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Businesses in the southern province of An Giang are committed to working with the State to minimise any damage caused by 'natural' disasters...

An agreement to conduct a detailed geo-hazard mapping of three key cities in the Bicol Region to reduce the risk of disasters in these areas was signed earlier this week by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and the Department of Social Welfare and Development...

New York City Panel on Climate Change 2010 report, volume 1196:

This volume is a study on climate change and its impact, as well as a legal, insurance, and risk management expertise. It presents the report of the New York City Panel on Climate Change

This briefing paper assesses the state of the adaptation negotiations under the UNFCCC after the historic climate summit of Copenhagen. It compares the current draft negotiating text (June 2010) and compares it to key essentials that an ambitious

This guideline illustrates how to derive financial needs for recovery and reconstruction, following a sector by sector damage and loss assessment. It also explains how to formulate a calendar of investments and identify distribution channels for funding.

“It is crucial that farmers in developing countries are helped to mitigate and adapt to climate change,” said Alexander Müller, FAO Assistant Director-General in charge of the Natural Resources and Environment Department...

Two United Nations entities, UNCCD and UNISDR are pooling their expertise to combat the growing threats to water availability and food security, and the increasing intensity of drought as a result of climate change...

Volume 2 guides the sectoral assessment team through the steps of conducting a Damage and Loss Assessment (DaLA). It describes simplified procedures for estimating the value of destroyed physical assets and changes or losses in the flows in the economy.