Documents and publications

Gilbert White- father of floodplain management and the national flood insurance program, and founder of the interdisciplinary science of natural hazards- has educated the nation and the world on how to change the ways we manage water resources and

One of the major challenges facing humankind is to provide an equitable standard of living for this and future generations: adequate food, water and energy, safe shelter and a healthy environment. Human-induced climate change, and increasing climate

An edited collection of concise, hard-hitting essays by a group of international experts and scholars that address the politics and policy of environmental change and sustainable development in East and Southeast Asia. The book pays particular attention

The study taking the 2002 food crisis in Malawi as its context and using evidence up to 2001: reassesses the economic consequences in Malawi and Southern Africa more generally of climatic variability in the light of experience such as the El Nino event in

This report describes the context and process of global climate change, its actual or likely impacts on health, and how human societies and their governments should respond, with particular focus on the health sector. It argues that climate change is

Introduction - Opening Address - CLIMAG and the World Climate Research Programme - Current Capabilities in Long-Term Weather Forecasting for Agricultural Purposes - Down-scaling General Circulation Issues in Climate Prediction - The state-of-art in crop

This Guide has been created to provide advice on useful strategies for implementing the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters (HFA).

When large-scale disasters occur, they typically strike without warning, regardless of whether the cause is natural, such as a tsunami or earthquake, or man-made, such as a terrorist attack. And immediately following a hazardous event or mass violence