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IRIN is a humanitarian news and analysis service that is part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, but its services are editorially independent.
It produces reports daily on Africa, the Middle East and Asia. Content is produced in English, French and Arabic.
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- The making of the Hyogo2 disaster prevention treaty
17 May 2013 - Analysis: Getting governments to cough up for DRR
9 May 2013 - Zimbabwe short on climate change funds
7 May 2013 - 'Super-fly' threatens 'Rambo' cassava, food security
7 May 2013 - Analysis: 'Wake up call' for Bangladesh’s building industry
6 May 2013 - Can disaster risk reduction lessons be learned from China?
29 Apr 2013 - Arab cities aim to build resilience to natural disasters
29 Apr 2013 - Imagining a major quake in Kathmandu
26 Apr 2013 - A unified approach to climate change and hunger
24 Apr 2013 - Floods highlight disaster management challenges in Kenya
24 Apr 2013 - Indonesia’s natural disaster risks, costs rise
17 Apr 2013 - Philippines’ natural disaster risks shift, along with experts
10 Apr 2013 - Better urban planning needed to dodge disasters
9 Apr 2013 - Earthquake-proofing Nepal's at-risk airport
2 Apr 2013 - Gender relations are changing along with climate
25 Mar 2013 - Disaster risk reduction in the Arab world
20 Mar 2013 - Tallying natural disaster-related losses
15 Mar 2013 - Indonesian volcano survivors relocated, better prepared
8 Mar 2013 - Building flash flood resilience in Pakistan’s mountainous regions
7 Mar 2013 - Philippine cities tackle climate change
6 Mar 2013 - In Kenya, information strengthens pastoralists' resilience
6 Mar 2013 - 'Despite hype, insurance not key to resilience for farmers' - SREX author
5 Mar 2013 - Understanding resilience
4 Mar 2013 - Indonesia tries 'cloud seeding' to prevent flooding in Jakarta
4 Mar 2013 - Games, cartoons boost youth disaster preparation
27 Feb 2013 - Locust invasion threatens underfunded Madagascar
13 Feb 2013 - 'Climate change influence on typhoons uncertain' - report
13 Feb 2013 - Flood-proofing Mozambique
13 Feb 2013 - Indonesia: Jakarta flooding highlights prevention gaps
24 Jan 2013 - Zimbabwe's climate change policies need an urban focus
22 Jan 2013 - Analysis: Preparing for urban disasters - Challenges and recommendations
10 Jan 2013 - Bangladesh: Community radio role in disaster preparedness
4 Jan 2013 - Sanitation: Urban water woes
2 Jan 2013 - Climate change: In the twilight zone - A personal account of Doha
12 Dec 2012 - Climate Change: Snapshot of wins and losses at the Doha talks
9 Dec 2012 - Disasters: Slow-onset disasters take toll
7 Dec 2012 - Analysis: Disasters waiting to happen
7 Dec 2012 - Climate Change: In the Arab world, building fridges to live in an oven
5 Dec 2012 - Climate change: Agriculture takes a backseat again
5 Dec 2012 - Analysis: When lack of early warning becomes manslaughter
4 Dec 2012 - Climate Change: Dealing with loss and damage
3 Dec 2012 - Climate change: Natural disasters made history in 2011
27 Nov 2012 - Climate change: When the damage is done
23 Nov 2012 - Niger: Farmers must prepare for more flooding
1 Nov 2012 - Sri Lanka: Drought hits northern rice farmers
18 Oct 2012 - Bangladesh: Cyclone shelters - For livestock too
16 Oct 2012 - Climate change: Tackling the information void
9 Oct 2012 - Climate change: New urgency to rethink dam projects
26 Sep 2012 - Malawi: Shrinking lake threatens livelihoods
