Brainstorming mental health and psychosocial support in the New Normal

Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) hosted a webinar on ‘Mental Health in Emergencies: Greater Investment, Greater Access’ to learn from other sectors and countries’ approaches in coping with the COVID-19 pandemic.

International Symposium on Multi-Hazard Early Warning and Disaster Risk Reduction calls for more efforts to link science with policy

International Symposium on Multi-Hazard Early Warning and Disaster Risk Reduction concluded with the adoption of the Colombo Declaration, which calls for greater efforts to accelerate the use of science, technology and data for policy formulation, and to promote an end-to-end multi-hazard approach to early warning.

ADPC organizes CAP-South Asia policy dialogue on climate adaptation

Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) hosted the first Climate Adaptation Platform-South Asia (CAP-South Asia) regional policy dialogue on 9 December that highlighted the critical need to share lessons and bolster access to climate adaptation finance in the region.

Supporting small business resilience to big disasters and pandemics

Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) facilitated a webinar organized by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) that helps micro and small enterprises identify risks and build own resilience to disasters and the COVID-19 pandemic.

ADPC shares good practices with Group on Earth Observations - GEO Week 2020

Mr. Hans Guttman, the Executive Director of Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) shared how ADPC is supporting disaster managers in utilizing Earth observation data to prepare for and respond to disasters such as flood and drought at GEO Week 2020.

Discussing the combined impacts of climate crises and COVID-19

Mr. Hans Guttman, Executive Director of Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC), was invited as a panelist for a webinar on the combined impacts of climate crises and COVID-19 organized by Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) during World Water Week 2020.

ADPC adds Korean language to Sendai Framework Monitor (SFM) orientation course

Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) with support from Republic of Korea’s Ministry of Interior and Safety has translated the ‘An orientation to using the online Sendai Framework Monitor’ course into Korean.

Inclusive solution against COVID-19 - International Day of Rural Women 2020

ADPC commemorates International Day of Rural Women on 15 October 2020 with a story on building rural women's resilience against COVID-19 in Pakistan developed by its Asian Preparedness Partnership (APP) program.

The grain of the matter - International Day of Rural Women 2020

ADPC commemorates International Day of Rural Women on 15 October 2020 with a story on building rural women's resilience in Cambodia developed by its Asian Preparedness Partnership (APP) program.

Never too small for hope (sari-sari store) - International Day of Rural Women 2020

ADPC commemorates International Day of Rural Women on 15 October 2020 with a story on building rural women's resilience against COVID-19 in the Philippines developed by its Asian Preparedness Partnership (APP) program.