GIDREM July Newsletter No.1

The monthly newsletter of the Gravitazz Institute for Disaster Reduction and Emergency Management (GIDREM) allows practitioners from the African continent to share their experiences as well as get their opportunity to publish and get their work known.

This first edition of the newsletter includes the following:

• Editorial - Disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation and resilience: Are there any African experts?
• DRR (Disaster Risk Reduction) news in Africa;
• Available trainings and courses on DRR;
• Reflections on DRR and climate change, which includes articles on:
  • How technology and innovation tools can help support the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction in the African continent;
  • Growing economies using land in Africa: Local vs. foreign land investments compared. 

GIDREM, Monthly Newsletter, No.1, July 2016