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Displaying 60 of about 149 resultsAn UN ministerial conference, which is to be held here in the UN headquarters on Sept. 23, will push for further signings and ratifications of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) which has allowed for extensive and accurate monitoring of nuclear tests around the world in addition to monitoring the spread of radiation and helping with disast…
Ni el narcotráfico ni el terrorismo atentan tanto contra el funcionamiento del Canal de Panamá como los desastres naturales, según reporta La Estrella de Panamá. Antonio Mitchel, gerente ejecutivo de protección del Canal, considera que se requiere una preparación efectiva y especializada para atender este tipo de situaciones.
Raisa Banfield, directo…
At an event to honor International Day for Disaster Reduction on Oct. 13, the Resident Coordinator of the United Nations Organization (UN) in Mexico, Magdy Martínez Soliman, and the Governor of Chiapas, Juan Sabines Guerrero, signed an agreement to establish environmentally-safe practices to dispose of oil pollutants in the state, reports The News. "It…
This book captures the measures undertaken and the systems established for disaster management in India. It also articulates the next steps required. It is intended to be used by disaster management practitioners to promote collaborative efforts to reduce disaster risk in the country. It is the outcome of a Ministry of Home Affairs in-house compilation…
This report presents the institutional and legal framework for disaster risk reduction in Romania, and describes its common disaster risks and natural hazards, such as flood, land slide and nuclear. It outlines the strategies, plans, projects and activities related to disaster prevention and risk management.
The report provides an evaluation of country…
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused wide-ranging effects on human health, security and economic activity, which have significantly impacted industrial safety.
The eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to UNECE’s Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents (Industrial Accidents Convention) will gather over 100 representative…
For many countries, mining is an important industry in terms of economic and social development. Mining activities however generate hazardous waste that is commonly stored in ponds or tailings, often referred to as tailings management facilities (TMFs). Failures at TMFs have regularly led to environmental catastrophes with devastating effects on human…
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Conocer la situación actual de los países de la Subregión Andina sobre la prevención y respuesta a emergencias causadas por productos químicos peligrosos y materiales radiactivos, este documento planes y programas orientados a mejorar estos servicios y contribuir a reducir los efectos adversos en la salud de las personas y en el ambiente pa…
This report addresses disasters that are the product of a hazard such as earthquake, flood or wind storm coinciding with a vulnerable situation which might include communities, cities or villages. There are two main components in this definition: hazard and vulnerability. Without vulnerability or hazard there is no disaster. A disaster occurs when hazar…
By Tadateru Konoe
March 11 marks the passing of four years since the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami devastated the country’s northeastern coastline and triggered a further disaster in Fukushima, where Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s No. 1 nuclear power plant suffered meltdowns. As a result of the triple disaster, including the lingering nuclea…
Suva – In light of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with sudden and slow disasters, Fiji, the Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI) and Tuvalu are re-examining how their laws can be updated to better reflect the increasing complexity of disasters.
On top of the COVID-19 pandemic, the countries of the Pacific have had to deal with mult…
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, women leaders in the Pacific have been able to carve a larger space to bring the voices and perspectives of women and girls to the policy tables and influence disaster preparedness and response.
Ms Agnes Titus, of the Nazareth Centre for Rehabilitation in Bougainville, an autonomous region in Papua New Guinea, co…
By Mika Shimizu
Numerous visits to the impacted areas of the 2011 Tohoku disaster in Japan revealed large gaps between local field realities and policy orientations. A trip to Tohoku this summer confirmed the continuing commitment of local people and staff to recovery efforts despite policies that are not always informed by the reality of what is happe…
Following a recent incident involving the Danish cargo ship 'Puma' exposing how little protection Norway has in the event of a radioactive catastrophe, Norwegian authorities called for the development of improved radioactive cargo transport policies, reports the Foreigner.
"This incident shows the degree of risk associated with carrying radioactive was…
With the memory of last year's tsunami induced Fukushima nuclear disaster in mind, Japanese experts have told the Indonesian government to be cautious when considering to build nuclear plants in Indonesia, considering that the country is highly vulnerable to earthquakes. "Indonesia should consider the fact that it is located on the 'Pacific Ring of Fire…