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The Business Recorder describes the vulnerabilities faced by Pakistan, ranging from earthquakes, floods, droughts, cyclones, landslides and sea-based hazards, and calls for the establishment of a disaster management structure with a mitigation policy...

The 'only way to get the missing voices on board is by making disaster risk reduction a part of the political process,' said Attorney General and Minister of Home Affairs, Adriel Brathwaite...

El ejercicio servirá a la comisión para elaborar su próximo plan de preparación ante desastres y pretender ser una aportación al diálogo de los jefes de Estado centroamericanos a celebrarse el próximo viernes...

SciDevNet reports on the sidelining of two key issues for developing countries at the end of COP17, outlining their importance and history: the Green Climate Fund and how to facilitate technology transfer...

It's one of the world's greatest cultural attractions. About 20 million tourists pour through its streets each year and travel its waterways. Venice, Italy, sits at sea level, and any changes in the mean sea level leaves the city open to floods, endangering the artistic and cultural heritage of this 1,000-year old UNESCO world heritage site.

'Money is urgently needed to help the most poor and vulnerable to adapt to Global warming and its effects', says Caritas - who is urging governments to move beyond the lowest common denominator deal in Durban and to use the Rio20+ meeting to deliver a step-change in climate action...

The island nation endeavors towards a new legally binding agreement to operationalise the Green Climate Fund so Small Islands Developing States can start to receive funds to help carry out adaptation work on the ground...

WWF works to create further success stories for the people and biodiversity of the Himalayas, 'We must reinforce our support, and increase our regional adaptation work. This will help make the eastern Himalayas a showcase for the rest of the world'...

The Seoul Metropolitan Government has placed weather-observing video cameras along the nation’s western coast to detect early warning signs and give officials adequate preparation time, after a major snowstorm paralysed Seoul last year...

'After the 3/11 Great East Japan Earthquake, we have learned an important lesson that no prevention plans are perfect as we cannot control the power of nature,' Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Kazuyuki Hamada told the Bangkok Post...