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This food policy report presents research results that quantify climate-change impacts, assesses the consequences for food security, and estimates the investments that would offset the negative consequences for human well-being. This analysis brings

A review of the Red Cross’ work preparing for disasters in Nepal demonstrates that there are significant long-term economic benefits from investing early in reducing the risk of disasters...

Renauld Meyer, UNDP country director for the Philippines, mentioned at a hearing in Manila this week that there would be a UN project to train local officials on adapting to the effects of climate change and mitigating risks associated with disasters...

Save the Children UK reports on building the capacity of disaster survivors and future generations to future disasters with lessons learned from Cyclone Aila, which hit Bangladesh in May 2009, leaving behind a trail of devastation...

Honorary President of Oxfam International and former UN commissioner for human rights calls upon African leaders to 'work together to press for a global climate deal that meets the needs of their poorest people and...act at home to help their most vulnerable communities adapt'...

Migration as an adaptive measure: Mohamed Nasheed, president of the Maldives, has spoken openly about moving all 370,000 residents to another country if, as looks likely, rising waters cover the islands, most of which are less than 1.5m above sea level...

'People assume that if they have an early warning system, their problems are solved,' says James Goff, director of the Australian Tsunami Research Centre. 'But it's only one of a suite of ways of being aware what's going on'...

The groups in the Philippines are actively taking part in decision making forums and pressing for women's participation in planning, implementing and evaluating disaster risk reduction and recovery programmes...