18 Sep 2012 - Climate change: Farmers too hungry to adapt
14 Sep 2012 - Nepal: Adaptation to climate change goes local
13 Sep 2012 - Cities: A helping hand for the urban poor
6 Sep 2012 - Nepal: Bureaucracy holds up climate adaptation finance
5 Sep 2012 - Pakistan: Preparedness doubts as monsoon claims first victims
28 Aug 2012 - Sri Lanka: Water conservation 'desperately' needed
20 Aug 2012 - Food: How bad is the crisis?
16 Aug 2012 - Cambodia: Water management goes solar
14 Aug 2012 - Yemen: Time running out for solution to water crisis
13 Aug 2012 - Laos: Diversifying crops to cope with climate change
13 Aug 2012 - Philippines: A long week in the Philippine floods
11 Aug 2012 - Sri Lanka: Better weather warnings needed
8 Aug 2012 - Interview: Somaliland’s vice president on drought
7 Aug 2012 - Philippines: Storms test early warning system
7 Aug 2012 - Food: Price shock hotspots
6 Aug 2012 - Water: prepare to face shocks
1 Aug 2012 - Mali-Niger: Locusts spawning disaster
24 Jul 2012 - Aid policy: Needs, gaps and resilience
23 Jul 2012 - Pakistan: Preparations for the monsoon
18 Jul 2012 - Aid policy: Translating early warning into early action
9 Jul 2012 - Uganda: Learning lessons from lethal landslides
27 Jun 2012 - Mali: Locusts could spread in rebel-held north
26 Jun 2012 - Lesotho: Food security goes from bad to worse
26 Jun 2012 - Rio+20: Battles won and lost
20 Jun 2012 - Climate change: Cassava key to food security, say scientists
20 Jun 2012 - Rio+20: Slum-dweller power
19 Jun 2012 - Thailand: How to move floodwater through Bangkok
19 Jun 2012 - Rio+20: The 'landscape approach'
18 Jun 2012 - Indonesia: Mangrove loss threatens community resilience
14 Jun 2012 - Disasters: Insuring against dry days in Africa
12 Jun 2012 - Nepal: Mountain dwellers 'neglected'
8 May 2012 - Sri Lanka: Tsunami preparedness pays off
19 Apr 2012 - Climate change: Farmers and forecasts
2 Apr 2012 - Ethiopia: Late rains threaten food security
30 Mar 2012 - Somalia: Drought affecting thousands in Somaliland
30 Mar 2012 - Philippines: Hospital assessment to test disaster resilience
13 Mar 2012 - Disasters: Learning from Japan's tsunami
9 Mar 2012 - Horn of Africa: Drought warning prompts call for early action
29 Feb 2012 - Bangladesh: 'Dhaka ill-prepared for quakes' - IRIN
22 Feb 2012 - Madagascar: Cyclone expected in high population areas
13 Feb 2012 - Senegal: Drought response slowed by election fever
10 Feb 2012 - Sahel: Donors learning funding lessons - slowly
6 Feb 2012 - Thailand: Authorities boost flood-control measures - IRIN
1 Feb 2012 - Philippines: Geo-hazard maps go public
31 Jan 2012 - Where Afghan humanitarianism ends and development begins - Analysis
30 Jan 2012 - Analysis: Coping with climate change
25 Jan 2012 - Philippines: Red Cross to train 1.8 million volunteers
24 Jan 2012 - Asia: Natural disasters becoming costlier than ever
30 Dec 2011 - Horn & Eastern Africa: Drought highlights in 2011
30 Dec 2011 - Sri Lanka: Tsunami anniversary highlights early warning gaps
26 Dec 2011 - Climate change: Progress in Durban, but not enough
13 Dec 2011 - Climate change: For the people, by the people
8 Dec 2011 - Thailand: Two days in the life of an urban flood expert
2 Dec 2011 - How to: Build a flood-resilient city
28 Nov 2011 - Climate change: How rivers will behave
14 Nov 2011 - Bangladesh: Disaster-resilient settlement points way forward
9 Nov 2011 - IRIN: Soon every African village will know what the weather may bring
2 Nov 2011 - Thailand: The risk of 'warning fatigue' in disaster preparedness - IRIN
