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An international festival showcasing a collection of films on disaster risk reduction and management 'Shock-Waves' was held this week in New Delhi, reports Live-Mint. See more disaster risk reduction films at the Global Platform...
Live-Mint/Hindustan Times, HT Media Limited
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'Kathmandu could be on the brink of a major earthquake, and the UK and others are working to help Nepal avert disaster,' writes Alan Duncan, minister of state in the UK Department for International Development, in an editorial. Find out more about UK and Nepal initiatives in DRR at the Global Platform...
Guardian, the (UK)
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'We should create a mechanism for the prevention and containment of both man-made accidents and natural disasters and make it available for any country that wishes to be part of it,' the president said in comments carried by state news channel Rossiya 24. Hear more from governments at the Global Platform...
Russian News and Information Agency RIA Novosti
Officials are urging for the institutionalization of the province’s disaster response and mitigation programmes with the integration of the PDRRMC as a new unit of the provincial government, reports MindaNews. Hear more about what countries are doing to reduce the risk of disasters at the Global Platform...
MindaNews
Earthquake-Report highlights a study of the recent Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami which assesses the damage, level of preparedness and draws up key initial lessons learned. Learn more at the Global Platform...
Earthquake-Report.com - SOS Earthquakes
Representatives of ten Pacific governments will gather in Palau later this week to discuss how countries can increase their access to climate funds and use them sustainably and effectively deliver climate change adaptation initiatives. Learn more on disaster risk reduction investment at the Global Platform...
United Nations Development Programme - Pacific Centre
The disaster preparedness efforts in Western Visayas got a further boost with the upgrading of the weather forecasting facilities of the Department of Science and Technology, reports PIA. Learn more about what the Philippines is doing to prepare for disasters at the Global Platform...
Philippine Information Agency
'Giving voice to the experiences of these women, allowing them to bear witness to their experiences can influence policy outcomes and instruments of adaptation' said Mary Robinson. Hear more from other women about the impact of climate at the Global Platform...
Oxfam International Secretariat
Cities worldwide are failing to take necessary steps to protect residents from the likely impacts of climate change, even though billions of urban dwellers are vulnerable to heat waves, sea level rise, and other changes associated with warming temperatures says Patricia Romero Lankao of NCAR. Learn more about making cities resilient at the Global Platform...
National Center for Atmospheric Research
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A new study from the Australian National University has for the first time confirmed that long-term climate change has the potential to spin the Earth’s tectonic plates, predicting the intensification of the Indian monsoon. Find out more about risk identification at the Global Platform...
Australian National University

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