Update

"Disasters in any form bring so much suffering and disorder to our people" said Abdul Jalil Basiri, Afghanistan Red Crescent, "we have to come together to reduce their impact on human lives"....

Extreme weather including storms that arrive earlier and last longer are having increasingly deadly effects, according to Vietnamese disaster preparedness officials....

“Extreme climate events such as floods and droughts that have far reaching socio-economic impacts, are common in the Horn of Africa” said Professor James Kiyiapi of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources....

During a workshop held yesterday in Dhaka, participants reviewed the implementation status of the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) in Bangladesh and made recommendations for better coordination and strengthening of the monitoring mechanism in the implementation of risk reduction initiatives across the country....

Peter Forstmoser of Swiss Re presented the benefits of a risk management approach to climate adaptation at the IDRC Conference....

The second day of the conference continued with discussion on how to cope with emerging threats in an international context....

The International Disaster and Risk Conference held got underway yesterday with a focus on climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction....

“...a critical first step in helping hospitals evaluate their disaster plans...that knowledge can help hospitals make important changes to their response plans now before a disaster strikes,” says AHRQ Director Carolyn M. Clancy, M.D.

Opening in Davos today, the International Disaster and Risk conference aims at formulating practical ideas for action resulting in a compendium of '100 ideas for action' to help with the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action....

“One hopes this is a lesson for the design standards which will come out from the Department of the Environment hopefully later this year,” said Prof John Sweeney of the National University of Ireland...