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Displaying 12 of about 12 resultsGhana Red Cross was one of the National Societies which responded to the recent floods that devastated West Africa. To find out more about the aftermath, Jean-Luc Martinage spoke to Andrews Frimpong, Secretary General of the Ghana Red Cross Society, who is currently taking part in the General Assembly of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red…
Tim Radford of the Guardian investigates the international work being done to strengthening school buildings against natural disasters such as earthquakes.
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies – the world’s largest humanitarian organization – is calling on participants gathering in Bali for the UN Climate Change Conference to ensure that support for vulnerable communities, some of which are already suffering the effects of climate change, is central in negotiations towards a…
Bangkok (United Nations Information Services) - The International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction on 10 October will be marked this year by a regional workshop on School Education and Disaster Risk Reduction in Bangkok, and a ceremony on the Day. Both events will take place at the United Nations Conference Centre in Bangkok.
Past tragic experiences,…
The Ministry of Research and Technology (RISTEK), Republic of Indonesia, announces the organization of a Tsunami Drill in Banten, Indonesia, on December 26, 2007.
The objectives of the event are two-fold:
1. To remember with condolence the loss of more than 200 thousands lives in the Aceh tsunami 3 years ago
2. To test the functionality of end-to-end I…
Three years on from the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami, and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has supported thousands of communities around the Bay of Bengal to take significant steps along the road to recovery.
According to the International Federation’s Tsunami three-year progress report – a report that cap…
The UN/ISDR secretariat in collaboration with IUCN and WEDO has issued in Bali today a call for good practices and lessons learned that link disaster risk reduction as a key tool for reducing the impact of climate change, with a gender perspective. We are seeking examples of projects and initiatives across humanitarian, environmental and development sec…
The Future in our Hands: Addressing the Leadership Challenge of Climate Change
Chair's summary:
I am extremely encouraged by the fact that climate change was so directly and constructively discussed at the highest level for the first time in history. This Event has taken us into a new era. Today I heard a clear call from world leaders for a breakthrou…
Published this month by TVE Asia Pacific and the UNDP Regional Centre in Bangkok, Communicating Disasters: An Asia Pacific Resource Book brings together 21 authors–most of them from Asia–who share their experiences and insights on effective communication before, during and after disasters. They look at how information, education and communication can he…
The International Research Institute for Climate and Society, based at Columbia University in New York, is developing tailored forecasting and monitoring products to help the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies improve its capabilities to both respond to and prepare for disasters. The need to incorporate climate information…
A simple early warning system that used local volunteers shouting through megaphones to warn people about the impending cyclone saved thousands of lives when Cyclone Sidr hit Bangladesh last week, and the system proved so effective that it might even become a model for other countries.
"What they did is brilliant," said Maryam Golnaraghi, chief of disa…
Have you ever asked yourself the question "What does a disaster resilient community look like?" Late last year, this was exactly the issue that a group of 6 agencies (ActionAid, Christian Aid, Plan UK, Practical Action, British Red Cross and Tearfund) found themselves debating when designing the monitoring and evaluation for their DFID funded Disaster…