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Save Document Equity takes centre stageIRIN30 May 2013
Save Document AIDMI contributes India’s humanitarian work in Asia and the PacificAIDMI28 May 2013
Save Document Droughts, the ‘most devastating’ disasters, set to increase, warn climate change expertsUN-DPI22 May 2013
Save Document Private-public partnerships needed for disaster risk reductionUN-DPI20 May 2013
Save Document Experts urge greater role for private sector in disaster risk reductionUN-DPI20 May 2013
Save Document Climate leaves corporate Australia snoozing - ReportClimate News Network30 Apr 2013
Save Document Connie Hedegaard: 'Our adaptation strategy will help decision-makers in Europe choose the best solutions to the benefit of their citizens'EC16 Apr 2013
Save Document Large 2012 disaster toll highlights need for better preparednessGCI4 Apr 2013
Save Document Swiss Re's sigma on natural catastrophes and man-made disasters in 2012 reports USD 77 billion in insured losses and economic losses of USD 186 billionSwiss Re27 Mar 2013
Save Document Italy moves on disaster loss databaseUNISDR EUR25 Mar 2013
Save Document USA: 'Most insurers not prepared for climate change' - ReportUSA Today7 Mar 2013
Save Document Zurich announces strategic alliance with the IFRC as foundation of global flood resilience programZurich7 Mar 2013
Save Document Bangladesh: Post-2015 agenda - Disaster risk managementFE5 Mar 2013
Save Document 'Despite hype, insurance not key to resilience for farmers' - SREX authorIRIN5 Mar 2013
Save Document Australia: Insurers welcome $100 million federal commitment to fund flood mitigation infrastructureICA28 Feb 2013
Save Document USA: New FEMA flood maps show World Trade Center at riskNYP26 Feb 2013
Save Document USA: Flood-prone homes may be bought out in Des Plaines, IllinoisChicago Tribune18 Feb 2013
Save Document UK: 'New flood defences announced but is it enough?'Telegraph Media Group Ltd7 Feb 2013
Save Document USA: Climate change impacts absent from FEMA's redrawn NYC flood mapsInside Climate News6 Feb 2013
Save Document Iran: Empowering women in disaster situationsUNISDR AP4 Feb 2013
Save Document Risk financing is key to building resilience against disasters - StudyADB31 Jan 2013
Save Document 5 Pacific island nations to be insured against natural disastersWB18 Jan 2013
Save Document A revolutionary way to stop Britain's homes floodingTelegraph Media Group Ltd15 Jan 2013
Save Document Adapting to bushfires means accepting their place in AustraliaConversation Media Group, the10 Jan 2013
Save Document USA: Hurricane Sandy relief bill fails to face coastal realities - OpinionYale Uni7 Jan 2013
Save Document Natural catastrophe statistics for 2012 dominated by weather extremes in the USAMunich Re3 Jan 2013
Save Document Sri Lanka: Insurance and more for disaster preparednessDaily News26 Dec 2012
Save Document Sigma preliminary estimates for 2012: Insurers to pay for close to half of the USD 140 billion in economic losses caused by natural catastrophes and man-made disastersSwiss Re19 Dec 2012
Save Document What is the relationship between rainfall, migration and malnutrition?AXA19 Dec 2012
Save Document Loss and damage: Doha deal signals adaptation is not enough - OpinionRTCC17 Dec 2012
Save Document Berkeley Lab research finds the insurance industry paying increasing attention to climate changeDOE, United States of America - gov13 Dec 2012
Save Document Canada: Water damage claims surpass fire claimsVancouver Sun11 Dec 2012
Save Document Disaster risk will climb: ExpertsAPN News & Media10 Dec 2012
Save Document Climate change financing models will contribute to sustainable development - Doha Bank, Group CEOAME4 Dec 2012
Save Document Fiji supports international mechanism to compensate climate change lossesFiji - gov4 Dec 2012
Save Document Lloyd's: Mind the premium gapLloyd's27 Nov 2012
Save Document Climate change: Natural disasters made history in 2011IRIN27 Nov 2012
Save Document Swiss Re estimates its claims burden from Hurricane Sandy at around USD 900 millionSwiss Re26 Nov 2012
Save Document Climate change: When the damage is doneIRIN23 Nov 2012
Save Document Interview with Margareta Wahlström, Special Representative for disaster risk reductionUNNC19 Nov 2012
Save Document Climate change: Is Latin America prepared for temperatures to rise 4 degrees?WB19 Nov 2012
Save Document As coasts rebuild and US pays, repeatedly, the critics ask whyNew York Times18 Nov 2012
Save Document G20 ministers welcome OECD disaster risk assessment and financing frameworkOECD7 Nov 2012
Save Document Insurers task Nigerians on cover for natural disastersGuardian Newspapers Ltd.5 Nov 2012
Save Document UK 'likely to face winter floods'Guardian, the2 Nov 2012
Save Document Russia: Natural disasters - More frequent, more expensiveVOR31 Oct 2012
Save Document Canada: Storm exposes civic infrastructure weaknessVancouver Sun31 Oct 2012
Save Document Munich Re: North America most affected by increase in weather-related natural catastrophesMunich Re Fndn17 Oct 2012
Save Document New Zealand: Earthquake strengthening guide releasedWellington City Council, New Zealand - gov1 Oct 2012
Save Document USA: Organizations help homeowners recover from hurricane IsaacPRWeb, Vocus PRW Holdings, LLC.26 Sep 2012

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