17 Dec 2012, RBTH
'Essentially, we will get threshold safety values for sharp climatic changes. It is not so much about global warming as it is about the chance to streamline economic processes and substantiate investments in efforts to prevent disasters. The matrix will take almost everything into account: diseases, death rate, droughts, fires and environmental imbalances,' stated a ministry official...
| Disaster | Date | Affected | (no. of people) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drought | 2003 | 1,000,000 | |
| Flood | 1994 | 775,429 | |
| Extreme temp. | 1999 | 725,000 | |
| Flood | 2002 | 330,613 | |
| Flood | 2001 | 300,000 | |
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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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Disaster risk reduction in school curricula: case studies from thirty countries2012, UNICEF; UNESCO
Children and disasters: building resilience through education2011, UNICEF; UNISDR EUR
Officially declared national coordinating multi-sectoral and inter-disciplinary mechanisms for advocacy, coordination, analysis and advice on disaster risk reduction.