Fragility and conflict

Regional health forum – volume 13, number 1, 2009: special issue, world health day 2009:

The first five articles in this edition are based on the theme of World Health Day 2009: Health Facilities in Emergencies. The articles address various issues such

Policy discussion paper:

This document raises the debate on climate change and trade policies as either friends or foes. The approach adopted in this paper takes climate change as the entry point. It frames the discussion within the five pillars of the

This booklet is a practical, and easy to comprehend, assistance manual for citizens to be prepared for emergency situations.

This document is a Russian contribution to the implementation of IDNDR programmes.

A/CONF.172/L.6:

This document addresses vulnerability to natural disasters leading to complex emergencies in megacities, metropolitan regions, and small and medium-sized cities in developed or developing nations.

It presents the recommendations of the

A contribution to the preparations for the Second United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II):

This document emphasizes the importance of urbanization for the level of risk of natural disasters and other phenomena, and highlights the

IRIN reports on adaptation strategies: "We are encouraging farmers to adopt drought-tolerant crops, but this will take time," said Fred Njeru, Gachoka Division crops officer. "In the long term, farmers should plant drought-tolerant crops..."

Proceeding volume of the National Workshop, 30 September-01 October 2008, New Delhi:

This document on chemical disaster management contains detailed descriptive lectures, talks of holistic disaster management (DM) framework, integration of chemical risk

This new book is a collection of writing illustrating the progress made in the area of crisis response and preparedness in action with input from policy experts and practitioners in the field. It builds on the range of views aired at the Commission's