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A 530-page report by Australian scientists about climate change impacts will be presented at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 17), currently happening in Durban, South Africa...

'This is a very significant event in the histories of our cities since we will be sharing the best practices we have with each other, in our quest for better solutions, programs and action plans that will strengthen our defenses.' The organizers of the event envision Makati, Kathmandu, and Quito to 'serve as champions and international and regional resource centers for other cities which will share the knowledge learned from the exercise.'... ...

A climate change adaptation programme was implemented by the Ho Chi Minh City Steering Committee for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation on Friday with support from the Netherlands' Rotterdam City...

The state Commissioner for Youths and Sports, Mr Adedapo Lam-Adesina has stated that the recent flood disaster which ravaged Nigeria was one of the main motivations to introduce a disaster management training...

Margareta Wahlstrom,, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General of Disaster Risk Reduction, stated that the Arab region and the North Africa could witness extreme weather events due to the rapid urbanization and climate change, reports Kuwait Times...

'You need to focus on making Bangkok more resilient, or Manila or Jakarta, and I think we really have to be very clear - that’s a major challenge from a financial urban planning perspective'...

Climate change could mean unthinkable loss for South Africa, which hosts talks on global warming that will bring government negotiators, scientists and lobbyists from around the world to the coastal city of Durban next week, writes Donna Bryson for AP...

Canada's Environment Minister, the Honourable Peter Kent, and Canada's International Development Research Centre (IDRC) today announced seven winning projects from across Africa that will support important and innovative initiatives to better equip the African continent to deal with the effects of climate change...

Despite the goal set at the Cancun climate talks last year to stabilize the global average temperature increase at 2°C, a forthcoming report of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) 'Environmental Outlook to 2050' warns that global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions continue to increase.

Following agreement on the Summary for Policymakers, the authors of the 800-page Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX) will be busy between now and the end of the year reconciling the changes agreed by IPCC member governments to the Summary with the text of the nine final chapters which will make up the SREX when it is published early next year.