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Displaying 33 of about 33 resultsThis map shows the worldwide distribution of natural disasters that occurred in 2011, according to Munich Re, NatCatSERVICE.
With more than 25,000 entries, NatCatSERVICE is one of the leading global databases for natural catastrophes. Every year between 800 and 1,000 loss events are recorded and analysed. In view of the information collated, the extent…
Since 2006, Lisbon's Civil Protection Service of the Lisbon Municipality has had a Contingency Plan for Vulnerable Populations, mainly targeting the homeless population, in the event of cold wave. Every year, from 1st November to 31st March. the Plan is self activated at the blue level alert. When it is verified that the Lisbon's air temperature is abou…
As General Assembly holds thematic debate, Secretary-General urges governments to integrate disaster risk reduction into development agendas
Faced with socio-economic fallout from increasingly frequent and severe disasters, Governments must invest in disaster risk reduction and weave it into their development agendas in order to save more lives and bui…