Governance

This article presents governments' engagement in the Hyogo Framework for Action, to ‘build the resilience of nations and communities to disasters,’ at the World Conference on Disaster Reduction (WCDR) in Kobe, 2005.

For governments to meet their

This briefing paper introduces the subject of disaster risk reduction and outlines ActionAid’s recommendations for action in the context of the Hyogo Framework for Action.

This paper presents a short introduction to ActionAid's main proposals for addressing the subject of disaster risk reduction.

This paper presents four proposed solutions to strengthen decision making for tsunami early warning in the Pacific Islands:
1) Developing national/state-level "Concepts of Operations" for tsunami early warning;
2) Assessing risk and vulnerability;
3)

This paper presents Practical Action's recommendations for action to UNFCCC COP12/MOP2 (Nairobi, 6th-17th November 2006) on: post-2012 emissions reductions; adaptation funding and the 5-year programme of work; and adaptation, sustainable development and

This paper was commissioned by the Swedish Commission on Climate Change and Development.

The paper proposes several recommendations for the Commission on Climate Change and Development to consider identifying and reducing vulnerability to various hazards

This document presents a National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies framework that is intended to establish a foundation on which all Red Cross Red Crescent programmes, projects and interventions in disaster risk reduction and all actions which

The United Nations is urging countries to put measures in place to reduce and mitigate the worst effects from an increasing number of natural disasters...