Preparedness

'This ensures that more of the world's disaster managers are available to the international community to share their valuable knowledge and expertise on how to prepare for and respond to disasters' said OCHA's Arjun Katoch...

This guide outlines the construction and maintenance of defensive structures and discusses how current disaster prevention and emergency response planning can be improved by using research on past tsunamis.

The global climate is changing, and will continue to change, in ways that affect the planning and day to day operations of businesses, government agencies and other organisations. The manifestations of climate change include higher temperatures, altered

The National guidelines for the management of cyclones have been formulated after a ‘nine step’ process taking on board completely, various Central Ministries, Departments, States and UTs.

These guidelines are an important step towards the development of

This submission addresses the risk-related elements referred to in the Bali Action Plan, namely disaster reduction strategies and risk management including risk sharing and transfer mechanisms. It adds further background in respect to the submission to

At the trilateral meeting the leaders agreed on the importance of sharing information on projects, initiatives, good practices, lessons learned and science and technologies to strengthen disaster management capability...

A diez años de que el huracán Mitch devastara varias áreas del país, Guatemala tiene una mejor capacidad de respuesta para enfrentar desastres naturales, según destacaron organizaciones del grupo Regional de Riesgo, Emergencia y Desastre de América Latina y El Caribe...

This policy aims to guide government objectives and strategies in order to guarantee the security and safety of Timor-Leste's citizens and their property and to safeguard its natural resources against natural or human-induced disasters.