Month: May 2026

Day 1: Overview, trends and bases for action

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Opening Ceremony The opening ceremony of the 23rd Conference sent a clear message: in the face of shared, cross-border risks, preparedness must also be shared and cross-border. Disasters no longer arrive one at a time; they compound socioeconomic inequality, prior emergencies, human mobility, and institutional fragility, and their effects cross borders indiscriminately. In that context, … Read more

Six voices, one call: in the face of shared risks, the region must commit to shared preparedness

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Panama City, May 19, 2026. With an urgent call to move beyond reactive logic and embrace preparedness as a permanent policy and practice, the 23rd Pre-Hurricane and Recurrent Hazards Conference opened this Tuesday. The opening ceremony brought together Fanny Moreira, Technical Secretary of the Andean Committee for Disaster Prevention and Relief (CAPRADE), Elizabeth Rilley, Executive … Read more