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'These vehicles and the equipment will help fight fire more effectively. The assistance will boost our morale while doing risky jobs,' said Lila Raj Gachha Magar, Chief of Kathmandu Fire Brigade in a report talking to The Republica...

More than 300 disaster prevention operations have been carried by Bolivian and Venezuelan joint troops over the past five years, as part of their mission to help those areas which are most vulnerable to the impact of climate change and natural calamities...

As food prices escalate globally due to the failed monsoon season in Asia and the "super drought" in the US, a new study finds that small-scale irrigation schemes can protect millions of farmers from food insecurity and climate risks in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia...

'It has been demonstrated that hazard mitigation is most effective when based on an inclusive, long-term plan that is developed before a disaster occurs. Two recent cost-benefit analyses found that every $1 spent on mitigation saved society $3 to $4'...

Pupils at Outspan Primary School in Bwaise, a poor, flood-prone neighbourhood in Kampala, Uganda, are learning how to collect meteorological data – and, along the way, something about how climate change increasingly will affect their lives...

'Long term investments are required to enable communities to prepare for disasters and reduce their risks. This alone can significantly reduce the loss of human life and humanitarian impact of disaster on communities and nations,' said Unni Krishnan, Plan’s head of disaster response and preparedness...

'Although there is growing awareness that improving the management of ecosystems and natural resources plays an essential role in reducing human vulnerability to disasters, there has been a lag investing in disaster risk reduction in general, and in ecosystem-based solutions for risk reduction in particular'...

'One of the lessons of these complementary studies is that our reshaping of the environment can often have unintended consequences—and we may not have any idea of what they are until it’s too late'...