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Norway
Norway, Switzerland in push to protect 'environmental refugees'
2 Oct 2012, Expatica
'Forced displacements in the context of natural disasters is a reality,' said Walter Kaellin, envoy for the new Nansen Initiative, calling for 'a more coherent and consistent approach at the international level' to help such 'environmental refugees'...
National Platform
- National Platform Focal Point:
Directorate for Civil Protection and Emergency Planning, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DSB) - Website:http://www.dsb.no
- Contact:Senior adviser
- Phone:+47 900 474 15 +47 900 474 15
- HFA Focal Point:
Directorate for Civil Protection and Emergency Planning, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DSB) - Website:http://www.dsb.no
- Contact:Senior Adviser
- Phone:+47 334 127 73 +47 928 205 40
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Top 5 Natural Disaster reported
| Disaster | Date | Affected | (no. of people) |
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| Flood | 1995 | 4,000 |  |
| Flood | 2001 | 1,500 | |
| Flood | 2000 | 600 | |
| Storm | 2008 | 100 | |
| Storm | 2005 | 0 | |
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Source of data: OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database Data version: v11.08 *: Including tsunami Data displayed does not imply national endorsement. |
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- 22nd annual conference of the Society for Risk Analysis - Europe17-19 Jun 2013, Norway (Trondheim)
- Transformation in a changing climate19-21 Jun 2013, Norway (Oslo)
- Fourth meeting of the European Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction (EFDRR)23-25 Sep 2013, Norway (Oslo)
- Chief of branch, D1Switzerland (Geneva), UNISDR
- Disaster risk reduction adviserUnited Kingdom (London, with up to 90 days overseas travel per year), British Red Cross
- Chief of unit, resource mobilization, P5Switzerland (Geneva), UNISDR
Neighbouring Countries
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