By drawing on collective experience, this all-female panel will discuss challenges and best practices of operationalizing DRR and explore opportunities to strengthen equity in the future disaster health workforce.
Heatwaves, now more severe due to climate change, require urgent action. The event will advocate a multi-pronged strategy for resilience and protection of vulnerable groups involving policymakers, health services, urban planners, donors and civil society.
The event aims to enhance awareness of inclusive transboundary water governance through gender, youth leadership, and rights-based approaches. Objectives include addressing transboundary issues, access to finance, and promoting multilateral dialogue.
Discover how Asia-Pacific businesses drive inclusive disaster risk management through dynamic public-private partnerships. This session spotlights innovative solutions and exemplary practices from leading local private sector champions.
The Intergovernmental Alliance on Anticipatory Action will bring together intergovernmental regional bodies from around the world to jointly shape the anticipatory action agenda for their respective national governments and regions.
This session aims to share case studies of adopting the all-hazards approach, mainly focusing on the role of science, technology, and innovation (STI) in implementing it, facilitate interactive dialogue among researchers, government and DRR stakeholders.
Local actors and humanitarian aid partners will actively learn from success stories of localization in action and discuss strategies to enhance support for equitable partnership and realize commitments to the Grand Bargain.
This session will discuss how disaster risk financing instruments can reduce government costs through risk transfer and will present examples of how such micro, meso and macro-level instruments can enhance community resilience in the Pacific region.
The Government of Fiji through its National Disaster Management Office (NDMO), in partnership with PIFS and SPC, will host a Pacific Minister Talanoa during the APMCDR.
Dive into 20 years of transformative investment to explore how regional cooperation can amplify early warning benefits. Unveil compelling insights into investments in transboundary solutions to enhance disaster resilience across Asia-Pacific.
A dialogue on charting the way forward for the resilient power sector in the Asia Pacific by leveraging insights from CDRI’s Power Infrastructure Programme to enable environment for policy interventions.
The event APLL4DR recognises and connects local champions across Asia-Pacific, celebrating their efforts to enhance disaster resilience. It inspires and empowers leaders in communities facing significant risks, driving localisation & innovative solutions.
This plenary explores how to scale up disaster risk reduction and resilience through sustainable funding, regulatory reforms, and innovative financial mechanisms, focusing on international financing, domestic investments, and private sector engagement.
This learning lab explores the transformative potential of artificial intelligence in disaster risk reduction. As the frequency and intensity of disasters escalate, there is an urgent need to adopt innovative tools and approaches.
This session highlights how integrating local, Indigenous and traditional knowledge with scientific insights enhances disaster risk reduction. It will showcase examples, emphasizing participatory research and the inclusion of marginalized communities.
Explore the role of development finance in addressing the root causes of climate and disaster displacement. Highlight concrete examples of locally led interventions and include perspectives on harnessing development finance for solutions to displacement.
This learning lab will highlight water security as a critical element of resilience through practical approaches and sharing lessons on flood early warning systems from the Pacific and from the Pacific Atoll Partnership on Drought Management Approaches.
This session aims to enhance understanding of the impacts of disasters and climate change on at-risk groups, highlight the benefits of inclusive loss and damage, and identify opportunities for cooperation to protect marginalized communities.
The session introduces the added value of the Copernicus centre in the Philippines for DRM at national and local levels. It also discusses strategies for integrating Copernicus data and services into national and regional disaster management frameworks.
Climate change impacts in Asia-Pacific could be managed using ecosystem-based adaptation, climate information and services, and residual risks covered through climate risk insurance products, under an overarching government disaster risk management plan.
The event will explore practical upstream and downstream approaches for enhancing financing for disaster and climate risk and resilience in infrastructure investments and feature a panel discussion between Australian and Philippine governments.
This working session will provide an opportunity to share experience on improving the availability and quality of data that contributes to disaster knowledge and the identification of investments options for risk reduction.
This plenary will highlight how diverse disaster risk governance can enhance disaster and climate resilience, address gaps in disaggregated data and risk knowledge, and promote inclusive, people-centered approaches.
