The Words into Action guidelines aim to ensure access to expertise and communities of practice of DRR practitioners. These resources are from the guideline Man-made and technological hazards.
This publication of Common Inspection Criteria is intended to share knowledge about technical and organizational measures and enforcement practices related to major hazard control and implementation of the Seveso Directive. The criteria were developed by
This report analyses past technological incidents with hazardous materials releases and damage to industrial facilities caused by the impact of storms. It discusses the vulnerability of industrial sites including that of the main equipment types present
This leaflet provides brief information about Natech and other chemical releases caused directly or indirectly by cyclones. It is an extract from the WHO publication Chemical releases caused by natural hazard events and disasters – information for public
This brochure marks 25 years of OECD’s Chemical Accidents Programme. It explains the history of the programme and many of its achievements since it was established in 1988. Over the years, there have been many publications and events which have addressed
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
This report contains the findings of a study commissioned by agencies of the United Nations to obtain credible information on the conditions in which people affected by the Chernobyl accident are living fifteen years after the explosion, and to make recommendations as to how their needs can best be addressed in the light of this information.
World Health Organization
United Nations Development Programme - Headquarters
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs - Headquarters
United Nations Children's Fund (Global Headquarters, New York)
The general objective of the Danube Delta project was to improve the cooperation between the national authorities and industrial operators of the Republic of Moldova, Romania and Ukraine in the Danube Delta region through enhancing and, where possible
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
Umweltbundesamt
The guidance is composed of two parts. Part A is the guidance on general matters, which provides support and clarification to public authorities and practitioners on the requirements, interlinkages and application of the relevant United Nations Economic
This Convention, written in English, French, and Russian, establishes agreement between signing parties about prevention, preparedness, and response related to industrial accidents capable of causing transboundary effects, including effects caused by
This Convention establishes agreement between all signing parties to mitigate pollution impacts on transboundary waters and to ensure the ecological integrity of transboundary waters, all the while guaranteeing that waters are used reasonably and
This document describes capacity building efforts to implement a Chemical Accident Prevention and Preparedness Programme for Tanzania (CAPP-TZ) based on the Flexible Framework Programme for CAPP developed by UNEP. The National Inception Workshop of the
United Nations Environment Programme
United Republic of Tanzania - government
