Update

Corner stores, day cares, auto mechanics … small businesses provide vital services to communities. But many are vulnerable to increasingly extreme weather as the climate warms.

With digital tools, community-based organizations can assess vulnerabilities in their communities in advance and prepare relevant programs and interventions to strengthen capacities in their communities, thereby mitigating the effects of disasters.

In an effort to bolster the resilience of Serbian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) has introduced a customized Business Continuity Plan (BCP) tool.

The ARISE Board Meeting, held on May 22, 2024, in a hybrid format, was a significant moment marked by the introduction of SRSG Kamal Kishore and approval of the workplan for 2023-2026.

ARISE Japan and ARISE Philippines hosted their third Knowledge Sharing Session (KSS) on 22 July 2022.

UNDRR has launched a key report aimed at supporting small- and medium-sized businesses to reduce disaster risk and increase resilience.

In a world increasingly threatened by the destructive blaze of wildfires, communication, persuasion, and dialogue stand as the guiding lights that can bring a wide array of stakeholders into alignment and into action.

ARISE Japan and ARISE Philippines hosted their second Knowledge Sharing Session on 22 February 2022, focusing on another of the four ARISE Priority Areas, Resilient Infrastructure.

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ARISE Japan successfully hosted its seventh annual public symposium, titled “Increasing resilience to disasters by strengthening SMEs as a community: learnings from the travel and tourism sector,” on 14 March 2022.