IDN-InDepthNews - International Press Syndicate

Thanks to the ACP's assistance, Lesotho and other African countries have been able to strengthen their climate resilience through systemic analyses, early warning systems, and using other measures. These efforts are just part of existing and emerging collaborations with other countries and organizations.

A new report says that the African, Caribbean and Pacific-European Union Natural Disaster Risk Reduction Program has successfully supported urban resilience projects, risk assessments, and attempts to incorporate climate adaptation and DRR into development plans. The initiative has in turn resulted in increased DRR investments.

Participants of an expert panel representing governments, private sector and NGOs at the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) World Telecom 2016 event have argued that ‘disaster relief’ information and communication technologies (ICT) could be a Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) enabler. Existing and emerging ICTs can also help to mitigate the impact of disasters.

The findings of a new study by an international team of researchers who probed into the Fukushima nuclear disaster suggest that earthquake prone areas should be treated as 'atomic power plant free zones'...

'Our cities are at risk now', said Marcelo Ebrard, Mayor of Mexico City and chair of the World Mayors Council on Climate Change. 'We are losing time, so we are working with other cities in order to have new ideas, new ways to do things faster than in the past.'...