Dear DRMKC subscriber,
After a summer of disasters in Europe, we are now getting ready for the COP26 meeting in Glasgow, at beginning of November, which many believe is the world's best and last chance to bring the devastating consequences of climate change under control (see IPCC report).
We already followed the pre-COP 26 meeting of governments in Milan, accompanied for the first time by Youth4Climate, a youth event from which a series of proposals emerged. The meeting in Milan made clear that the ecological transition requires different timescales and methods for each of the almost two hundred countries on the planet and there is not yet agreement among them all in how to tackle the challenges at stake.
Other important events are on the agenda of this intense Autumn: on the 17-18 November we will have the fifth annual seminar of the Commission’s Disaster Risk Management Knowledge Centre, and the European Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction will follow soon after, on 24-26 November.
What has the Commission done in the last 3 months to cope with the occurring emergencies and get ready for the upcoming events? In this newsletter DRMKC present you with a selection of activities, from different policy directorate generals, all converging toward the common objective, to improve our preparedness and our resilience to manage risks.
This newsletter is being published in the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, which is an opportunity to acknowledge the progress being made toward reducing disaster risk and losses in lives, livelihoods and health. The 2021 edition focuses on “International cooperation for developing countries to reduce their disaster risk and disaster losses”.
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