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(c) Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments
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One of the thematic pillars for the European Forum on Disaster Risk Reduction (EFDRR) is accelerating implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments online platform (VC platform) allows

Câmara Municipal da Amadora
(c) The University of the Philippines Institute for Small-Scale Industries (UP ISSI)
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The University of the Philippines Institute for Small-Scale Industries (UP ISSI) conducted the “E-HANDA Webinar: Helping MSMEs Build Forward Better” on 13 October 2021.

UP Institute for Small-Scale Industries
(c) AYAB DRR
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Children and youth are on the frontline of disaster risk reduction (DRR) and resilience because of their agility and ability to absorb knowledge and communicate it rapidly to their peers. The Sendai Framework recognizes the critical role played by

PERIPERI U - Partners Enhancing Resilience for People Exposed to Risk
African Union Commission
Green Africa Youth Organization
Centre of Economic Study and Research for Development
(c) IT'S NOW Global Climate Action
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To support the implementation of the Sendai Framework, the voluntary commitment by Fundación Avina has a deliverable on accelerating inclusive climate action as a key element for strengthening the resilience of societies. As part of their activities

Fundación Avina
(c) Kiki Kartikasari, U-INSPIRE Indonesia & Carbon and Environmental Research (CER)
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Considering future climate risks and their impacts on agriculture, there is the need to transition to more sustainable food production systems. Kiki Kartikasari is a member of U-INSPIRE Indonesia and a Project Officer at Carbon and Environmental Research

U-INSPIRE Indonesia
(c) Cities Climate Finance Leadership Alliance
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Cities Climate Finance Leadership Alliance presented their flagship report. The 2021 State of Cities Climate Finance report was produced in partnership with the World Bank Group, Climate Policy Initiative and Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation

Climate Policy Initiative (CPI)
Presentation on fire prevention and upcoming fire forecast and management application
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Following the 2019 disastrous fires that affected more than 2,600 ha of lands across the country, and the subsequent bad fire season that Lebanon experienced also in 2020, fire risk is only expected to increase in future years. In the framework of the

Lebanon Reforestation Initiative
This research is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Project number: ES/V015346/1, by The University of Manchester, and partners.
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A commitment by the Alliance Manchester Business School is motivated by its research project ‘Recovery, Renewal, Resilience: Informing, supporting and developing guidance for local Resilience’, which takes a systems approach to Recovery and Renewal from

Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute, University of Manchester
Alliance Manchester Business School
(c) Arab Water Council
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At the event, the UNDRR Office in Japan briefed participants on the opportunities to showcase their work at the Sendai Framework VC platform. Stakeholders were encouraged to submit their commitments and get their gender-related work promoted.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Kobe Office
(c) ARISE Japan
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ARISE Japan’s annual event, “Creating disaster resilient communities by ‘going local’ in DRR,” was held online on 2 March 2021. In his keynote, Prof. F. Imamura of Tohoku University described how roads and railways in reconstructed Sendai City, built on

ARISE Japan
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