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Displaying 75 of about 204 resultsFinancing for disaster risk management should be anticipatory and shared by government and other concerned parties, the World Bank said, as it noted that the country loses about P20 billion yearly due to natural calamities, reported Business World online.
In a special section of its Philippine Quarterly Update released yesterday, the Bank’s Manila offi…
In his counterpoint for the Japan Times, Roger Pulvers questions what can be done to limit catastrophic destruction such as the Great East Japan Earthquake, the tsunami it triggered and the subsequent meltdown crises at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, from assaulting any region of this country again. He points at the blind national faith in economic…
The ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on disaster management (AHA Centre) is working with a team of international specialists, supported by the U.S. Government, to develop an ASEAN Disaster Monitoring and Response System (DMRS). The system will allow the Jakarta-based Centre to visually monitor, geographically detect and synthesize m…
2009 Sasakawa award call for nominations now open
Nominations are now open for the 2009 Sasakawa Award for Disaster Reduction. Nominees should be individuals and institutions from around the world who have contributed to building the resilience of nations and communities to natural hazards through innovative practices and outstanding initiatives. Nomin…
Munich Re press release
Overall picture of natural catastrophes in 2010 - Very severe earthquakes and many severe weather events.
Several major catastrophes in 2010 resulted in substantial losses and an exceptionally high number of fatalities. The overall picture last year was dominated by an accumulation of severe earthquakes to an extent seldom expe…
With a history of 25 hurricanes, 21 volcanic activity events, three earthquakes and three gales in the past 26 years, Vanuatu has been able to document the impact of disasters upon the country’s development, and determine areas where future spending should take place, as per Islands Business.
Recognizing the vulnerability of their region to natural disasters, 50 countries across Asia and the Pacific today agreed at a United Nations-backed conference to make risk reduction a component of their national climate change adaptation policies to cope with extreme weather events.
The decision, made at the conclusion of the Fourth Asian Ministerial…
Press Release No. 811
GENEVA/WORLDWIDE – With World Meteorological Day taking place worldwide on 23 March, the World Meteorological Organization is marking the annual event with a global call for increased investment in weather, climate and hydrological observation technologies to help populations and economies adapt to climate change and climate varia…
RMS considers ten ‘one in 100 year’ catastrophes that could hit the Asia Pacific region
RMS, a leading global risk modeling and analytics firm, has developed a list of ten ‘one in 100 year’ catastrophes that could hit the Asia Pacific region. While in 2018 the region has been assailed by several disasters, such as the Palu earthquake in Indonesia, or T…
The first half of 2018 was fortunate in that natural disasters across the world caused significantly lower losses than usual. According to provisional figures, overall losses were around US$ 33bn, the lowest level since 2005 (US$ 29bn after adjustment for inflation).
However, individual events did cause high losses for those concerned, for example cr…
To create an enabling environment for dialogue on risk financing strategies and to further the understanding of disaster risk, national risk profiles have been developed for eight countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. The risk profiles provide visual information and data on the hazards, exposure, and risk for multiple hazards in each country. The profiles pr…
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A l’occasion de la journée internationale de la prévention des catastrophes naturelles, le magazine Mon Quotidien a sorti un supplément spécial dédié aux catastrophes naturelles. Ce supplément mentionne les catastrophes naturelles qui ont touché le monde en 2011, que ce soit en Asie, Afrique, Amérique ou Océanie. Une infographie est donnée c…
This publication provides a view of New Zealand’s major hazard events of 2009, and the work of the National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research (NIWA), GNS Science and other organizations in their efforts to reduce the risks and mitigate the effects of natural hazards, in New Zealand. It includes a description of the Natural Hazards Research P…
This report will attempt to catalogue and briefly discuss the immediate medical and long-term health effects of a natural disaster. Other topics such as the disruption of a community’s critical infrastructure, vulnerable groups within populations, and common misconceptions in disaster response will also be reviewed. Finally, mitigation and loss reductio…
This book provides a useful review of early warning systems in operation today, while exploring a range of hazards including hurricanes, heat waves, floods, droughts, tsunami and volcanoes. With contributions from an international team of scientists, it helps builds awareness of the role early warning systems play in disaster avoidance and reduction.