Governance

This volume, which forms part of the Third Assessment Report (TAR), has been produced by Working Group I (WGI) of the IPCC and focuses on the science of climate change. It consists of 14 chapters covering the physical climate system, the factors that

This guide, prepared in the tenth anniversary year of the adoption of the Convention, provides an overview of the international climate change process as of May 2002. It focuses on the institutions and procedures of the Convention and the Protocol, the

'The London School of Economics did a research of 141 disasters worldwide and for every disaster, out of five people who died, four of them were women,' says Lorena Aguilar, IUCN Global Senior Gender Adviser....

At a meeting on Saturday parliamentarians from Asia, Europe, Africa and South America announced the 'Manila call for action' in order to mainstream disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation....

Disaster management could soon be made a compulsory subject in all schools across India. 'I am going to ask the Education Ministry at the Centre to incorporate the subject into the curriculum,' said Vice-chancellor Ramachandran of University of Madras....

Natural disasters and poverty reduction were among the proposed projects discussed at the ministerial meeting of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) held in Singapore this week....

'The congress will focus on climate change, identify its impacts, review the gender aspects, study its implications and then formulate gender-responsive legislation and policies said Dr. Kim Jung-Sook, president of the CAPWP....

'Starting 2009, the anti-disaster ability would be one integral part of grid planning. Reports on new power facility building projects must be made, and with it, necessary protective measures' said Zhang Guobao, vice director of the NDRC