Disaster risk management

This collection of good practices shows how building the capacity of local institutions is key to sustaining disaster risk reduction, and demonstrates the immediate impact of local and national political commitments.

An extract from an OCHA situation update on disaster preparedness activities in Nepal for the month of April 2010 highlighting civil society and government cooperation...

At a 2-day workshop on preparedness for disasters, the UN Resident Coordinator in Georgia said 'good communication between the government, international organizations and civil society is a precondition for effective disaster risk management. No agency can do it alone'...

NATO science for peace and security series C - environmental security:

This book addresses how weather forecasts and climate information - from seasonal to inter-annual predictions as well as climate change scenarios - assist in energy sector decision

Good practice in action:

This publication outlines good practices, providing practical case studies of successful disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation and mitigation projects implemented by ACT members or their partners around the world

Speaking at the Second Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Kenya today, Margareta Wahlström, a senior United Nations official, stressed that African countries should include disaster risk reduction in their national development plans, if efforts to reduce poverty are to succeed....

Aba Gibba, Director of Planning at Kerewan Area Council, assured that the council would support the Regional Disaster Management Committee to enhance the coordination and implementation of disaster management activities in the region...

In addition to providing proper visibility to the activities and to the outputs of the Programme, the PPRD South web portal is designed to serve as a multi-lingual interactive tool on civil protection cooperation between Europe and the Mediterranean and Balkan region....