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This publication addresses the issues and challenges in working with parliamentarians based on UN-HABITAT experience. It discusses the strategy and necessary action to be taken to strengthen our partnership with the parliamentary associations so that they

The Financial Express reports that President Zillur Rahman has called upon university teachers and students to conduct research to reduce the impact of climate related hazards, to 'invent appropriate technology to resist coastal salinity and protect environment to ensure adaptability...'

This strategy paper aims to engage governments, the private sector, development partners and the peoples of the region to collectively address climate change and disaster risk, to address and tame the effects in order to improve livelihoods and reduce

This report covers five strategic steps to nurture and grow smarter cities. It aims to make easy access of international readers to the information about policies and practices that have engendered smart urbanization of China in the past 60 years. It also

The State of the African Cities 2010 goes above and beyond the first report, which provided a general overview of housing and urban management issues in Africa. With the subtitle: Governance, inequity and urban land markets, the report uncovers critical

The Jamaica Observer environmental editor spoke with Jeffrey Spooner, a meteorologist and one of Jamaica's senior climate negotiators, who says that although the outcomes of the recent UNFCCC climate talks weren't all that he'd hoped, 'We had some movement with the low-hanging fruits — adaptation, technology development and transfer, and under finance as well.'...

IPS reports on the heavy summer rains that brought floods, causing loss of life and livlihoods across The Gambia. Recounting the story of one family illustrates the need to move from relief to risk reduction. IPS spoke with Essa Kahn of the NDMA who highlighted The Gambia's participation in the Africa Regional Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction, focusing on governance, risk assessment, advocacy, investment, and local capacity...

In a Jakarta Post report, BNBP’s director for disaster risk reduction asserted that investing in disaster mitigation programmes will save lives and minimize losses. Indonesia will allocate US$444 mil to disaster management in 2011, including education programmes. 'Children at school should know what they must do when disaster strikes...It should be taught across the country as part of the curriculum.'...