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UNDP: Disaster and climate change adaptation, key strategies for the MDGs
11 Feb 2010, UNDP
Helen Clark commends Australia 'for prioritizing support for disaster risk reduction in its aid programme', saying 'in general, disaster and climate risk reduction needs to be given very high priority in national development plans'...
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Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) - Website:http://www.dfat.gov.au/
- Contact:Director of Environment & Climate Change
- Phone:+61 262613516
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- Australia: Statement made at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (2009)2009, AusAid, Australia - gov
- Australia: Statement made at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (2007)2007, Australia - gov
Top 5 Natural Disaster reported
| Disaster | Date | Affected | (no. of people) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drought | 1992 | 7,000,000 |  |
| Extreme temp. | 1993 | 3,000,500 | |
| Storm | 1994 | 2,500,104 | |
| Extreme temp. | 1994 | 1,000,034 | |
| Extreme temp. | 1995 | 500,100 | |
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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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Human Exposure
| Hazard type | Population exposed |
Percentage of population  |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Cyclone | 25,984 |      |
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| Drought | 2,166,800 |  |
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| Flood | 7,913 |  |
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| Landslide | 352 |  |
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| Earthquake | 103,860 |     |
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| Tsunami | 14,855 |  |
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Source of data: 2009 Global Assessment Report |
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- International symposium on coastal zones and climate change: assessing the impact and developing adaptation strategies12-13 Apr 2010, Australia (Victoria)
- RFSA conference 201018-20 Jun 2010, Australia (Camberra)
- 2010 International climate change adaptation conference29 Jun - 01 Jul 2010, Australia (Gold Coast)
- Public safety (Emergency Management)EMA, Australia (Victoria)
- Emergency ManagementEMA, Australia (Victoria.)
- Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Management (Emergency Health)Monash University, Australia (Frankston (off campus).)
- Climate change adaptation planning for planners of built and natural environmentsUTAS
- The climate change adaptation skills for professionals program2007, Dept of Climate Change, Australia - gov
- How to adapt?2008, Dept of Climate Change, Australia - gov
From ISDR System and other DRR actors
- International conference of island and coastal biosphere reserves: climate change and island and coastal ecosystems2009, Jeju, Korea, Rep of - gov; UNESCO Jakarta; UNESCO
- National climate change adaptation research plan: social, economic and institutional dimensions (consultation draft)2009, NCCARF
- Climate change risks to Australia's coasts: a first national pass assessment2009, Dept of Climate Change, Australia - gov
- Project officer: Pacific adaptation to climate change (PO-PACC)Samoa (Apia), SPREP
Officially declared national coordinating multi-sectoral and inter-disciplinary mechanisms for advocacy, coordination, analysis and advice on disaster risk reduction.