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More than 60 participants will discuss issues including climate change and natural disasters, population displacement, population at risk, sustainable development and exchange best practices and will draft a plan to strengthen capacity at the national level in order to be better prepared...

Meeting in Argentina at the 13th Meeting of the Environmental Commission early March, the Latin American Parliament (PARLATINO) approved the 'Buenos Aires Declaration,' emphasizing the need for concrete measures for the mitigation of risk and adaptation to climate change...

The National Climate Change Response Strategy is Uruguay's attempt to frame mitigation and adpatation policies.

This case-bound book draws upon experiences around the world reflecting how people are using climate information to improve their lives, through climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction strategies. In this book, over 100 authors are relating

This Resource Guide seeks to assist water professionals, politicians, gender specialists and others in their efforts to provide improved access to water for poor women, children and men all over the world.

The initial Resource Guide was launched during

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