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La Secretaria General adjunta para la Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres de las Naciones Unidas (ONU), Margareta Wahlström, asistirá a la XXXVII Cumbre de Jefes de Estado y gobiernos del Sistema de Integración Centroamericana (Sica)...
Diario el Mundo
'The results we achieved showed that not adapting to climate change would cost the Egyptian economy up to LE180 billion, a figure estimated over the next 25 years' said Mahmoud Medani, Egyptian expert on climate change and agriculture in an interview with Al-Masry Al-Youm...
Al-Masry Al-Youm
'Il est certain que si l’on ne se prépare pas, les coûts et les dommages seront alors bien supérieurs' a prononcé Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, ministre, lors de la présentation du plan français d’adaptation au changement climatique, le premier plan de cette ampleur dans l’Union européenne...
Ministry for Ecological and Solidarity Transition
Wei Hong, executive deputy governor of Sichuan province, recently stated at a geological hazard conference that 2 billion yuan will be invested this year in strengthening the local geological disaster prevention system, reported an official source to the China Daily...
China Daily
Pasig City, one of the 17 local government units that comprise Metro Manila, is being supported by the Earthquakes and Megacities Initiative to help the city formulate a Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Plan to provide a better understanding of disaster risk...
Earthquakes and Megacities Initiative
The Earthquakes and Megacities Initiative, together with the UNDP Jordan Country Office has successfully completed Phase I of their project to establish a Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Unit under the Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority and the conduct of related competency training for the DRM staff...
Earthquakes and Megacities Initiative
Se realiza en Honduras un foro de tres días que tiene como objetivo reforzar la cooperación para enfrentar desastres naturales y brindar ayuda humanitaria, el foro fue iniciado por expertos civiles y militares de Honduras, Estados Unidos y Puerto Rico, segun EFE...
Orlando Sentinel
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In a nation considered the one of the most vulnerable to natural hazards world-wide, women must be enabled to take on a bigger role in disaster preparedness and response, experts say in a report by IRIN....
The New Humanitarian
El primer semestre del año 2011 como consecuencia de inundaciones, tornados y terremotos ha dejado una serie de tragedias que representan grandes pérdidas económicas convirtiendo a este año en el mas costoso en desastre naturales de la historia, reporta Dinero...
Dinero, Semana, Publicaciones Semana, S.A.
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'Coordination among different sectors is crucial in releasing early warnings,' said Zheng Guoguang, the head of the China Meteorological Administration at a press conference, stating that presently 85 percent of the population has access to early warning information...
People's Daily Online

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