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Private sector activities in disaster risk reduction: good practices and lessons learned

All of society - the public and the private sector – ends up facing the consequences of disasters. It follows that all of society, the private sector included, has a role to play in reducing disaster risk. Natural hazards need not result automatically in

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Addressing the humanitarian consequences of climate change: Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Centre annual report 2006

The general objective of the Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Centre is to reduce the vulnerability of people to the impacts of climate change and extreme weather events. To achieve this, the Climate Centre has developed a comprehensive approach. It

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Experts assist with Solomon Island's tsunami warning and mitigation system

The Pacific Islands Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC) in conjunction with key Solomon Islands personnel, a team of experts from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (the Bureau), and Emergency Management Australia (EMA) carried out a week long assessment of the Solomon Island’s tsunami warning and mitigation system early February 2008...
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Not if but when: adapting to natural hazards, a policy note

The goal of this Policy Note is to influence policy makers and development partners in the Pacific Islands region to undertake risk management of natural hazards and minimize the future impacts of natural disasters, climate change and sea level rise. As a

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