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IPCC SREX related publications

Total number of documents: 11

Disaster risk reduction: a fundamental element of building resilience
Source(s): VOICE
Publication date: 2012
Number of pages: 2 p.

This position paper highlights the importance of disaster risk reduction (DRR) for building resilience and was launched to mark the International Day for Disaster Reduction (IDDR) 2012. Building on a ...

http://www.preventionweb.net/go/29119


Evidence, monthly UNISDR newsletter: issue 07, April 2012
Source(s): UNISDR
Publication date: 2012
Number of pages: 4 p.

This monthly newsletter highlights UNISDR activities around the world. This issue reports on: (i) the release of the IPCC special report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advanc...

http://www.preventionweb.net/go/26484


KNMI: IPCC SREX summary for policymakers
Source(s): KNMI, Netherlands - gov
Publication date: 2012
Number of pages: 7 p.

This paper presents key findings from the Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX). It is a short version of the original summar...

http://www.preventionweb.net/go/25758


Loss and damage due to climate change: an overview of the UNFCCC negotiations
Source(s): ECBI
Publication date: 2012
Number of pages: 12 p.

This paper raises the importance for the international community to understand and reduce loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change, including impacts related to extreme we...

http://www.preventionweb.net/go/26988


Managing climate extremes and disasters in Africa: lessons from the IPCC SREX reports
Source(s): CDKN
Publication date: 2012
Number of pages: 20 p.

This summary highlights the key findings of the IPCC Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX) report from an African perspective...

http://www.preventionweb.net/go/26318


Managing climate extremes and disasters in Asia: lessons from the IPCC SREX reports
Source(s): CDKN
Publication date: 2012
Number of pages: 20 p.

This summary highlights the key findings of the IPCC Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX) report from an Asian perspective,...

http://www.preventionweb.net/go/26321


Managing climate extremes and disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean: lessons from the IPCC SREX reports
Source(s): CDKN
Publication date: 2012
Number of pages: 20 p.

This summary highlights the key findings of the IPCC Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX) report including an assessment of ...

http://www.preventionweb.net/go/26320


Special report on managing the risks of extreme events and disasters to advance climate change adaptation (SREX)
Source(s): IPCC
Publisher(s): Cambridge Univ Press
Publication date: 2012
Number of pages: 594 p.

This special report contributes to frame the challenge of dealing with extreme weather and climate events as an issue in decision-making under uncertainty, analysing response in the context of risk ma...

http://www.preventionweb.net/go/24327


Tackling exposure: placing disaster risk management at the heart of national economic and fiscal policy
Source(s): CDKN; ODI
Publication date: 2012
Number of pages: 16 p.

This paper considers whether economic and fiscal planning at national levels can reduce exposure to disasters, before considering the necessary steps countries must take to achieve economic developmen...

http://www.preventionweb.net/go/26669


Case study: Taking the edge off extreme-weather impacts
Source(s): IFRC
Publication date: 2011
Number of pages: 8 p.

This document presents several case studies from West Africa, Tuvalu and Colombia, in which IFRC played a role to improve disaster risk reduction. In West Africa, the IFRC disaster managers decided to...

http://www.preventionweb.net/go/23651


IPCC SREX summary for policymakers
Source(s): IPCC
Publication date: 2011
Number of pages: 29 p.

This Summary for Policymakers presents key findings from the Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX). It asserts "adaptati...

http://www.preventionweb.net/go/23645