Mr. Dennis Francis, President of the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, on his participation in the 28th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates; as well as his recent official travel to the Cook Islands for the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF), and existential threats of sea-level rise amidst the climate crisis on the upcoming COP28.

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Global warming will surpass 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels during the next decade, due to greenhouse gas emissions. The constant rise in temperatures and related impacts combine with other pressures, thus increasing risk and undermining resilience. The increasing interconnectedness of people and human systems increases the risk of compound and cascading crises. 

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Disaster risk reduction - Item 18 (c): High-level meeting on the midterm review of the Sendai Framework

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General Assembly: 72nd plenary meeting (resumed), 77th session.

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Briefing by Paulina Kubiak, Spokesperson for the President of the 77th Session of the General Assembly.

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Closing remarks by Csaba Kőrösi, President of the 77th session of the General Assembly, at the High-Level Meeting on Disaster Risk Reduction.

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The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) is coordinating a Risk Reduction Hub on the margins of the official sessions of the high-level meeting on the Midterm Review of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (HLM MTR SF) to include an array of side events and thematic engagements of various formats in order to discuss advancing risk reduction efforts across sectors, regions, and contexts. 

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High-Level Meeting on the Midterm Review of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030. Theme: "Working Together to Reduce Risk for a Resilient Future" 

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The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) is coordinating a Risk Reduction Hub on the margins of the official sessions of the high-level meeting on the Midterm Review of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (HLM MTR SF) to include an array of side events and thematic engagements of various formats in order to discuss advancing risk reduction efforts across sectors, regions, and contexts. 

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High-Level Meeting on the Midterm Review of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030. Theme: "Working Together to Reduce Risk for a Resilient Future".

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