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Displaying 15 of about 62 resultsNAIROBI/GENEVA, 13 February 2012 - In advance of critical rainfall forecasts for the Horn of Africa, the UN office for disaster risk reduction, UNISDR, today announced a partnership with the WMO-supported African Centre of Meteorological Applications for Development (ACMAD) to ensure rapid dissemination of weather updates to disaster managers.
Pedro Ba…
GENEVA, 31 October 2012 - UNISDR Chief Margareta Wahlstrom spoke to the opening session of this week's extraordinary session of the World Meteorological Congress which is discussing the implementation plan and governance model for the Global Framework for Climate Services.
Ms. Wahlstrom congratulated the World Meteorological Organization on the initiat…
The scientific program of IUGG 2011 includes symposia, poster presentations and workshops on a wide range of themes related to geophysics and geodesy, including:
- Hydrological Sciences
- Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
- Physical Sciences of the Oceans
- Seismology and Physics of the Earth’s Interior
- Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Inte…
This review analyses some of the major events and trends related to natural disasters and humanitarian disaster response and looks at the experience of developed countries with natural disasters in 2011. Highlighting evidences from the Japanese earthquake-tsunami-nuclear accident, the earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, floods in Australia, and tor…
This report provides an assessment of the achievements and progress made in disaster risk reduction (DRR) by Vietnam during the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR). It describes country’s recent experience with natural hazards and disasters, such as flood, storm, drought, landslide and tornado, also presents national institutiona…
Countries most affected in the period of 1990-2008: Bangladesh, Myanmar and Honduras have been identified to be the most affected. They are followed by Viet Nam and Nicaragua, Haiti and India The map shows the ten most affected countries (Down 10), with their average ranking (CRI score) and the specific results in the four indicators analysed.
The Glob…
Training Book, published in an abstract version for the training of the volunteers of the cyclone preparedness program in preparedness activities. It covers subjects like analysis capacity and vulnerability, introduction to cyclones, warning signals and their meaning, evacuation planning, management process, among other things. (UNEsCO)
This report presents the institutional and legal framework for disaster risk reduction in Paraguay, and describes its common disaster risks and natural hazards, such as flood, drought and tornado. It outlines the strategies, plans, projects and activities related to disaster prevention and risk management.
The report provides an evaluation of country’s…
This report presents the institutional and legal framework for disaster risk reduction in Vietnam, and describes its common disaster risks and natural hazards, such as flood, land slide, wild fire, drought, insect infestation, tornado and cyclone. It outlines the strategies, plans, projects and activities related to disaster prevention and risk manageme…
Un rapport a été publié par l’institut national d’études démographique sur la hausse de la population mondiale d’ici 2050. Cette hausse démographique aura un impact sur plusieurs territoires après les catastrophes naturelles subies selon Témoignages.
Le rapport de l’INED met en avant le besoin de se préparer aux changements climatiques qui ont pour co…
Geneva - The year 2013 is currently on course to be among the top ten warmest years since modern records began in 1850, according to the World Meteorological Organization. The first nine months, January to September, tied with 2003 as the seventh warmest such period on record, with a global land and ocean surface temperature of about 0.48 C (0.86 F) abo…
Press release:
Geneva – The World Meteorological Organization’s Annual Statement on the Status of the Global Climate said that 2011 was the 11th warmest since records began in 1850. It confirmed preliminary findings that 2011 was the warmest year on record with a La Niña, which has a cooling influence. Globally-averaged temperatures in 2011 were estima…
This report provides an assessment of the achievements and progress made in disaster risk reduction (DRR) by Bangladesh during the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR). It describes country’s recent experience with natural hazards and disasters, such as cyclone, storm surge, flood, drought and tornado, also presents national insti…
The conference is the largest in the United States devoted specifically to real-time hydrologic warning systems and how these technologies assist local officials with storm readiness, emergency response, and disaster recovery.
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…