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This publication is a compilation of good practices and lessons learned on early warning systems at different scales. Covered are natural hazards such as wildland fire, drought, floods, tsunami and extreme weather events. It highlights the importance of

The inaugural report of the Insurance Working Group of the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative:

This report identifies nine vital global sustainability issues, based on their urgency, scale and the ability of the insurance industry

Working Paper 319, results of ODI research presented in preliminary form for discussion and critical comment:

This paper reviews how aspects of disaster risk reduction, social protection and livelihoods approaches may act in contributing to the various

The new executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, Christiana Figueres, says events making the news have provided a vision of a future of intense global climate disasters no one wants. 'The point is clear, we cannot afford to face escalating disasters of that kind,' she stated...

The Office of Civil Defense (OCD-IX) in coordination with the local government of unit of Pagadian City is conducting a three-day seminar/workshop on Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction Management this week...

In the Washington Post's 'Guest Insights' column, Dr Erwann Michel-Kerjan, Managing Director of the Wharton Risk Center, calls upon the Pakistani government to answer key questions before reconstruction, saying 'unless proper risk reduction measures are in place, the picture will not become brighter.'...

'We need to train Haitian students and professionals to build the country's capacity to deal with the scientific and technical aspects of earthquakes and the related risks' said Eric Calais, professor of earth and atmospheric sciences...

Water Sector Board Discussion Paper Series, Paper No. 15:

This report investigates the interactions between climate change and related water variability and the capacity of transboundary water resources management to cope with such problems. This aims