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Europe
SDC Switzerland: Women in action in disaster aid and humanitarian reconstruction
8 Mar 2010, SDC, Switzerland - gov
On the occasion of the International Women's Day the Swiss Humanitarian Aid Unit (SHA) highlights womens' roles in delivering projects before, during and after disasters in Haiti and Chad...
- PPRD South workshop on 'Geographic information systems for civil protection'09-12 Mar 2010, Italy (Rome)
- Roundtable: Humanitarian NGOs in a changing world: How do we adapt?15 Mar 2010, Brussels (Brussels)
- Governance and financing for adaptation and mitigation measures in developing countries - Follow up to the COP1516 Mar 2010, Belgium (Brussels)
- Official Statements & Presentations
From ISDR System and other DRR actors
- Reduction of earthquake losses in the extended Mediterranean region (RELEMR): seismicity and earthquake engineering in the extended Mediterranean region2010, UNESCO
- The international climate initiative of the Federal Republic of Germany2009, BMU, Germany - gov
- Uncertainty and disaster risk management: modeling the flash flood risk to Vienna and its subway system2009, IIASA
General Facts
- Population: 727 million (2005)
- Density: 33 per sq km
- Total Area: 22,050 sq km (X 1,000)
Source of data: OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database
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- Mean annual economic losses due to natural disasters 1980–2008Mar 2009, Maplecroft
- Distribution of mortality risk associated with floodsMay 2009, UNISDR
- Distribution of mortality risk associated with earthquakesMay 2009, UNISDR
- Head of climate changeUnited Kingdom (Brighton), IDS
- Project coordinator - Disaster risk reduction staff capacity developmentUnited Kingdom (Oxford), Oxfam GB
- Management consultantSwitzerland (Virtual with frequent interaction with UNISDR Geneva and regional offices), UNISDR
External Online Resources
- DKKV: Database of documentation on EU disaster preparedeness
- FAO and emergencies, from prevention to building back better
- FAO: Climate impact on agriculture (CLIMPAG)
- FAO: DRR-TECA (technology for agriculture) practices and technologies
- FAO: Global information and early warning system (GIEWS)
- HelpDesk for Integrated Flood Management (IFM HelpDesk)
- Knowledge network on vulnerability and adaptation to climate change
- MeteoAlarm: extreme weather alert service for Europe
- UNFCCC: local coping strategies database
- WMO: severe weather information centre: heavy rain/snow
- WMO: severe weather information centre: thunderstorms
