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Working paper # 2011-01:

This paper examines the benefits and costs of improving or retrofitting residential structures in highly exposed low- and middle-income developing countries such that they are less vulnerable to hazards during their lifetime. It

Oxfam briefing paper 144:

This report briefly evaluates the humanitarian response so far, the continuing crisis, and the challenges that lie ahead. It urges for a momentum to be carried forward to reduce vulnerability and poverty through the provision

This paper shares the key activities and results of a Community Managed Disaster Risk Reduction (CMDRR) programme integrating climate change adaptation in Malawi and aiming at obtaining the following: (i) to increase the knowledge on CMDRR of the

Scientists from the National Institue of Water and Atmospheric Research will join Geosciences Australia in assessing the impacts of the recent devastating floods. They hope to build a valuable base of information for assessment of economic impacts, and for future prevention and gain a better understanding of natural hazards...

This case study describes the activities undertaken by the Coast Conservation Department (CCD) under the Priority Implementation Partnership (PIP) to integrate disaster risk reduction (DRR) in the approval permits of development activities along the coast

Speaking after a recent workshop, the SPC/SOPAC Division Deputy Director said Vanuatu was the first amongst the 14 Pacific Island Forum countries to formulate a National Action Plan for disaster risk reduction and disaster management, and that this example had now been followed by a further 11 Forum Island Countries...

The policy outlined in this Green Paper serves as the embodiment of the South African Government's commitment to a fair contribution to the stabilisation of global greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere and the protection of the country and its

Parliament of Republic of South Africa’s Portfolio Committee on Water and Environmental Affairs calls on all the interested stakeholders to submit written comments on the Green Paper, no later than 16h00 on 15 February 2011...