Science and technology

The upcoming Global Platform on Disaster Reduction will feature an impressive 42 thematic special events, which will complement and support the high-level plenary sessions. The events will focus on different aspects of disaster risk reduction, including

Recommendations on climate-related hazards, and sectoral and national level planning, are available in a summary of a recent UNFCCC technical workshop on disaster risk. The workshop looked at integrating climate risk assessment and management and disaster risk reduction into national policies and programmes.

Inter-Agency Task Force on Disaster Reduction, third meeting, Geneva, 3-4 May 2001

The purpose of this paper is to briefly examine the main lessons learnt from the IDNDR Scientific and Technical Committee (STC) experience and to formulate proposals for

Proposed by Norway and the Secretariat of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) System

This paper lays out policy linkages of climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction. Norway and the United Nations International Strategy

Addendum to the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction, Report of the Secretary-General: General Assembly Economic and Social Council A/54/132/Add.1 – E/1999/80/Add.1

The present report conveys the views of the Scientific and Technical