1 Nov 2011 - West Africa: Building resilience in the Sahel
27 Oct 2011 - Kenya: Preventable disasters - why they keep occurring
19 Oct 2011 - A bigger role for Asia in humanitarian response
12 Oct 2011 - Pakistan: Children in 2005 quake zone still lack schools
11 Oct 2011 - Bangladesh: Dialling into disaster risk reduction
7 Oct 2011 - Kenya: Bringing pastoralists in from the cold
21 Sep 2011 - Kenya: Disasters continue to happen - IRIN
21 Sep 2011 - Nepal: Indian earthquake prompts 'wake-up call'
19 Sep 2011 - Nigeria: Flood early warning messages not heeded
13 Sep 2011 - Kenya: What's new on the drought - IRIN
13 Sep 2011 - Laos: Floods highlight disaster-preparedness needs
7 Sep 2011 - IRIN: New risk index helps identify vulnerability
5 Sep 2011 - Cambodia: Rural poor at risk says climate change, says report
30 Aug 2011 - Indonesia: From drought to floods - IRIN
29 Aug 2011 - Indonesia: 'Major role' for mosques in disaster
15 Aug 2011 - Myanmar: Heavy rains hamper shelter construction
26 Jul 2011 - Nepal: 'Preventing future landslides is not yet possible' - experts
25 Jul 2011 - Pakistan: Preparing for the monsoon
22 Jul 2011 - Bangladesh: Bigger role for women in disaster preparedness
20 Jul 2011 - Ethiopia: Borena zone braced for more failed rains
18 Jul 2011 - Indonesian government relocates volcano-displaced
18 Jul 2011 - Disasters: ECOWAS stepping up
13 Jul 2011 - East Africa: Too soon to blame climate change for drought
12 Jul 2011 - Somalis living from drought to drought
12 Jul 2011 - Pakistan's post-flood blues
12 Jul 2011 - Indonesia: Mud-displaced still fighting to recover livelihoods
4 Jul 2011 - Kenya-Somalia drought: 'Need to focus on whole cycle' say experts
4 Jul 2011 - Zimbabwe: Trophy hunting, crocodile farming help rural poor adapt
29 Jun 2011 - Developing countries hardest hit by wildfires - expert
28 Jun 2011 - Philippines: Govt boosts disaster preparedness as latest storm subsides
27 Jun 2011 - Philippines: Mindanao battles water lilies to prevent futher flooding
20 Jun 2011 - Disaster conference opens in Beijing
31 May 2011 - Middle East: Ramping up disaster preparedness
26 May 2011 - Philippines: Villages wait out rumbling volcano
25 May 2011 - South Africa: Global lessons from Durban's climate change adaptation challenges
24 May 2011 - 'National drought policies wanted' - IRIN
11 May 2011 - Philippines: Time to prepare for the typhoons
11 May 2011 - New climate change and adaptation films on Madagascar - IRIN
10 May 2011 - Nepal: Strong hopes for straw houses
5 May 2011 - Myanmar: 'Three years later, still no shelter'
3 May 2011 - Indonesia: Government to relocate volcano survivors
2 May 2011 - Myanmar: Early warning system needed for fishermen
26 Apr 2011 - Climate change: Community-based adaptation in action
26 Apr 2011 - Benin: Electoral reform, flood preparedness, challenges facing president
18 Apr 2011 - Climate change: Agenda for Durban on the table
18 Apr 2011 - Kenya: Slum fires highlight urban preparedness gap
15 Apr 2011 - New homes for 50,000 at risk from disasters in eastern Uganda
11 Apr 2011 - Nepal: Health sector focus for earthquake preparedness
8 Apr 2011 - Bangladesh: Day in the life of a seismologist - IRIN
4 Apr 2011 - Asia: Earthquakes highlight need for regional preparedness, say experts
31 Mar 2011 - Myanmar: Earthquake assessments face access hurdles
29 Mar 2011 - Indonesia: Disaster-prone, but still hungry for nuclear energy - IRIN
21 Mar 2011 - Philippines: 'Containing radioactive rumours' - IRIN
