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Erwann Michel-Kerjan, a member of the Forum of Young Global Leaders, focuses on the emergence of large-scale catastrophes and crises and some of the policy issues related to how better manage them collectively...
Huffington Post Inc.
Profound changes in building codes are getting evaluated for the next generation of structures in New Zealand, ideas that may influence cities in the United States and the rest of the world that face similar hazards...
MSNBC Digital Network
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José Luis Moncada escribe para El Heraldo que Honduras debe reforzar sus políticas en todas las materias; una de ellas es un buen manejo frente al riesgo de la naturaleza y sus efectos en su desarrollo...
Diario El Heraldo
El secretario general de la Organización de Estados Americanos (OEA), José Miguel Insulza, respaldó el 1 noviembre de la adopción de políticas de prevención de desastres naturales anunciada por los presidentes de Centroamérica a raíz de los estragos por las recientes lluvias...
La Tribuna
'While the risk of environmental disasters are persistent in Haiti, it is essential that we can build the capacity of countries to protect people and limit the damage. It is necessary to get out of the logic of reaction in crisis situations and adopt a logic of anticipation and prevention'...
Haiti Libre
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An earthquake monitoring system being developed by the Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad (IIT-H) as the nodal institute in collaboration with 10 other institutes located in India and Japan will aid in coordinating an early warning system for earthquakes...
IBNLive, CNN-IBN
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India's National Disaster Management Authority has drawn up 'management of nuclear and radiological emergencies' which provides an integrated approach to disaster management covering components like prevention, mitigation, preparedness, ...
Zee News Limited
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A member of Council of State, Rev. Amoo Darko, said 'time was now to pull down structures on waterway without fear of been victimized during election to help solve the perennial flooding,' reports Ghana Business News...
Ghana Business News
Role model cities from around the world are meeting for two days in Geneva to brainstorm the next phase of the campaign “Making Cities Resilient – My City is Getting Ready!” and have agreed on extending it to 2015.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
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Leidi Urbina, enlace técnico del Consejo Agropecuario de Belize, dijo que ' el Cambio Climático ya es un fenómeno mundial y todos tenemos que ponernos de acuerdo para mitigar y adaptar nuestra agricultura al fenómenos'...
Milenio Diario

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