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One of the issues at the ongoing UN climate conference in Doha, Qatar is food security, especially in the light of increasing climate change induced droughts and heat waves. In fact, 40 per cent of global land mass are drylands...
'All countries, including the United States, can act to head off the worst impacts of climate change, while generating new industries, jobs, and more sustainable ways of living. The need is urgent. There is no time to waste,' stated Helen Clark, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme...
Even if not everyone agrees with the conclusion of the study, it isn't the first time that the issue of man-made quakes is raised. 'The incident points to the need to investigate more closely how such quakes are triggered and how to prevent them'...
‘There is a direct nexus between a strong domestic manufacturing sector and America’s ability to prevent, mitigate, recover from and rebuild quickly in the wake of catastrophic events,' warns an Alliance for American Manufacturing report entitled Preparing for 21st century risks...
UK Shadow Minster for International Development urges Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, UK's representative at the Rio+20 UN Conference, to illustrate leadership and commitment on the issue of sustainable development, including Disaster Risk Reduction...
'If they had made the decision earlier, then they could have been prepared on March 11,' said Hideyuki Hirakawa, an Osaka University expert on governance and the sciences. 'There is absolutely nothing you can do in four days'...
The Huffington Post reports on AlertNet's recent 'Future of Aid' survey, highlighting that advocating for disaster preparedness is not a new call from NGOs - citing FinnChurchAid's Jouni Hemberg's statement that 'Funding for disaster risk reduction and disaster preparedness is not very 'sexy' for donors - global, domestic and private'...
As Haiti continues to make a slow recovery from the catastrophic earthquake that devastated the nation two years ago, its neighbour Dominican Republic is bracing itself to be better prepared for future disasters, embracing approaches that involve children and young people...
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