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Workshop report, Lisbon, Portugal, 26–29 October 2009:

This document reports on the programme Reduction of Earthquake Losses in the Extended (formerly Eastern) Mediterranean Region (RELEMR), which responds to the need of mobilizing scientific knowledge

The UK government's case for an ambitious international agreement on climate change:

This document sets out the UK government's ideas on the UNFCCC Copenhagen summit on climate change to see an agreement which takes action to limit global temperature

This note reports on examples of recent experience in eight countries where national and local governments and civil society participants have worked to strengthen their disaster risk reduction and adaptation actions. These cases, along with similar

This case-bound book draws upon experiences around the world reflecting how people are using climate information to improve their lives, through climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction strategies. In this book, over 100 authors are relating

This book draws from the contributions to the international workshop on relations between natural hazards and management in Europe, which took place from 22 to 24 October 2002 in the Grande Arche, La Défense, Paris (France).

It first focuses on

Presenting seven guiding principles, this book tackles the difficult questions about what can be done to attain built-in resilience.

With contributions from many renowned experts and upcoming researchers in the fields concerned, it comprehensively

This report presents the commitments made by the government of the United Kingdom on international development.
Though not explicitly addressed, disaster risk reduction, an emerging crosscutting issue in development, is taken into consideration by

'Act on 'CO2' - Warming: this guide tells you everything you need to know about climate change and, importantly, what it means for you and what you can do about it. It answers four questions: What is climate change? What does it mean for the world? What