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UNESCO: Combating drought in the Horn of Africa

UNESCO begins mapping groundwater in January in the drought-stricken Horn of Africa, in order to bring the population a sustainable water supply. UNESCO will also be offering medium- to long-term support in drought monitoring and preparedness...
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization - Headquarters
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US experts in Fiji to help address climate change

A team of experts from the US Agency for International Development (USAID) is in Fiji to identify how it may assist the island nation and other Pacific nations to adapt to climate change and achieve climate-resilient development...
Xinhua News Agency
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Philippines: Senator Legarda welcomes visit of UN Secretary-General's representative for disaster risk reduction

'Ms. Wahlström's visit sends a strong signal about the pressing need to include DRR initiatives--such as establishment of comprehensive land use planning policies and placing more investments on pre-disaster activities--among the priorities of the government', Legarda pointed out...
Senate of the Philippines
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Life after death: Looking at adaptation in mountains after 2005 earthquake in North Pakistan

'We have to take some effective approach that would ensure that the devastation of 2005 is not repeated again and the only way is through adapting to risk reduction strategies', writes Noreen Haider for Climate Himalaya...
Climate Himalaya
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Philippines: Red Cross to train 1.8 million volunteers

Thanks to the disaster preparedness training under the Red Cross 143 programme, Joy, a Red Cross volunteer stated how much the programme helped her: 'Being taught how to keep calm and alert in times of a disaster prevented me from panicking, enabled me to do my job effectively and help others'...
The New Humanitarian
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Brazil to open Centre of Excellence for Disaster Risk Reduction

The Brazilian government has agreed to open a Centre of Excellence for Disaster Risk Reduction, one year after deadly landslides in the state of Rio de Janeiro prompted President Dilma Rousseff to devise plans to improve the country’s disaster readiness.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean
Documents and publications

Forests and climate change adaptation in Asia

This document is a brief overview of how forests can contribute to climate change adaptation in Asia. It states that climate change funding presents an opportunity to expand sustainable forest management (SFM) and national adaptation strategies should

Documents and publications

Second world landslide forum: putting science into practice - abstract book

This abstract book of the Second World Landslide Forum reviews 29 sessions addressing: landslides and land-use systems, food security, wild fires, extreme weather, GIS applications developments, socio-economic impact, transportation network and lifelines

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