Documents and publications

This report provides examples from African countries where National Societies have supported their governments to strengthen their capacity to prevent, mitigate and respond to disasters by improving their laws. It states that good legislation can empower

This document complements the Australian Multilateral Assessment (AMA) report and provides a more comprehensive analysis of the performance of United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) as an AusAID multilateral partner

The main objective of the Sahel Regional Representation plan for 2012-2015 is to enhance the operational efficiency of the regional office and increase its capacity to engage with National Societies in the region in order to scale up humanitarian work in

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Premier volet de la stratégie du Conseil fédéral, version provisoire:

Cette stratégie fixe le cadre d’une démarche coordonnée au niveau fédéral pour l’adaptation aux changements climatiques. Elle doit permettre à la Suisse d’exploiter les

This discussion paper assesses how far climate change is likely to affect Yemen and thus needs to be considered in future development strategies. It focuses on the impacts of climate change on agriculture and household-level food security (taking

This review is established to examine how best to ensure that the appropriate national measures are in place to foster more complete sharing of risk and equitable sharing of the cost of damage and loss resulting from floods and other natural disasters

This issue of International Innovation highlights the latest environmental research efforts, specifically detailing work into the prediction, management and prevention of natural disasters. Opening the report, Stefano Tinti, President of the European

This is report of a field trip to New Zealand to study recovery and reconstruction after the 2010-11 earthquakes. The aim was to learn lessons about the process to help improve information for decision-making in other places.