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Leidi Urbina, enlace técnico del Consejo Agropecuario de Belize, dijo que ' el Cambio Climático ya es un fenómeno mundial y todos tenemos que ponernos de acuerdo para mitigar y adaptar nuestra agricultura al fenómenos'...
Milenio Diario
Role model cities from around the world are meeting for two days in Geneva to brainstorm the next phase of the campaign “Making Cities Resilient – My City is Getting Ready!” and have agreed on extending it to 2015.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
The southern Italian city of Naples has offered to host the sixth session of the World Urban Forum. Scheduled for the first week of September 2012, the theme of the Forum will be The Urban Future...
United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) - Headquarters
محافظات – انطلقت حملة من الفعاليات والعروض في مختلف أنحاء الضفة الغربية بمناسبة اليوم العالمي للحد من الكوارث، تحت عنوان "الشباب والأطفال شركاء في الحد من الكوارث"، والذي يصادف الثالث عشر من تشرين الأول، فقامت مراكز الدفاع المدني في مختلف المحافظات بتنظيم فعاليات خاصة تضمنت عروضاً وتدريبات، وفقرات غنائية ومسرحية وفنية متنوعة
General Directorate of Civil Defense, Ministry of the Interior
Four student representatives from Kobe University, Bukkyo University and Tohuku University announced a ‘Youth Declaration’ during United Nations Day celebrations in Sendai City to highlight the commitment and active participation of youth in building disaster resilient communities.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Kobe Office

This fact sheet presents the disaster risk reduction programmes, with a specific focus on drought, established by the European Commission in the Horn of Africa. These projects seek to build resilience in communities that are particularly vulnerable to

This report looks at the the dynamics behind the numbers. It makes the case for sound planning and investing in people, including providing them with alternatives to living in areas prone to natural and man-made disasters and adapting to climate change.

This document reports on Java Reconstruction Fund's achievements and progress in reconstruction in the five years since a major earthquake struck Central Java on May 27, 2006. It includes the prioritisation of disaster risk reduction in all aspects of its


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