Private sector

The Summit adopted a proposal of over 40 recommendations, contained in the communiqué of the meeting, which emphasizes the role of the private sector in addressing the threats of climate change and the need to strengthen public-private partnerships...

The Manila Bulletin stresses the need for businesses and critical infrastructures to engage in disaster risk reduction activities and highlights a forum to be held in April, PROTECT 2010 'Doing Business Amidst New Threats.'...

The company has recently expanded its research campus and now has an earthquake table, wind lab and flood lab, allowing researchers to model how natural hazards impact buildings and their contents, and what can be done to help prevent losses from happening in the first place...

The Solomon Star reports on a initiative for climate change adaptation and disaster preparedness in the Pacific. 'This survey will provide valuable information on building construction types and making them safer with respect to earthquakes, cyclones and tsunami,' said project leader, Phil Glassey of GNS Science. The project is part of a joint initiative involving the Asian Development Bank and the World Bank Regional Partnership for climate change adaptation and disaster preparedness.

This handbook provides disaster managers, local and municipal and community planners, as well as other stakeholders in the tourism sector with a practical guidance on how to better prepare for disasters in coastal destinations. It has the following

HealthLeaders Media reports on Scripps Health CEO and President Chris Van Gorder's visit to Haiti, highlighting the importance of health preparedness for disasters and lessons learned from the earthquake in Haiti...

UNISDR is pleased to share its Management Response to the second external evaluation of the secretariat. The Management Response sets out the process and main activities to implement recommendations arising from the evaluation carried out by Dalberg Global Development Advisers. Initiated by the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction and major UNISDR donors, the evaluation’s purpose was to assess the secretariat’s performance over the last four years and to provide guidance for UNISDR's future direction. The independent report presents 42 recommendations based on 25 findings, which are summarized in five key messages included in the executive summary. > View executive summary > View full report > View management response

As the Haiti operation moves from rescue to reconstruction, Duncan Green, head of research at Oxfam, discusses the major challenges that can be expected to emerge from the process and examines the results of policies applied to earthquake affected zones in the past...