15 Mar 2011 - Philippines: Revisiting quake contingency in Japan’s wake - IRIN
14 Mar 2011 - Asia: Remaining vigilant for Japan aftershock - IRIN
14 Mar 2011 - Pakistan: 'Get ready, the monsoon is coming' - IRIN
9 Mar 2011 - Nepal: Political impasse stalls disaster preparedness bill
25 Feb 2011 - Philippines: Familiarity with volcanoes breeds content - IRIN
23 Feb 2011 - IRIN: Disaster preparation in Mekong River Basin
22 Feb 2011 - Zimbabwe: 'Imminent danger of floods' - IRIN
3 Feb 2011 - Namibia: Caprivi braces for rising Zambezi River
28 Jan 2011 - Unpacking La Niña
27 Jan 2011 - South Africa: Floods highlight lack of disaster preparedness
27 Jan 2011 - Climate change: Not all Himalayan glaciers are melting
27 Jan 2011 - IRIN: Better understanding of disaster impact on lives needed
25 Jan 2011 - Kenya: Act now to mitigate drought effects, say agencies
19 Jan 2011 - Kenya: Coping with hardship in pastoralist regions
18 Jan 2011 - Philippines: Facebooking in a storm
14 Jan 2011 - Sri Lanka: Record rains increase urgency of climate change adaptation
12 Jan 2011 - Papua New Guinea: Keeping watch on volcanic activity
20 Dec 2010 - Climate change: UN agencies working in unison would do better
9 Dec 2010 - Climate change: A Cancun Christmas wish list
9 Dec 2010 - Climate change: From research to strategy to policy
7 Dec 2010 - Climate change: Staple food crops do not want global warming
5 Dec 2010 - IRIN: Climate-change: 'User-friendlier weather data'
3 Dec 2010 - Philippines: Preparing for the volcanoes
30 Nov 2010 - Climate change: How to sound knowledgeable in Cancun - IRIN
29 Nov 2010 - Climate change adaptation: All about the money in Cancun - IRIN
29 Nov 2010 - Kyrgyzstan: Quake-resistant homes for violence survivors
29 Nov 2010 - Ethiopia: Taking the disaster out of drought
24 Nov 2010 - Africa to take a 'quantum leap' in forecasting climate change impact
23 Nov 2010 - Indonesia: Disaster prevention 'still taking a back seat' - experts
23 Nov 2010 - Uganda: Stuck in mudslide territory
22 Nov 2010 - Viet Nam: Experts assess flood preparedness
18 Nov 2010 - Bangladesh: Community involvement key to disaster preparedness
18 Nov 2010 - Thailand: Mixed results for local disaster preparedness
16 Nov 2010 - Sri Lanka: Better planning regulations needed to reduce flash flooding
15 Nov 2010 - Landslide risk increasing in the Philippines
4 Nov 2010 - Looking in the past to predict the next tsunami
29 Oct 2010 - Seconds vital in disaster preparedness for hospitals
19 Oct 2010 - Vietnam: Experts assess flood preparedness
18 Oct 2010 - Africa: Thinking big on climate change modelling
13 Oct 2010 - Asia: Cities key to disaster risk reduction
12 Oct 2010 - Asia: Unquantifiable damage caused by wildfires - experts
11 Oct 2010 - Bangladesh: Natural dams to hold back sea
8 Oct 2010 - Climate change adaptation policy shift could help the poor
7 Oct 2010 - New Ethiopian policy to handle disaster risk
27 Sep 2010 - Philippines: Cities ill-prepared for typhoons
26 Sep 2010 - Asia, most at risk for natural hazards, most vulnerable to cyclones
23 Sep 2010 - Nepal: Global warming swells glacial lakes, endangering thousands
16 Sep 2010 - Western Ethiopia's Gambella region faces risks head-on
13 Sep 2010 - Indonesia: Eruption spotlights 'severe' volcano threat - expert
3 Sep 2010 - Philippines: Bracing for La Niña
1 Sep 2010 - Asia: Making the most of disaster experience
30 Aug 2010 - Asia: When hospitals become casualities
26 Aug 2010 - Asia: Ten deadliest quakes
25 Aug 2010 - Thailand: Insect influx threatens rice production
