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UNEP: Recent natural disasters amplify need for urgent action on climate change

These events 'underline the increasing vulnerability of humanity to natural disasters, vulnerability that is set to rise under the scientific scenarios if climate change is left unchecked' said Achim Steiner....
United Nations - Headquarters
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Tools and methods for estimating populations at risk from natural disasters and complex humanitarian crises

Worldwide, millions of people are displaced annually because of natural or industrial disasters or social upheaval. Reliable data on the numbers, characteristics, and locations of these populations can bolster humanitarian relief efforts and recovery

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Regional disaster risk strategy to be developed

Tourism and disaster management stakeholders across the Caribbean are collaborating to implement a master plan to protect the region's tourism industry against the impact of natural disasters....
Caribbean360.com
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Haiti: National Report in preparation for WCDR (2004)

Submitted in preparation for the World Conference on Disaster Reduction, 2005, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.

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Building disaster resilient communities: good practices and lessons learned

Good practices and lessons learned, a publication of the “Global network of NGOs” for disaster risk reduction.

This publication is a joint effort of the Global Network of NGOs for Disaster Risk Reduction, an emerging network of national and international

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