Governance

This paper elaborates a strategy from floodplain exploitation to floodplain sustainable use. It offers recommendations for action plan as well as some tools for the implementation of a methodology for provisioning sustainable ecological services of

This second edition revisits the effects that global warming is having on our planet, in light of ever-changing scientific research. It covers all approaches to the science and possible remedies, arguing that 'uncertainty is inevitable, but risk is

A workshop to be held next month in Orissa will provide a learning exchange for various womens' groups to strengthen their DRR initiatives in preparation the flood and cyclone season...

The ProVention Consortium forum 2009 held mid-May, focused on creating an enabling environment for risk reduction at local and national levels - experience to be shared at the Global Platform...

The Middle East has its fair share of 'natural' disasters, but the notion of disaster risk reduction is new, and it is often difficult to persuade governments...

Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI) Oceania has developed the Adaptive and Resilient Communities (ARC), a structured capacity building programme on climate change adaptation...

Prepared under UNDP Project ANT/97/GC2/99, Climate Change Project:

Antigua and Barbuda’s Initial National Communications to the UNFCCC including chapter 4 on Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation. Other chapters include: National Circumstances

Document submitted to the secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change for presentation to the Conference of Parties.