24 Aug 2010 - Pakistan: Awaiting new floods
24 Aug 2010 - Viet Nam: Disaster conference targets Asia
24 Aug 2010 - Myanmar: Nargis now a development issue, says Yangon
20 Aug 2010 - Pakistan: The flood, and the response
19 Aug 2010 - Djibouti: Widespread food gaps despite ongoing rains
13 Aug 2010 - Recent weather disasters: Are jet streams to blame?
13 Aug 2010 - Kenya: Call to boost disaster preparedness in marginalized north
13 Aug 2010 - Africa: Strategies for adapting to climate change
9 Aug 2010 - A new look at dry areas
5 Aug 2010 - Philippines: Government battling storm loans
4 Aug 2010 - Asia: 'Water is a good servant but a bad master'
4 Aug 2010 - DRR part of the NGOs' to-do list for incoming UN relief coordinator
20 Jul 2010 - Australia: Fighting climate change - while adapting to it
2 Jul 2010 - East Africa: Freedom of movement to help pastoralist lifestyles
30 Jun 2010 - Tools to improve education in emergencies
27 Jun 2010 - Côte d'Ivoire: Thousands evicted in preparation for rains
18 Jun 2010 - Bangladesh: Getting ready for the big one
15 Jun 2010 - Adaptation from Copenhagen to Cancún
15 Jun 2010 - Message your way out of a crisis
14 Jun 2010 - Myanmar: Survivors seek shelter from future storms
14 Jun 2010 - Haiti: 'We are again exposed to catastrophe'
4 Jun 2010 - Tool to help NGOs adapt to climate risks
3 Jun 2010 - Kenya: Bamboo project to expand rural housing
28 May 2010 - Pakistan: Hunza-Nagar district residents prepare
18 May 2010 - Pakistan: IRIN - critiques of the 2005 quake reconstruction
13 May 2010 - Pakistan: 'Building back better' in quake zone
13 May 2010 - Africa: Changing technologies to keep up with climate change
10 May 2010 - 'Somaliland needs own plan for climate change'
7 May 2010 - Vietnam: Children learn to swim and to survive
5 May 2010 - Papua New Guinea: Storms set to intensify
30 Apr 2010 - 'When volcanic ash gets in your way'
26 Apr 2010 - Philippines: Hospital learns lessons from Ketsana storm
21 Apr 2010 - Kenya: Extreme weather tests pastoralist perceptions
15 Apr 2010 - Haiti wake-up call for earthquake preparedness
6 Apr 2010 - Adaptation and resilience through migration
31 Mar 2010 - Philippines: Government must counter 'culture of disaster'
26 Mar 2010 - Asia: Voice of the indigenous 'must be heard'
25 Mar 2010 - Mozambique: After the floods
24 Mar 2010 - Philippines: Planning for the 'Big One'
19 Mar 2010 - Kenya: Plugging the gaps in disaster preparedness
11 Mar 2010 - Uganda: Health fears follow deadly mudslides
10 Mar 2010 - Viet Nam: Government leads region in climate change challenge
9 Mar 2010 - IRIN reports on the impacts of El Niño and climate change
8 Mar 2010 - Haiti: Disasters fuel migration, diaspora fuels economy
21 Feb 2010 - 'Humanitarian agencies will have to reduce vulnerability in urban settings' - new reports
16 Feb 2010 - Democratic Republic of Congo: Watching the volcanoes
16 Feb 2010 - Afghanistan: Lessons from the Salang pass disaster
15 Feb 2010 - A peek into the humanitarian future
12 Feb 2010 - Kenya: Plugging the gaps in disaster preparedness
11 Feb 2010 - Climate change and adaptation funding equally unpredictable
11 Feb 2010 - Myanmar: livelihoods crucial to cyclone recovery
9 Feb 2010 - New report assesses humanitarian system and calls for increased DRR
8 Feb 2010 - Timor Leste: Water supplies running on empty
8 Feb 2010 - Middle East: Experts urge governments to revise water policies
4 Feb 2010 - Fighting corruption in disaster response
3 Feb 2010 - Kenya: Covered for drought
