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Displaying 15 of about 17 resultsUnder the umbrella of the UN 70th anniversary celebration in Egypt, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction-Regional Office for Arab States (UNISDR ROAS) is organizing an awareness campaign under the theme "International Day for Disaster Reduction 2015 - Knowledge for Life" at the Gezira Youth Center in Zamalek, Cairo. The c…
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Nobel Laureate Professor Peter Doherty on the biggest threats facing human health, climate change fatigue and hope for the next generation.
By Professor Peter Doherty
Make no mistake, climate change is the greatest long-term threat to human health.
Heat stress, extreme cold, human conflict and mosquito an…
This publication provides a sober and revealing analysis of weather-related disaster trends over a twenty year time-frame which coincides with a period which has seen the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of the Parties become an established high-profile annual fixture on the development calendar. The contents of this report underline…
This community science position paper considers the disaster risk associated with extreme geohazards, such as earthquakes and tsunamis, landslides, extreme temperatures, volcanic eruptions, drought and floods, and addresses the challenges of disaster risk reduction for these events. It analyses the potential effects of low-probability high-impact events…
Southasiadisasters.net issue no. 127, March 2015:
This issue focuses on the important theme of 'Understanding Drought in India'. India's over dependence on rainfed agriculture and the increasing variability of monsoons due to climate change underscore the importance of understanding the varied impacts of droughts in the country. Since the impacts of dr…
This map shows the worldwide distribution of natural catastrophes that occurred between 1980 and 2014, based on the data from NatCatSERVICE, and gives overviews of overall and insured losses.
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 rec…
Millions of people in the Pacific are affected by the consequences of a powerful El Niño - the climate phenomenon that develops in the tropical Pacific and brings extreme weather to several regions of the world.
Papua New Guinea is currently the worst hit country in the region. Rainfall there has been below average for almost a year which, along with f…
Every year, the United States foots a multi-billion dollar bill for the economic and insured losses incurred from natural disasters, reports The New York Times. In 2014, the costs reached $25-billion with certain regions of the country more prone to calamity than others. So what disasters are the most common and how much do they cost?
These New York Ti…
Ulaanbaatar - World Bank in Mongolia, together with the National Disaster Management Agency (NEMA) and Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (DRMS), hosted a training program on “Disaster Risk Reduction” February 3-6, 2015. Over 30 participants from NEMA, National Security Council, government agencies, and city and aimag (province) administrations partici…
SALT, 22 April 2015 – Municipalities are taking the lead in Jordan to help build resilience to disasters, in the wake of recurrent winter storms that have seen heavy snow, rainfall and high winds cause power cuts, road closures and flooded homes.
Salt, the capital of the northwestern Balqa Governorate, is one of five municipalities following the path c…
This map shows the worldwide distribution of natural disasters that occurred in 2014, 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…
PANAMA CITY, November 27, 2015 - The Americas are paying a high price as one of the worst El Niños on record continues to strengthen. The World Meteorological Organization this week singled out “considerable concern” about the impact of El Niño on the Amazon basin in the context of long-term climate change.
In a year which is also expected to be declar…
This plan serves as a blueprint for coordinating and implementing mitigation programs and projects. It provides a list of hazards that are of concern to the Town of Lincoln, mitigation goals, and related actions. Hazard mitigation planning is a process in which hazards are identified and profiled, people and facilities at risk are assessed for threat an…
ARCADIS Sustainable Cities Index 2015
Asian cities make up almost half of the global top ten cities ranked as having the highest natural disasters risk
Singapore is the only Asian city in the top-ten global cities with a low natural disasters risk
It has become important for urban planning to include natural disaster readiness
Hong Kong, 26 May 2015 –…
Report Released for World Meteorological Day: Climate Knowledge for Climate Action
Record ocean heat, high land-surface temperatures and devastating flooding were some of the defining characteristics of the global climate in 2014, which was nominally the warmest year on record, although by a very small margin, according to a detailed analysis by the Wo…