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The most disaster-prone areas have been mapped in Rwanda, Jean Baptiste Nsengiyumva, the Director in charge of Research and Public Awareness told The New Times. Floods, landslides and strong winds are the most common hazards in the country...

'The report brings together the latest research to paint a clear picture of a changing climate for Queensland. We know that failing to respond to climate change will have severe costs to our economy, our health and natural environment,' Chief Commissioner Professor Flannery said...

Smallholder farmers across East Africa have started to embrace climate-resilient farming approaches and technologies, according to new research recently published by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)...

'Disaster risk management must be incorporated into the existing public health and medical curricula,' said the WHO regional director for Southeast Asia. Investment in disaster risk management in Indonesia is an example of the renewed commitment pledged at the WHO 65th regional committee meeting by health ministers from 11 countries, reports the Jakarta Globe. ...

At the plenary session of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC 2012) Ministers Meeting (AMM) held in Vladivostok, Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Anifah Aman of Malaysia called for called for the setting up of a more effective early warning system in the Asia Pacific region...

The government of Zimbabwe has been urged to come up with a comprehensive climate change adaptation plan that will help mitigate the issue of drought in the affected provinces...

'And while we may not be able to entirely stop calamities from happening, we can take measures to reduce its impact on our people and our lives,' Mayor Celso Lobregat said at the Regional Forum on Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction in Zamboanga, Philippines...

'City planners and managers must have a 'focused plan' within the context of a ‘climate change adaptation strategy’ that can act as a planning framework,' Farhan Anwar, an engineer and urban planner, told IPS...