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Climate change will reshape world ‘in our lifetimes’ – World Bank president
19 Jun 2013, AlertNet
In fewer than 20 years, climate change impacts – from flooded major cities to crashing food production – threaten to fundamentally reshape the world economy and dramatically worsen human lives, the World Bank’s president warned on Wednesday...
- Enterprise-based early warning system training workshop for enterprises in Thailand17-21 Jun 2013, Thailand (Bangkok)
- 22nd regional training course on community-based disaster risk reduction with a changing climate24 Jun - 05 Jul 2013, Thailand (Bangkok)
- Climate change adaptation strategy training course24-28 Jun 2013, Singapore
- Regional Policy & Plans
- Aqaba declaration on disaster risk reduction in cities2013, ASEZA, Jordan - gov; Jordan - gov; LAS; SDC, Switzerland - gov; UNDP Jordan; UNISDR ROAS
- Inter-State Council of the CIS countries basic activities plan on natural and industrial disaster reduction for 19941994, CIS
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General Facts
- Population: 3,938 million (2005)
- Density: 124 per sq km
- Total Area: 31,870 sq km (X 1,000)
Source of data: OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database
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Munich Re: Worldwide distribution of natural catastrophes in 2012Jan 2013, Munich Re
The coming flood: Explore the future's rising seasFeb 2013, PIK
- Executive director of IRDRChina (Beijing), ICSU
- Executive director (Bangkok)Thailand (Bangkok), ADPC
- Programme officer, P3Korea, Rep of (Incheon), UNISDR
External Online Resources
- Adaptation Partnership: Review of existing and planned adaptation actions (by region and country)
- Aviation-weather disaster risk reduction
- DARA: Climate vulnerability monitor
- Desinventar: Inventory system of the effects of disasters
- Disaster risk reduction (DRR) project portal for Asia and the Pacific
- East Asia and Pacific: A primer on reducing vulnerabilities to climate change impacts and strengthening DRM
- FAO and emergencies, from prevention to building back better
- FAO: Climate impact on agriculture (CLIMPAG)
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- FAO: Global information and early warning system (GIEWS)
- HelpDesk for Integrated Flood Management (IFM HelpDesk)
- India Environmental Portal: Climate change and natural disasters
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- Knowledge network on vulnerability and adaptation to climate change
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- Les criquets ravageurs (in French)
- Locust watch
- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), Japan: disaster reduction - Japan's action
- UNFCCC: local coping strategies database
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- WMO: severe weather information centre
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- WMO: severe weather information centre: thunderstorms
See also
- Arab Gulf Programme for United Nations Development Organisations (AGFUND)
- Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
- Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD)
- Asian Seismic Risk Reduction Center (ASRRC)
- Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN)
- Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC)
- Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries, and Food Security (CTI- CFF)
- Disaster Management Department of Qom City
- Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO)
- International Drought Initiative, Regional Centre on Urban Water Management (IDI, RCUWM)
- Mekong River Commission for Sustainable Development (MRC)
- Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
- Poorvanchal Gramin Vikas Sansthan (PGVS)
- Regional Consultative Committee on Disaster Management (RCC)
- Regional Integrated Multi-Hazard Early Warning System for Africa and Asia, the (RIMES)
- Regional support office for East and South-East Asia (ECHO E & SE Asia)
- SAARC Disaster Management Centre (SDMC)
- South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
- Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO)
- The Colombo Plan