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Peru launched a recruitment drive this week for UNISDR's Making Cities Resilient campaign and 14 municipalities signed up yesterday in Lima to deliver on the campaign's "Ten Essentials."

Early next week in Bangkok, Asian and Pacific media and 10 UN agencies will participate in a special pre-session of a media summit organized by the Asia Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (APIBD), to review regional progress on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

'Because of the significant risks to the state from increasing temperatures, changes in precipitation, sea level rise, and ocean acidification, California has been one of the leading states in the U.S. on climate change action,' according to the report 'Ready or Not: An Evaluation of State Climate and Water Preparedness Planning.', reports 89.3 KPCC...

'There is the need of strong early warning system that will involve communities and train locals about the information dissemination system. So the UNDP is working with the Department of Hydrology and Metrology and Practical Action to install the early warning system,' said Deepak K.C, project officer, Climate Risk Management, UNDP...

'The ultimate aim is to make use of a set of measurements in assessing whether a local government is ready or not for the worst typhoons and floods', said Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo...

Margareta Wahlström: 'Ich glaube die zurzeit kritischste Frage ist: Wie können wir das Gefühl der Dringlichkeit aufrecht erhalten? Die Botschaft ist klar: Wenn wir "Business as usual" weiter praktizieren, ist das praktisch ein Fahrplan in die Katastrophe'...

Perú se encuentra mejor preparado para responder con rapidez ante cualquier emergencia relacionada con las heladas, 'friaje' o algún evento extremo que se presente en el país, aseguró el jefe del Instituto Nacional de Defensa Civil (Indeci), general de división (r) Alfredo Murgueytio, reporta Andina...

'The crisis management plan for drought of the government of India presents a disturbing picture,' said William D Dar, director general, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics in a call for new measures to mitigate the increasing climate-related risks in the rural areas of India...