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Displaying 45 of about 268 resultsKathmandu - Nepal is at high risk of natural hazards such as floods, landslides, earthquakes, fires, cyclonic winds, hailstorms, and drought which can lead to hunger and epidemic outbreaks in their aftermath.
Among the major natural hazards, floods and landslides are the most recurrent in Nepal. More people are killed by disasters in Nepal compar…
On the international day for disaster reduction, the Daily Nation calls for Kenyan authorities to commit to improving urban areas to reduce the risk of disasters and to sign up to the 'Making Cities Resilient "my city is getting ready" world disaster reduction campaign'.
NASA Press release: 10-240
NASA Partnership Sends Earth Science Data To Africa
Washington - A unique partnership between NASA and agencies in Africa and Europe has sent more than 30 terabytes of free Earth science satellite data to South African researchers to support sustainable development and environmental applications in Africa.
The data from on…
AlertNet correspondent, Freny Manecksha reports on the active campaigning of the Women's Alliance of Ladakh to retain the region's traditional dry toilet as part of a wider effort to use ancient adaptations, and a few newer ones, to help this desert region cope with climate change.
IFAD Press release No.: IFAD/14/2010
A new US$72 million project in Egypt will help small farmers maximize their efficiency in using scarce water resources and achieve significant increases in their crop production and incomes. The project will improve the livelihoods of more than 79,000 households of the poorest rural communities, including small farm…
Governments in the Middle East must put aside political differences, rethink water management and revise strategy and policy in using water otherwise the region will face a dire future, scientists warned at an international conference in Jordan.
The conference entitled Food Security and Climate Change in Dry Areas took place in Amman Jordan from 1-4 Fe…
"With current developments re-increasing food insecurity in the Sahel, greater assistance to poorer countries merits attention at this particular time" – Vice President A. Ordu
"The World day of combat against drought is another great opportunity to position the Bank as a champion on climate change and related issues"- A. Batumubwira
The African Devel…
An integrated calamity management plan, has been suggested by Harsimrat Badal MP, who emphasised that preventive and rescue plans should not be country specific but region specific; and the challenge of natural disasters has to be met rising above the manmade boundaries.
Bangkok - The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), today launched in to service a Regional Cooperative Mechanism on Drought Monitoring and Early Warning in Nanjing, China.
The Mechanism provides satellite products for general drought monitoring and higher resolution products for identified high drought risk ar…
Uruguay - With migration and population displacement caused by climate change high on the Uruguayan Government's agenda, IOM, UNESCO, the UN's Inter-Agency Group UNETE, Uruguay's National Emergency Preparedness System and the Ministry of Housing and Territorial Zoning and the Environment are today hosting a conference to find ways to mitigate climate in…
"Ultimately, it is addressing the fundamental drivers of environmental change, which will either lead the world to have increasingly to invest in disaster management or development" said Achim Steiner, head of the United Nations Environment Programme speaking to Alistair Doyle of Reuters.
Speaking at a press conference marking the launch of a national statute on meteorological disaster relief, Zheng Guoguang, chief of the China Meteorological Administration, promised farmers that they would be able to expect the same meteorological services as city dwellers.
"We have artificial precipitation equipment that is on par with the world's bes…
Johannesburg - Crops that mature faster and are tolerant of more frequent and intense droughts top the list of how most countries adapt their food production to climate change, says a new paper.
The discussion paper, led by Jonathan Makau Nzuma from the University of Nairobi and produced by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), look…
By Robert Fraser, IFRC, in Anseba region, Eritrea
At the bottom of a steep, dry and rocky ravine, which can only be reached after climbing down a precipitous path, a dedicated group of community and Red Cross Red Crescent volunteers are building a dam.
The team, supported by the government, is working seven days a week to complete the first phase befo…
Mapelcroft's Natural Disasters Economic Loss Index evaluation places Haiti and Mozambique as the world's most exposed countries for economic losses due to natural hazards from 1980-2010. The Index measures the global economic impact in terms of risk to property and infrastructure of disasters such as earthquakes, floods, droughts, landslides, epidemics,…