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Work pertaining to the National Cyclone Risk Mitigation Project (NCRMP) in Andhra Pradesh will commence by the last week of December and the tender process is expected to be completed by last week of September...

In the context of the Lebanese Government commitment to Disaster Risk Reduction, and within the joint program between UNDP and the Lebanese Presidency of the Council of Ministers, a workshop was held with the leaders of the major media institutions in Lebanon, under the patronage of the Minister of Information, H.E. Mr Al Daouk, and in the presence of Dr Samir El Daher, advisor to the Prime Minister and National focal point for disaster risk management, Mr Robert Watkins, UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative, Mr Shombi Sharp, UNDP Deputy Country Director, and Denis McClean, Chief of Communications and Outreach at the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction.

To build preparedness and capacity for flood affected population several activities are planned. These include conducting Participatory Learning and Action exercises to strengthen resilience against natural disasters, conducting Vulnerability Capacity Assessments, establishing and train DRR committees...

'The lack of greenery in city centres has important implications for the way urbanites are able to cope with the challenges of a warming world,' says Emilia Pramova, a climate change adaptation scientist with the Center for International Forestry Research. 'Research on forests in urban adaptation to climate variability in developing countries is still in its infancy,' she said...

'This law will guarantee a sustainable program to save the people and their properties from risks as per effect of disasters. Many provinces were identified as vulnerable to different types of disaster so we need to device a system to ensure people’s survival,' Representative Lorenzo Tañada III said...

'The information provided by this equipment will allow us to reduce the loss of human life and damage to dwellings and businesses along the coast,' says Francisco Gavidia, Environment and Natural Resources Ministry oceanographer...

الخليل: اجتمع المقدم أنور المحاريق مدير الدفاع المدني في محافظة الخليل بمنسقي فرق المتطوعين لمناقشة فعاليات اليوم الدولي للحد من الكوارث ...

شارك 60 عنصرا من عناصر الدفاع المدني في مدينة نابلس، اليوم الإثنين، في حملات توعية خاصة، للحد من الكوارث داخل البلدة القديمة تحت عنوان 'شركاء معا لجعل تراثنا آمنًا ...