Disaster risk management

With emphasis on the Philippines, Indonesia and China:

This draft publication explains 'what East Asia and the Pacific can do to prepare for the next big earthquake: developing and implementing regional and countrywide strengthening programs for

Honduras' Emergency Permanent Commission said the EU will help build disaster prevention and relief capacities in areas vulnerable to disasters in Honduras, including watering and early alert systems as well as launching an information campaign, reports Xinhua...

The Commission took France to the Court of Justice over its failure to adequately transpose EU legislation about flooding prevention and risk management and gave Luxembourg a reasoned opinion for its failure to inform the EC about measures it is taking to transpose the same legislation...

The tragic losses caused by the 25 October earthquake and tsunami off Sumatra show that efforts must be intensified to further improve the preparedness of coastal populations in the world’s most vulnerable regions, said UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova...

50 countries across Asia and the Pacific agreed at the fourth Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Incheon, Republic of Korea, to make risk reduction a component of their national climate change adaptation policies to cope with extreme weather events...

Albay will host the LGU+3i climate change National Conference on November 4-6, 2010, which intends to pursue the Philippine's commitment towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 2015...

Citing recommendations for ensuring full implementation of the Philippines National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Act of 2010, Business World reports 'among other action plans, the government needs to adopt a national land-use mapping plan', requiring 'a strong dose of political will'...

Seventh African Development Forum (ADF), acting on climate change for sustainable development in Africa, issue paper #11:

This paper presents the main ethos of the UNFCCC Private Sector Initiative, which calls for effective engagement in the wider