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As local communities call for urgent actions to be taken by the government such as an early warning system, Uganda is putting mechanisms in place to help communities mitigate and adapt to climate change...

Several events such as the 2010 volcanic ash cloud, which disrupted the flights in Europe, Japan's earthquake and tsunami and Thailand's floods last year, showed that key sectors and businesses are not sufficiently prepared, according to a Chatham House report...

Kan Trakulhoon said that governments in Southeast Asia need to invest more in disaster risk reduction to promote investor’s confidence. His company presented at the BOI Fair 2011 a modular home system designed to withstand earthquakes...

The Bangkok Post suggests that Thailand should learn from past lessons by ensuring that an effective early warning system is in place as well as adopting a political decentralisation...

'People and businesses are relying on technology now more than ever, which creates an urgent need to protect critical data and keep IT systems up and running when a natural disaster or other unexpected outage occurs'...

'We decided to take measures geared to dealing with climate swings, to mitigate the risks to agricultural production,' Óscar Mendoza told IPS. Another step in climate change adaptation was the implementation of an early warning system...

La Provincia de Santa Fe, en 2011 se instalaron seis estaciones meteorológicas a los fines de obtener información precisa sobre los fenómenos climáticos...

Recovery activities have included building homes, supporting the delivery of health care, and teaching communities how to prevent the spread of diseases and be better prepared for future disasters...