GIS and mapping

The 'Asean Cooperation Project: Training for Trainers' programme being held this week in Brunei by the National Disaster Management Centre and the Asian Disaster Reduction Centre is intended to build the capacity of senior officers in various sectors in the field of disaster management...

The publication outlines the first five years of the GEM initiative. The Global Science Forum of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has called for the development of a global, open-source risk assessment. In response to this

Social development papers, social dimensions of climate change, no. 116:

This paper presents the research and learning approach of a World Bank study and offers emerging findings on policy and institutional questions surrounding adaptation arenas in

'As a regional neighbour and key development partner, Australia is helping improve the Philippine's preparedness to manage and respond to disasters and emergencies' said Australian Ambassador to the Philippines Rod Smith...

In Spanish:

El Atlas ofrece una visión cartográfica integral de 9 fenómenos naturales (terremotos, maremotos, erupción de volcanes, deslizamientos, inundaciones, heladas, sequías y los Fenómenos de El Niño y la Niña), sus historiales de afectación, su

La existencia de 60 volcanes activos y de 355 mil kilómetros cuadrados de áreas expuestas a heladas así como de 13 millones de personas en riesgo de ser afectadas por inundaciones en los países andinos son, entre otros, los datos contenidos en el primer atlas de las amenazas naturales de la subregión andina...

The first atlas of natural hazard threats affecting the countries of the sub-regional bloc has been launched by the Andean Community of Nations (CAN) in the context of a joint project with the EU 'Support to the prevention of disasters in the Andean Community'...

This inception report, prepared at the request of the Government of Samoa includes a section on natural risk management in Samoa - expand the Coastal Infrastructure Management Plan (CIM) strategy to: (i) incorporate issues relating to climate change