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Geological and scientific experts discuss the next step in developing an early warning system for volcanoes and using the TerraSAR-X satellite system to assist Chile in predicting volcanic eruptions...

The first Study Tour and Residency Program of the City-to-City Sharing Initiative (C2CSI) sponsored by the World Bank’s Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) is taking place in Quito, Ecuador, from November 21 to December 2, 2011...

Pensa Libre informó que Guatemala debe prepararse para desastres naturales, que han sido más frecuentes en los años recientes, lo cual implica establecer una estrategia de país que aborde el cambio climático, señaló Iván Vera...

'Based on the lessons from Fukushima, we need to add how well prepared an organization is to mitigate, or to handle, an emergency in the unlikely event that one does occur,' says George Felgate, managing director of the World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO)...

Taiwan should learn from Japan's disaster preparedness to reduce the damage caused by tsunamis and other natural disasters, since both countries are prone to earthquakes, National Cheng Kung University President Huang Huang-hui said...

'La sociedad civil debe de asumir su cuota de responsabilidad en relación con la prevención de desastres y el manejo del riesgo; y los habitantes deben asumir una nueva actitud y pensar que 'a mí me toca'...

Focusing on five countries in the region (Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka), this review captures examples of good practice in climate change adaptation programming, in order to inform Oxfam’s learning, enabling it and other organisations

'There is a system being built now in Timor-Leste to reduce disaster risks through coordinated emergency response, legislation, and planning for capacity strengthening,' said the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction, Margareta Wahlström...