29 Jan 2010 - Haiti: Looking to the hurricane season
26 Jan 2010 - Burkina Faso: Farmers act on climate change
20 Jan 2010 - Thailand: Act now to stop Bangkok sinking, urge scientists
13 Jan 2010 - Bangladesh: Ever so vulnerable to storms, floods and sea level rise
31 Dec 2009 - African Union pushes the envelope on 'climate migrants'
29 Dec 2009 - Philippines: Lessons learned help prepare for Volcano eruption
16 Dec 2009 - Copenhagen: Down to the wire on adaptation money
14 Dec 2009 - Good news for climate change migrants
11 Dec 2009 - Laos: Getting better prepared for disasters
11 Dec 2009 - Copenhagen: Poor countries look for strategies to move the spotlight
10 Dec 2009 - The link between undernutrition and climate change
7 Dec 2009 - Climate change: Not much money to help many poor adapt
6 Dec 2009 - A humanitarian's guide to Copenhagen
24 Nov 2009 - Indonesia: Buildings on shaky ground in event of another quake, says survey
19 Nov 2009 - Pakistan: New earthquake resistant schools in quake-hit areas
15 Nov 2009 - 'Not enough to prevent and prepare': DARA International
10 Nov 2009 - Vietnam: Tropical storm Mirinae catches country by surprise
5 Nov 2009 - Africa: AU calls for solutions to 'climate migrants'
29 Oct 2009 - Africa: Digesting a 'mouthful' of climate change
27 Oct 2009 - Greater Horn of Africa: Preparing to mitigate negative impact of El Niño
19 Oct 2009 - Africa: Shining the spotlight on the displaced
15 Oct 2009 - Mali: Faking snow in the desert to boost rain
14 Oct 2009 - Put women at core of climate change debate, say activists
13 Oct 2009 - Nigeria: Curbing farmer-nomad clashes and protecting livestock routes
12 Oct 2009 - Afghanistan: EC commits to sustainable management of water and land resources across the northeast
12 Oct 2009 - Mali: When the world’s deserts flood
10 Oct 2009 - Indonesia: Quake devastation exposes poor building standards
7 Oct 2009 - The challenge of predicting climate change
6 Oct 2009 - Kenya: Drought planning urged in northeast
5 Oct 2009 - Bangkok: Island nations frustrated at climate talks
5 Oct 2009 - Asia: Disasters underline urgent need for more groundwork
2 Oct 2009 - CGD: Twenty cities most vulnerable to storm surges, sea level rise
1 Oct 2009 - Developing countries 'left to fend for themselves' on climate change
30 Sep 2009 - Nepal: Kathmandu faces worsening water crisis
24 Sep 2009 - Myanmar: What if another Cyclone Nargis comes?
17 Sep 2009 - Kenya: Plea to donors over El Nino
17 Sep 2009 - Myanmar: Wind like the elephant's nose
16 Sep 2009 - Mobility key to climate change adaptation, say experts
15 Sep 2009 - West Africa: Urban surge feeds flooding
14 Sep 2009 - Africa: Invest more in irrigation to boost food security, urge experts
11 Sep 2009 - Philippines: Disaster prevention is better than cure
14 Aug 2009 - Nigeria: Hastening recovery for flood and fire victims
7 Aug 2009 - Kenya: Drought-resistant crops encouraged
5 Aug 2009 - Bangladesh: Cyclone Aila recovery slower than Sidr
23 Jul 2009 - West Africa: Disaster risk reduction made simple
22 Jul 2009 - IPCC to help prepare for short-term climate extremes
21 Jul 2009 - South Africa: Remote sensing coming of age
20 Jul 2009 - Lebanon: Earthquake threat looms large
19 Jul 2009 - Benin: Flooding reveals need for improved forecasting
8 Jul 2009 - Africa: Eyeing the wealth of the Guinea Savannah
6 Jul 2009 - Rwanda: Water rationing warning as drought bites
3 Jul 2009 - Africa: Funding boost for local think tanks
2 Jul 2009 - Climate change information for the poor
