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DC event: The UN Sustainable Development Goals, 17 Goals or One?

When: Wednesday, March 18, 2015, 3pm – 5pm

Where: Wilson Center, Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 6th Floor Flom Auditorium, 1300 Pennsylvania, Ave., NW, Washington, D.C. 20004

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The proposed Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), being developed by the world community under the auspices of the UN, provide benchmarks for eradicating poverty, protecting the environment, and empowering people and communities. In September of this year, the UN will convene a summit to adopt these goals as the post-2015 development agenda. Continue reading “DC event: The UN Sustainable Development Goals, 17 Goals or One?” →

Call for papers on urban disaster risk reduction

The UN’s Making Cities Resilient campaign is calling for papers on the State of Disaster Risk Reduction at the Local Level to consider experience and actions related to effective DRR at the local level. Submission deadline: 15 November 2013

Papers can be submitted to five specific topics:

a) Local patterns of risks

b) Local actions on DRR

c) Central policies for enabling local DRR actions

d)Local disaster resilience

e) Sound practices of local DRR