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Researchers at the University of Queensland are developing technology for a new phone application intended to help people survive natural hazards providing information and helping emergency services to locate them....

The New York Times takes a look at recent calculations that have led many scientists to now say that sea level is likely to rise by almost one metre by 2100, posing a serious threat to coastal regions world-wide...

In a bid to support the ongoing drive of disaster risk reduction, Concern Universal, a UK-based organization operating in The Gambia, has provided a grant to its affiliated organisations, reports Alieu Ceesay for the Daily Observer...

'We need schools to prepare the students to handle disasters', said Tito Setiawan, a spokesman for the Coordinating Ministry for People’s Welfare. 'We are going to work on how we can make this is as a part of curricula and implement it effectively.'...

Hamilton-based science writer Bryan Walker examines the present status of climate change mitigation and adaptation measures in the country...

Two Philippines-based engineers believe that with the use of the non-recordable standard rain gauges, the government can localize areas where floods and landslides are most likely to occur and prepare to reduce the risk of disasters, reports the Manila Bulletin....

The regional director of the Philippine National Police Samuel D. Pagdilao, Jr. has urged members of the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council to come up with plans and prepare to address any given disaster, reports the PIA...

Berlin Workshop Series 2010:

This report explores the problems that climate governance poses for development, including the need to promote understanding of and response to the implications of climate change for disaster risk and development, and