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DPUnews, issue 52, March 2010:

This issue focuses on cities' adaptation to climate change. It analyses the relationship between cities and climate change and the need to discuss mitigation and adaptation agendas together, for the sake of cities in the

This documents presents the conclusions adopted by the Council of the European Union (EU) on supporting the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015 at the 3023rd Foreign Affairs Council meeting held in Luxembourg on 14 June 2010. It

National media organizations play an important role in promoting national disaster risk reduction policies and programmes. They need to know about disaster risk reduction and to establish contact with their national disaster risk reduction representatives who can provide them with accurate and timely information. To support this, UNISDR, Thomson Reuters Foundation, UNRIC and ECHO, are organizing a two-day media training in Brussels from 15 to 16 November 2010 with ten media organizations and national platform representatives from European countries.

Committed to making its town and constituents resilient to disasters and to local tourism development, local government organized activities during its 3-day celebration 'Saint Bernard is Ready, Adventourism, Disaster Risk Reduction', consistent with the universal theme of 'My City is Ready', or locally, 'Saint Bernard, Andam na ang Among Lungsod'...

This field note discusses the risks of climate change and the adaptation measures that need to be taken to minimize these risks. It considers adaptation as an opportunity to improve current systems of working, enhance policy and design procedures, and

This report summarizes the activities, findings, accomplishments and recommendations for a project work output titled "Structuring and Implementing a Competent Disaster Risk Management Function at Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC), Nepal," through: (i)

FCCC/SBSTA/2010/INF.7:

This document is the advanced version of the UNFCCC Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) report to its thirty-third session to be held in Cancun, 30 November to 4 December 2010. It reports on the new

FCCC/SBSTA/2010/10:

This report summarizes the outcomes of activities under the Nairobi work programme completed during its second phase and up to the thirty-second session of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA). It