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'If the land sinking isn't resolved, then there will be widespread tidal waves that would cause more extensive flooding in Jakarta,' said Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, an expert hydrologist with the National Disaster Mitigation Agency...
A new scientific collaboration between the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation and Vietnam's Institute of Meteorology, Hydrology and Environment, supported by Ausaid will help Vietnam to develop local models to fight the impacts of climate change, such as sea level rise, increasing temperatures and humidity...
'Australia committed $599 million of what was called 'fast start finance' back in 2010 and we have actually delivered all of the $599 million,' Australia's Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Mark Dreyfus told ABC Radio from COP18...
As part of a $1 million disaster preparedness project, the flood protection of the low-lying West Beach area of Adelaide will be strengthened. Early warning systems will be reviewed throughout South Australia, and Aboriginal communities will also receive help to cope with extreme heat...
'Women and girls are up to 14 times more likely to die during a disaster and that's often purely the result of inadequate access to education and awareness messages. It's very important to try and change that,' Senior program officer with aid agency CARE Australia, Stefan Knollmayer told Radio Australia...
Elinor Ostrom, a Nobel laureate in economics, who was the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Planet Under Pressure conference, applauds the climate change adaptation initiatives of city leaders. 'What we need are universal sustainable development goals on issues such as energy, food security, sanitation, urban planning, and poverty eradication...'
'That'll be to identify the risks and help prioritise and implement the mitigation strategies and that will be funded through the Natural Disaster Resilience Program,' said Acting corporate services general manager Ian Stevenson...
'We need to invest in things like effective early warning systems, secure homes and livelihoods, and strong local disaster management capacity. We also need to make sure we listen to women, men and young people in communities, who know best how to prepare and respond to disasters in their local context,' writes Andrew Hewett of Oxfam...
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