United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - UNISDR Pacific

A BIG thank you to our Pacific Disability Forum participants who joined us for Day 2 of . The robot technology enables them to take part and join the conversation from over 9,700 kms away!

Our office will be home to 1 of 4 Remote Hubs over the next 3 days connecting Pacific Disability Forum participants to a telepresence robot (like this one) on the ground at allowing them to attend talks, appear on the screen and manoeuvre in the conference venue https://goo.gl/tiJlV9

Read about the regional workshop on the role of ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction for Sustainable Development organised by IUCN Oceania in collaboration with UNISDR in Fiji earlier this month.

https://www.iucn.org/news/oceania/201703/ecosystem-services-climate-change-adaptation-and-disaster-risk-reduction-%E2%80%93-%E2%80%98win-win%E2%80%99-approach

Ecosystem services for climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction – a ‘win-win’ approach Nadi, Fiji, 10 March 2017 (IUCN) – The increasing incidence and severity of disasters are leaving more people vulnerable each year. The Oceania region ...