Update

Seeking new ways to strengthen community resilience, city officials from Thailand and Viet Nam today began a two-day exchange with counterparts in the Philippines to examine the award-winning “Purok system” used by the city of San Francisco, Philippines, to empower ordinary people to find solutions for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation.

Europapress informó que el Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Medio Rural y Marino participará en Kampala en las reuniones en el que se prevé la aprobación del Informe Especial sobre la gestión de los riesgos de los eventos extremos: 'este documento es especialmente relevante para España'...

Mure Dickie and Clive Cookson examine for the Financial Times the divisions over what really constitutes radiation danger exposed by the Fukushima crisis and question, 'at what point it will be safer to move a population away from the radiation'...

The National Disaster Management Authority has said safety measures at all atomic plants in the country were in place but admitted earthquakes at these sites cannot be completely ruled out - though 'there is still scope for additional facilities to further bolster safety at these plants, especially after what happened in Fukushima (in Japan)', reports the Hindustan Times...

To continue farming in a sustainable way in the face of climate change, rural women and men need to be given the resources to cope with the challenges of more frequent and extreme weather events, such as droughts and floods. 'Investing in adaptation measures now will be far less costly than in the future', write the authors...

'It is important to not only provide assistance as we are doing in the aftermath of the floods in Southeast Asia, but also help build the preparedness and resiliency of local communities'...

The government has planned investment in water resource management, to prevent heavy floods, particularly in densely populated communities and business districts, as announced at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec)...

'The government's response should improve the availability and understanding of flood cover, which will help reduce the level of underinsurance that saw too many residents without appropriate cover for their specific flood risk'...

The Asia-Pacific Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilient Collaboration joint statement intends to use public private partnership as means to help save lives, ensure economic vitality, and enhance human well-being across the region...

'We need to admit that this is a 'natural disaster', which constitutes a 'natural hazard'. As evidence of global warming shows, we need to admit that many 'natural' disasters are the result of human activities'...