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This document reports on the disaster risk management activities of the Caribbean Island of Saint Lucia. It contributes to the country's disaster management systems review, which aims at developing a five year strategy and a multi-year work programme part

This document reports on the disaster risk management activities of the Caribbean Island of Saint Lucia. It contributes to the country's disaster management systems review, which aims at developing a five year strategy and a multi-year work programme part

The Memorandum envisages the establishment of the Organization Committee which will include authorized representatives of respective ministries and agencies with the purpose of accelerating the processes of internal country procedures on signing and ratification of the Inter-State Agreement on the establishment of the Center...

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Cette brochure présente le risque de crue en région Ile-de-France à travers un petit historique des principales crues de la Seine depuis 1970 et les conséquences qu'une crue majeure aurait à l'heure actuelle. Face au risque, est exposée et

Adequate funding, laws on forestry protection, fire prevention and water scarcity, and a balanced agricultural policy, including an EU-wide disaster insurance scheme, are all needed to combat natural and man-made disasters, says Parliament in a resolution approved this week....

This publication provides expert advice and global best practices on ten identified 'burning' post-disaster recovery and reconstruction issues, in a time-bound manner. It covers a number of key sectors including: building seismic safety assessment, environmental and social assessment, and helping women and children to recover and build resilient communities. It aims to support the Government of Haiti's decision-making on the recovery and reconstruction operations following the devastating Haiti Earthquake of January 2010.

This paper reviews the current knowledge on the implications of climate change for extreme weather and analyzes the ability of Europe and Central Asia (ECA) countries to mitigate and manage the impact of extreme events such as drought, heat waves

This report presents state-of-the-art spatial analysis tools to evaluate natural hazard and climate change risks whilst addressing the critical knowledge and capacity gaps of local governments. It describes a pilot study of natural risk hazards in the