29 Jun 2009 - 'Climate refugees' gatecrash the agenda
25 Jun 2009 - Climate change adaptation: the case for agriculture in Copenhagen
24 Jun 2009 - Uganda: Environmentalists point to worrying pace of deforestation
24 Jun 2009 - Investment key to disaster preparedness
16 Jun 2009 - Eritrea: Water on their minds
15 Jun 2009 - Improved infrastructure key to slum upgrading - UN official
11 Jun 2009 - Bonn: How to measure vulnerability to climate change?
10 Jun 2009 - Madagascar: Just add water, better seeds and new knowledge
22 May 2009 - Middle East: Uphill struggle boosting disaster risk reduction efforts
21 May 2009 - Africa: Coastal populations at risk as climate changes
20 May 2009 - Global: How much money for climate change adaptation?
19 May 2009 - Africa: Improve coordination, funding for disaster risk reduction, governments urged
12 May 2009 - Africa: disaster preparedness is inadequate, say specialists
6 May 2009 - Philippines: urgent action required to combat climate change says ADB study
4 May 2009 - The price tag for adapting to climate change
30 Mar 2009 - Laos: Using brushwood to prevent riverbank erosion
19 Mar 2009 - Kenya: Late rains to worsen food security
18 Mar 2009 - Key UN water report urges prompt action
17 Mar 2009 - Call for standard indices to measure droughts
5 Mar 2009 - Uganda: Rising temperatures threatening livelihoods
3 Mar 2009 - Community-based adaptation to climate change
2 Mar 2009 - Malawi: Building resilience, weaning people off aid
25 Feb 2009 - Uganda: Water scheme proposed for parched Karamoja
6 Feb 2009 - Philippines: Extensive logging, unrestricted mining blamed for flooding
23 Jan 2009 - Indonesia: School reconstruction - 'building back better'
22 Jan 2009 - Madagascar: Investments in preparedness worthwhile
22 Jan 2009 - Ethiopia: Poverty hampers climate change adaptation, says PM
16 Jan 2009 - Nepal: International earthquake exercise planned for April
9 Jan 2009 - Nepal: Kathmandu hospitals could collapse in an earthquake - experts warn
15 Dec 2008 - Climate risk insurance the buzz in Poznan
12 Dec 2008 - Nepal: Clock ticking for earthquake preparedness
24 Nov 2008 - Pakistan: Nearly all schools in Ziarat town destroyed by recent quake
23 Nov 2008 - Madagascar: Bracing for storm season
17 Nov 2008 - Top UN official interviewed on global aid challenges
10 Nov 2008 - Global: Forced to flee
23 Oct 2008 - Climate change's threat to water needs more study
21 Oct 2008 - Mozambique: 'The issue of natural disasters is very worrying'
20 Oct 2008 - Lesotho: A village tries new ideas to beat climate change
20 Oct 2008 - Papua New Guinea: Seismic monitoring gets a boost
15 Oct 2008 - Papua New Guinea: Training young and old in disaster preparedness
9 Oct 2008 - Rwanda: Rains wreak havoc
6 Oct 2008 - 'Sunny and dry' - an unwelcome forecast for Southern Africa
25 Sep 2008 - Pakistan: School collapse underscores risks from dilapidated structures
18 Sep 2008 - West Africa : Thousands affected by floods
8 Sep 2008 - Vietnam: New threat of flooding in south
22 Aug 2008 - Madagascar: early recovery to mitigate emergency response
18 Jul 2008 - Sri Lanka: children as early detectors, preventers of disaster
9 Jul 2008 - Climate change poses humanitarian challenges
8 Apr 2008 - Madagascar: violence of cyclone Ivan overwhelms careful preparations
20 Feb 2008 - Space gears up for climate change study
17 Jan 2008 - Disaster-preparedness drive in West Sumatra
31 Dec 2007 - Bangladesh: megaphones save thousands
23 Nov 2007
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