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GIDRM at SADC’s Seasonal Disaster Preparedness and Response Planning Workshop
The 26th Southern African Climate Outlook Forum (SARCOF-26) was constituted by climate scientists from SADC Member States…
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Towards Risk-Informed Sustainable Development in the SADC region
GIDRM & SADC Secretariat at SASDiR’s 5th Biennial Conference As a community of practice for disaster risk reduction in the…
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SADC Strategic Retreat: Making the case for risk-informed development
Last week, from 29th August-2nd September 2022, a Strategic Prioritisation Retreat was held by the Southern African Development…
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Protecting public investments in Lesotho for resilient and sustainable water supply
The Mountain Kingdom of Lesotho is the water tower for the Southern African region. Water is Lesotho’s principal natural…
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GIDRM at the Botswana Global Adaptation Week
Gaborone, 22-26 August 2022—This year’s “Botswana Climate Adaptation Week 2022” was co-hosted by the Government of Botswana…
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GIDRM at the WUF11: Fostering risk-informed urban development to advance urban resilience action
In light of challenges posed by multiple natural and human-made hazards, the climate emergency, growing interdependencies…
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GIDRM at the Southern Africa-Indian Ocean Disaster Preparedness Workshop
Johannesburg, 28-30 June 2022 — The “Southern Africa-Indian Ocean (SA-IO) Disaster Preparedness ECHO and Partners Workshop”…
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Risk-informed Urban Development during the 9th AfriCities Summit
The 9th Africities Summit took place from the 17-21 May, 2022 in Kisumu, Kenya, themed “The Role of Intermediary Cities of…
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Strengthening Awareness about Risk-Informed Development in Georgia
On May 6th, 2022, the Global Initiative on Disaster Risk Management (GIDRM) conducted a workshop in Tbilisi, Georgia, to…