1. Home
  2. Update

MENA at risk of "natural" disasters, says report

Source(s): Daily News Egypt, International Herald Tribune
Upload your content

On Thursday, the Arab League’s Economic and Social Council discussed the report titled "Natural Hazards, Unnatural Disasters: the Economics of Effective Prevention," which asserts that the Middle East and North Africa region will become more vulnerable to floods, earthquakes, droughts, landslides and other natural disasters that can impede development, unless effective risk management is applied.

As per Daily News Egypt, the report concludes that natural hazards often turn into disasters as a result of poor policies and practices, and examines ways to make prevention cost-effective. "The findings of this report are indeed timely and important to the Arab region," Secretary General of the Arab League Nabil El-Araby, said.

Attachments

View full story English

Editors' recommendations

Explore further

Hazards Drought Earthquake Flood Landslide
Themes Disaster risk management Governance
Country and region Tunisia Algeria Egypt Morocco Libya Bahrain Iran, Islamic Rep of Iraq Israel Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Oman Palestine, State of Qatar Saudi Arabia Syrian Arab Republic United Arab Emirates Yemen
Share this

Please note: Content is displayed as last posted by a PreventionWeb community member or editor. The views expressed therein are not necessarily those of UNDRR, PreventionWeb, or its sponsors. See our terms of use

Is this page useful?

Yes No Report an issue on this page

Thank you. If you have 2 minutes, we would benefit from additional feedback (link opens in a new window).