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The Pakistan-based, International News reports on a recent meeting including Oxfam and Minister of the Environment Jan Afridi, who stated that the ministry was in the process of developing National Climate Change Policy and National Adaptation and Mitigation Action Plan...

This report reviews the main achievements of UNDP Nepal’s projects in 2009 in : (i) peace-building; (ii) transitional democratic governance; (iii) livelihoods; (iv) rural energy; (v) the environment; (vi) reducing risks from natural hazards; (vii)

A report to the European Union Delegation to the Republic of Kenya:

This report reviews the effectiveness of interventions to reduce the effects of the 2008-2009 drought on the livestock production systems that sustain livestock owning communities in

This interim progress report summarizes the implementation progress since the endorsement of the Strategic Framework on Development and Climate Change in 2008 and outlines directions for the remaining period. It highlights the strengthening of the

This publications gathers multitude of inputs and studies from SAARC countries, it provides a snapshot of landslides in the SAARC region and considers also the mounting new threats posed by climate change, glacial lake outburst floods and earthquake

“Local governments need to develop a culture of security and have access to the means to respond to a catastrophe,” stressed Haiti’s Mayor of Port-au-Prince to other mayors gathered at a forum on disaster risk reduction in Shanghai, which concluded today. His key message to other mayors, based on the experience of Port-au-Prince after January’s devastating earthquake was, “Be ready.” At the same forum, five new mayors joined the Making Cities Resilient campaign, and Governor Joey Salceda of Albay Province, Philippines, was named Champion.

According to the Jamaican news agency, the Gleaner, approximately 500 youngsters have been trained in emergency management under the Preparedness and Emergency Response Corp (PERC) programme, since its inception in 2008...

'Extreme weather like sudden rain storms and high temperatures will become more frequent in the city, which is improving its drainage network and a public extreme weather warning system' said Teng Wuxiao, a member of Shanghai Disaster Defense Association's expert commission...