Discover how CogniCity OSS and the Humanitarian Disability Needs Estimation Tool can leverage tech and data-driven approaches to ensure humanitarian responses are inclusive, responsive, and tailored to the diverse needs of all individuals.
This session will explore the Sendai Gender Action Plan, highlighting women’s leadership in disaster risk reduction, fostering stakeholder collaboration, and sharing case studies on its implementation, including the use of indicators for planning.
This panel discussion brings together experts from diverse fields to delve into the role of the resilience of private initiatives, standardization of seismometer, and the role of science and technology in enhancing disaster preparedness.
This session gathers trailblazers in science, technology, and innovation to showcase how advancements can build resilient, sustainable communities. Join us to explore the future of DRR and ignite discussions on the ethical use of AI.
This learning lab explores gender-responsive strategies to boost women’s resilience to heat stress. Discover innovative solutions, tools, and policies that enable adaptation and protect livelihoods in the face of climate change.
Explore practical lessons and inspiring stories on integrating gender and disability inclusion in disaster risk reduction. Learn about the Sendai Gender Action Plan, EW4ALL, and Anticipatory Action for building resilient, inclusive communities.
This learning lab will demonstrate the interactive methods and tools from the Korean School Safety Programme that provides engaging DRR education through games, videos, and activities for higher grade students.
The private sector's engagement in disaster risk reduction is crucial yet limited. To boost investment, tailored financing for SMEs and fiscal incentives are needed. This panel explores strategies to overcome market barriers and encourage investments.
The event will highlight the importance of integrating gender and social inclusion into Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Resilience strategies to improve community resilience and sustainable development across the Pacific.
Children and young people make up more than half of the world's population This session will highlight the critical role of children and youth in DRR and climate action, emphasizing their vulnerability and the necessity of their involvement.
This session will address challenges local officials face in DRR due to limited resources. It will highlight best practices for building local capacity, streamlining connections between levels of government and improving resilience initiatives.
The session is a conversation on developing smart and sustainable communities as a strategy for building disaster and climate resilience. It explores the idea of narrowing the gap between urban and rural resilience divide using smart community approaches.
This plenary will explore how urban and rural communities can enhance resilience through innovative approaches, access resources and build capacity, showcasing examples and emphasizing their critical role in achieving the Sendai Framework targets.
The discussion will serve as a platform for various practitioners and experts to exchange experiences and best practices. It will shed light on collaborative opportunities and challenges in producing a new marriage of risk reduction and spatial planning.
UN Women and the Humanitarian Advisory Group present the "Fail Forward Cafe". Share failures, reflect on lessons, and innovate for DRR. Features storytelling, discussions, and action planning with a fun twist.
This session will focus on leveraging laws to build resilience, highlighting good practices from Asia and the Pacific. It will explore human rights-based approaches to disaster risk reduction, demonstrating how law can reduce risk.
Resilience and adaptation at scale is only possible and sustainable when communities, CSO leaders, local and national governments meaningfully collaborate – and when these actions are operationalized through appropriate policies and investment frameworks.
This lab will engage participants in two tools available to local governments in the Global South to support resilience by increasing communities' access to affordable resilient housing and preparing for the impacts associated with disaster displacement.
This session brings together governments, local communities and international organizations to bring forward innovative approaches for funding of local community initiatives.
This event will highlight how the multistakeholder approach in DRR & resilience building enables stakeholders to harness S&T and local and traditional knowledge to inform policy & practice; and the importance of sustainability and development continuity.
This learning lab highlights innovative flood and landslide risk assessments from Laos and India. It fosters dialogue between risk mappers and disaster managers to assess the operational value of remote sensing, Al, and advanced surveying techniques.
This working session will explore the urgent need to allocate budget resources for disaster prevention and response, focusing on the growing fiscal burden and strategies to optimize limited resources for sustainable development.
This side-event wants to showcase the Pacific Resilience Partnership (PRP), positioned as a pivotal mechanism for translating both the Framework for Resilient Development in the Pacific and the Sendai Framework for Action into tangible initiatives.
