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Official Statement by the Scientific and Technological Community (STC) Major Group Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction 2019, Geneva, Switzerland

<p>“Better data is needed for risk-informed development and science-based decision-making at all levels” – The key message from the Scientific and Technological Community (STC) Major Group. The STC actively promotes an enhanced science base for effective disaster risk reduction and risk-informed development at global, national and local levels.</p>

17.05.2019

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Science and Policy Forum underscores need for collaboration across science, policy makers and society for success in disaster risk reduction

<p>The Science and Policy Forum, which met in the lead up to the Global Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction, had a very clear message for the community – Enhancing resilience and achieving DRR requires strengthened collaboration and integration across all fields of science, policy-makers, and society to meet short term information needs in order to anticipate and mitigate long-term impacts.</p>

15.05.2019

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ISC launches policy briefs ahead of the UN Global Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction (GP2019)

<p>The ISC’s newly published policy briefs provide key messages for policy-makers on disaster-loss data and the synergies between the major global agreements of the Sendai Framework on Disaster Risk Reduction, the Paris Agreement and the SDGs.</p>

10.05.2019