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On 29 September, the ISDR System submitted a proposal to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) secretariat in response to the Bali Action Plan’s call for enhanced action on adaptation through consideration of disaster risk reduction strategies, risk management and risk transfer mechanisms...

To help Member States find solutions to cope with climatic disasters, BAN Ki-moon, the United Nations Secretary-General, convened a ministerial meeting in New York on Monday 29th of September...

ActionAid is working with communities to help build sustainable homes in time for the winter. Disaster risk reduction work is also being undertaken to help people become more resilient and better prepare for the future...

The main outcome document of the UNFCCC 13th Conference of the Parties, the Bali Action Plan, sets the path toward a new international climate change agreement. UNISDR is supporting countries in implementing the Bali Action Plan.

The 29th session of the IPCC meeting (Geneva, 1-4 September 2008) agreed to hold a scoping workshop on the IPCC Special Report on Managing Extreme Events to Advance Adaptation proposed by Norway and the ISDR system with support from Luxembourg...

'There are going to be more and more disasters from climate change and hence the importance of the disaster risk reduction agenda' said John Holmes, UN under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator...

The author, Dr. A.K.M. Abdul Ahad Biswas, from the Patuakhali Science and Technology University (PSTU) in Bangladesh, underlines the need for a new degree-offering academic and research institute for disaster management as a long term risk reduction strategy....

"We can determine whether an earthquake could trigger tsunami within five minutes, so local authority would still have enough time to take preventive measures," said Sri Woro Budiati, of the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency....

'Many buildings erected today will still be in use in 40 to 60 years, so it's important to consider the likely effect of climate changes expected over this period on buildings being constructed now,' said Senator Penny Wong....

More than 179 dengue-fever cases have been treated in the capital in the last six days following the recent torrential rains that flooded many parts of the city while doctors have warned of the danger of an epidemic of water-borne diseases breaking out....