News and announcements

'The primary goal of our renovation scheme is to preclude flood damage. We would not be able to revamp our rivers as beautifully as those in Korea given a lack of funds but we need to inject as much money as we can'...

'The EU and Chile already have excellent collaboration through the disaster preparedness programme (DIPECHO). However, the trend of growing disaster intensity and frequency proves the need for more intensive cooperation'...

The League of Arab States (LAS) and UNISDR move one step closer to a plan of action on disaster risk reduction for the Arab region. The action plan is expected to be endorsed at the first-ever Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Arab region planned for 2012.

'As disasters can wipe out in a blip billions of Euros of development aid projects, we need to invest more in adaptation to climate change and in Disaster Risk Reduction strategies,' says Kristalina Georgieva...

'Es un proyecto sobre estudios sismológicos y de peligro sísmico que tiene el objetivo de sentar las bases para la normativa de construcciones en el aspecto de diseño sísmico en el estado de Tlaxcala'...

Après les inondations qui ont touchées le sud de la France, le CEPRI (Centre Européen de Prévention du Risque Inondation) a publié un recueil de témoignages de maires intitulé: 'Pourquoi prévenir le risque d’inondation?'...

'Los eventos de origen natural que han afectado a la región andina durante el 2010 y 2011, tales como lluvias, deslizamientos, inundaciones y sismos, han demostrado la importancia de continuar profundizando la gestión de riesgo'...

'Si queremos reducir pérdidas y daños necesitamos hacer inversiones importantes en materia de adaptación', subrayó el ministro salvadoreño de Medio Ambiente, Herman Rosa Chávez...