweiz Call for Submissions - Link gender knowledge and Eco-DRR Proyecto BASAL, iniciativa en Cuba que acogió la aplicación de CEDRIG BASAL Project in Cuba applies CEDRIG CEDRIG Russian version out now! Revised SDC Guidelines on Disaster Risk Reduction (2018) Hazard Analysis training course in Cochabamba - Bolivia CEDRIG training at NADEL/ETHZ Naturgefahren: Auszeichnung für Internetplattform des Bundes Guideline - Assessing Climate Risks and Vulnerabilities in Market Systems IASC Gender Handbook for Humanitarian Action (Update 2017) Preparation Global Platform for PDRR (GPDRR) 2019 in Switzerland From grey to green: Nature-based solutions for disaster risk reduction 3rd Newsletter of the SDC DRR Network Mainstreaming DRR, Climate Change and Environment in the horticulture project CHAIN (Cambodia) How to access the Green Climate Fund UNISDR Sendai Framework Monitoring: new online tool Interview DRR expert Urs Nigg, secondment to Ministry of Interior in Morocco New job opportunity - SHA-Secondment Asian Development Bank, Disaster Risk Financing Consultant, Pakistan Phasing out of the SDC DRR Programme in Bolivia – The Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) supports the handover to Bolivian counterparts Service Level Agreement between SDC and the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) for technical DRR support Sino-swiss Dam Safety Enhancement Program (DaSEP) Dam Safety and Hydro Asset Management - Capacity building in Asia Which climate services are meaningful to support farmers to be better prepared for extreme weather and climate events in the Andes? Improved preparedness to extreme weather events in Peru – The CLIMANDES project Stakeholder Consultation Meeting with UNISDR New guide: Urban resilience and sustainability through peri-urban ecosystems "How to build safer houses with confined masonry - A guide for masons" World Economic Forum: Extreme weather events and natural disasters among the top three risks in 2018 DRR projects in Nicaragua "Safe Construction" and "Integration of DRR and climate change into university education" successfully closed Cooperación Suiza y CEPREDENAC firman convenio para reducir riesgo de desastres Learning Events 2018 Swiss NGO DRR Platform F2F-event on Eco-DRR (Swiss NGO DRR Platform) Swiss Support to the Polog Region (Macedonia) to Improve Flood Resilience and Solid Waste Management New CEDRIG model studies available for the water and agricultural sector in Bolivia and Mozambique Radio SRF: Die Karibik – dem Klimawandel ausgeliefert Une étude établit un lien entre sécheresse et conflits sociaux Switzerland supports the ASEAN Senior Executive Programme on Disaster Management (SEPDM) in Singapore in 2017 SDC’s Water Safety and Basic Rescue Training brings local disaster responders in South-East Myanmar closer together SENAMHI presenta estudio "Beneficios Socioeconómicos de los Servicios Climáticos para la Agricultura" New NbS-4-Resilience Network (PEDRR) Post-Matthew reconstruction project in Haiti (2016-2017) International Day for Disaster Reduction 2017 Kick-off mission for USAR capacity building project in Mongolia Report released on a Post Hurricane Matthew DRR Effectiveness Assessment in Haiti by the Swiss NGO DRR Platform Earthquake risks management: Excursion of SDC Humanitarian Aid Expert Group DRR/Environment, Sept. 2017 Online course: Disasters and ecosystems, resilience in a changing climate Job offer: Expert in Disaster Risk Reduction (80%), Swiss Red Cross, Switzerland Earthquakes in Switzerland and Nicaragua Starting September 15th: Second edition of the MOOC - Online course: A Resilient Future – Science and Technology for DRR in self-paced format! E-learning course from Sept to Dec 2017 : Implementing the Sendai Framework at the local level, UNISDR / UNITAR Summary video about the integration of DRR and climate change in the Central American universities Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GPDRR), Cancun Mexico Certificate in assessment and management of Geological and Climate related Risk (CERG-C), University of Geneva Introduction to insurance and risk transfer - video lecture, EPFL, SDC Safe school training for teachers and authorities - Myanmar SDC launches CEDRIG online www.cedrig.org GFDRR Report: Efforts to reduce poverty and disaster risks are complementary Facing the mountain - A short documentary about faith, disaster resilience and change in the Himalayas 20th anniversary of the National Coordination Agency for Disaster Reduction of Guatemala Report now available: F2F Event 2016 of the Swiss NGO DRR Platform - Urban DRR and Urban Resilience Enroll now! Free Online Course on Disaster Risk Reduction Switzerland, new Co-Chair of GFDRR Consultative Group 13th INTERPRAEVENT 2016 Conference, Switzerland Open Online Maps to support emergency preparedness and response Start of the e-discussion on the nexus DRR- climate change- migration- economic development in North Africa! New Publication: "Rethinking Good Practices in Land and Water Management, Integrating Climate Risks and Finance Mechanisms" SDC holds CEDRIG workshop in Cochabamba, Bolivia from 27 – 30 October 2015 with participants from Nicaragua and Bolivia. CEDRIG workshop finished in Esteli, Nicaragua: Participants learnt how to mainstream DRR, CC and environmental issues in their projects. Regional F2F Meeting in Nicaragua Video: Integrated Disaster Risk Management for a Resilient World Swiss NGO DRR Platform Learning Events for 2016 The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction adopted on 18 March 2015