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Displaying 162 of about 162 resultsThis map shows Asia's economic exposure to natural hazards like earthquakes, land slides, storms, storm surges, tsunamis, tropical cyclones, volcanoes wild fires, floods and drought, according to the Natural hazards risk atlas 2012 released by Maplecroft.
This 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…
This document presents the national summary of the first-ever analysis of state level preparedness for climate-driven, weather-related threats facing all 50 states in the United States. It identifies states with considerable and significantly increasing levels of five major threats, through 2050: extreme heat, drought, wildfires, inland and coastal floo…
Over the last 40 years, a rapid shrinking of Arctic sea ice has been one of the most significant indicators of climate change. The amount of sea ice that survives the Arctic summer has declined 13 percent per decade since the late 1970s and projections show the region could experience its first ice-free summer by 2040.
This rapid melting is not j…
Press Release IP/08/458, Brussels
In line with its commitment to support Disaster Risk Reduction, the European Commission has allocated €27.325 million from the humanitarian aid budget to improve the capacities of communities at risk in Central America, Central Asia and South East Asia, so that they can better prepare for and protect themselves against…
While six thousand people fear they may in the near future be forced to leave their beloved homes due to rising sea level and related problems such as the destruction of historical graves and salinization of wells and farms, Mr Sihaba Haji Vuai, acting director of environment in the First vice president’s office, awaits for effective mitigation and ada…
Experts call Vietnam for better preparedness and timely and effective early warnings, and warn that storms will get worse and more erratic as a result of climate change. According to the GlobalPost, they urge the country to adapt or face increased losses of agriculture, infrastructure and overall gross domestic product due to severe, erratic weather occ…
GENEVA, 23 March 2016 – Weather forecasters are a critical part of efforts to rein in the impact of natural hazards such as floods and droughts, which are being stoked by climate change, the head of the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction said today.
Speaking on World Meteorological Day – this year’s theme is “Hotter, Drier, Wetter. Face the Future”…
GENEVA, 8 September 2017 - The UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction, Mr. Robert Glasser, today expressed his deep concern at the volume of extreme weather events unfolding across the world and the implications for future loss of life and economic damage to the world economy.
Mr. Glasser said: “There can be little do…
By Nita Bhalla and Jatindra Dash
New Delhi/Hhubaneswar - After Cyclone Hudhud pounded India's southern port city of Visakhapatnam last October, snapping bridges, swamping farmland and wrecking fishing boats, many breathed a sigh of relief.
The lives of tens of thousands of residents had been spared as a result of a well-rehearsed mass evacuation to s…
The power of the planet’s most effective carbon sinks – wetlands - can and must be better harnessed in national and global efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions, says the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands as it marks World Wetlands Day on 2ndFebruary.
With time running out to reduce global carbon emissions by 45 per cent before 2030 and limit global war…
NEW YORK, 29 September2015 - Plans to bring early warning systems to some of the world’s poorest countries and thereby curb the risk of disasters have cleared a new milestone, thanks to a French-spurred initiative unveiled at the United Nations today.
“The goal is that by 2020, all of the most vulnerable countries are equipped with such a system,” said…