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'We cannot eliminate disasters, but we can mitigate risk. We can reduce damage. We can save more lives. Common-sense investments in early warning and preparedness are making a difference and saving lives,' stressed the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at a press conference...
United Nations News Centre
Visiting Haiti, the legendary track and field athlete took a look at reforestation efforts aimed at helping the Caribbean country to protect itself against flash floods and mudslides as the annual hurricane season begins...
United Nations News Centre
A Global Framework on Climate Services endorsed in May at the WMO Congress, will assist humid or dryland forest managers in accessing and understanding climate data, seasonal climate forecasts, and other climate products to improve sustainable management of forests and their ecosystems for future generations...
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
'The figures are not exact, but show how even the minimum of infrastructural improvement – considered a prerequisite for economic development – will be reined in in poor countries unless money is made available for them to adapt to climate change', writes John Vidal in a report for The Guardian...
Guardian, the (UK)
Photo of the flooded banks of the Danube by Flickr user, The Objective Voice of Truth, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
'Serbia will have its national platform for disaster reduction in September' stated Assistant Minister of the Interior, Predrag Maric, at the opening of a seminar this week, 'Presenting national platforms in the context of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction and Hyogo Framework for Action'....
Balkans.com Business News
Photo copyright by Flickr user, Pamela Ceron, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
'The management, conservation and sustainable development of dry forests are central to combating desertification' said Ban Ki-moon, stressing the 'need to scale up these interventions and disseminate results widely.'...
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
The UK Government has announced that it will now concentrate more resources into helping countries strengthen their resilience to natural hazards and conflicts. Disaster risk reduction plans will also be integrated into all Department for International Development's existing country programmes...
Department for International Development
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of Indonesia met with Margareta Wahlström, the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction, on Wednesday to discuss ways to help build the resilience of communities.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
Photo of Sacramento Delta by Flickr user, Aquafornia, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
A sudden heat wave and resulting flooding could be disastrous for communities near the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, writes Professor Ray Seed of the University of California, Berkeley. 'The Delta Vision Strategic Plan should be implemented without further delay, or continue to be at risk of an entirely foreseeable, preventable and unacceptable disaster'...
Sacramento Bee
At Resilient Cities 2011, the second World Congress on Cities and Adaptation to Climate Change, local government leaders from across the globe issued a bold message to international governing bodies and financing organizations: if you won’t take action to mitigate climate change, then help cities adapt to its consequences.
American Planning Association

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