Update

'Rising food prices and restrictions on power and water use are likely to result from a lack of rain in the south and east of the country, experts believe' reports John Vidal for The Guardian. Environment secretary, Caroline Spelman has asked the Environment Agency to report on the potential effects of a drought...

The US-based Forest Service is seeking comments from all interested individuals and organizations on the revision of a currently approved information collection, 'Perceptions of Risk, Trust, responsibility, and Management Preferences among Fire-Prone Communities in the Western United States'...

A growing population has seen an encroachment on the Mt. Elgon area's forests. 'If this continues, it will result into landslides. Our advice is that people plant trees, relocate to be safe, and change farming methods to conserve the environment' said deputy executive director of NEMA, Dr Gerald Musoke in a report by the Daily Monitor...

'The market is turning,' said Chris Johnson, senior vice president of commercial insurer FM Global in a report by Noah Buhayar for Bloomberg. 'If you look at reserves, if you look at every indicator for the industry, we have no slack left,' he said in an interview. 'The only way to start turning the corner is for rates to rise.'

Best practices of the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (MDRRMC) of San Jose de Buenavista were shared to social workers all over the province of Antique when they had their annual management conference recently.

Two executives from IBM and AECOM joined UNISDR’s growing Private Sector Advisory Group to support the organization’s work in engaging and supporting companies and businesses in reducing their risk to disasters.

A detailed programme of action for the country to repair damage done to the environment in the past, urges everyone to get involved in helping nature to flourish at all levels including transforming rural and urban areas and providing bigger, connected sites for wildlife to live in and adapt to climate change...

'Both individual and networks of cities have been quick to show leadership in addressing climate change risks, mitigating climate change drivers, and adapting to climate change effects', writes Eric Chu. 'Not only have cities become centers for technology and policy innovation, groups of cities have begun to form networks and communities of 'early adaptors''...

Chief executive of the London-based Climate and Development Knowledge Network, Sam Bickersteth, told AlertNet a lack of expertise and preparation is widely perceived to have prevented least-developed countries from negotiating effective outcomes at UN climate meetings in the past, reports Megan Rowling...

After weeks of historic flooding along the Mississippi River, US Geological Survey scientists have shifted some focus to the West. Many communities in South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana, Colorado, Wyoming and Iowa are dealing with record floodwaters and bracing for more flooding in the upcoming weeks...