Documents and Publications

This document is an evaluation of a joint Government of India (GoI)-United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) disaster risk management programme aimed at reducing people's vulnerability to natural and man-made disasters through building community

The focus of the INEE Minimum Standards Handbook is on ensuring quality, coordinated humanitarian response: meeting the educational rights and needs of people affected by disaster through processes that assert their dignity.

The INEE Minimum Standards

This report explores the implications of climate change for pastoralists and agro-pastoralists in Ethiopia and Mali. It is intended to support the work of NGOs, policy makers and researchers to improve coherence in efforts linking climate change with

This policy brief addresses the pivotal role water plays in adaptation to climate change, as increased water-related risks associated with the changes in frequency and intensity of extreme events, such as droughts, floods, storm surges, and landslides

This edition analyses the 2009 disaster figures based on the EM-DAT database, with comparisons to previous years, providing an evidence base to the international community on the burden of disease and related health issues due to disasters and conflicts

This document introduces the National Platform of the Republic of Macedonia for Disaster Risk Reduction on the basis of the strategic goals and priorities for action outlined in the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015, and describes its establishment

This publications focuses on 20 core countries with high vulnerability to natural hazards and low economic resilience to cope with disaster impacts including anticipated climate change and variability: Burkina Faso, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Ghana, Haiti

This document discusses the ways in which ICT has positively impacted the various phases of disaster management. Noting the use of ICT during and in the immediate aftermath of disasters like the Indian Ocean Tsunami, and most recently the Haiti Earthquake

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