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The leaders of the world’s largest humanitarian organization are on their way to earthquake-devastated Haiti as part of a massive disaster response and recovery operation.
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) President Tadateru Ko…
'Rebuilding a country and the lives of its people is a formidable task that can take decades' writes Suryatapa Bhattacharya on lessons learnt from previous disasters. Like Turkey, Haiti sits on a fault line and will require government effort to impose strict building codes.
Some aid agencies, such as ActionAid focus on trauma counselling for children.…
Earthquakes like the one that hit the capital of Haiti, are hard to predict, but that does not mean we cannot be prepared for them, says the Director of the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction. Many poor countries have made advances in disaster preparedness, including Bangladesh, Cuba and Mozambique, and Salvano Briceňo told UN Radio's Patr…
Big economies of the future - Bangladesh, India, Philippines, Vietnam and Pakistan - most at risk from climate change
A new global ranking, calculating the vulnerability of 170 countries to the impacts of climate change over the next 30 years, identifies Bangladesh and India as the two countries facing the greatest risks to their populations, ecosyst…
Male´ - To promote resilient and sustainable urban communities, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and other UN agencies are marking the International Day for Disaster Reduction (IDDR) today. IDDR, celebrated annually, is an opportunity to focus attention on the work to make communities around the world safer from disasters.
The 2010-2011…
Cities around the world are at risk every day.
The Caribbean faces particular vulnerabilities which the Dominica Red Cross seeks to address through building resilience in communities. With this in mind, the Dominica Red Cross acknowledges the United Nations’ International Day for Disaster Reduction which takes place on Wednesday 13th October, 2010, by…
More investment and better planning is required in order to save lives and cut the cost of recovery from the increasing number of 'natural' disasters, said a senior UN official Margareta Walhstöm, on the international day for disaster reduction.
"Today's urban planning demands foresight and much more attention to disaster risk," she said.
Tuvalu's new prime minister, Maatia Toafa, answers Radio Australia's questions on the approach he will take to climate change, saying adaptation actions to counter climate change impacts, such as coastal erosion and severe natural disasters, are already being witnessed in Tuvalu.
Geologists from GNS Science will spend the next six months collecting information on buildings and infrastructure in Pacific Island countries to measure vulnerability and risk from earthquakes and cyclones in the southwest Pacific.
The project is part of a joint initiative involving the Asian Development Bank and the World Bank Regional Partnership for…
The Wall Street Journal's Gautam Naik reports on the massive earthquake that hit Chile last weekend and asks why it caused less destruction than the less powerful Jan 12 earthquake in Haiti.
"Earthquakes don't kill people, buildings kill people" says David Wald of the National Earthquake Information Center of the USGS.
Communiqué from Barbados, Deputy Prime Minister Mia Mottley
'The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility is one of the ways the Caribbean region has begun to take a proactive stance against natural disasters. Our involvement in the launch and success of the world’s first regional risk insurance facility is a signal to international donors, lendin…
Press Release - Earthquake tragedy can be turned into opportunity to invest in better future, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says at launch of revised flash appeal for Haiti.
Thank you for your patience, and I regret the delay. I know it has caused much inconvenience to all of you. I hope you will understand.
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United Nations agencies voiced alarm today at the lack of global support for Haiti's immediate agricultural needs, such as seed and fertilizers to ensure food from the next planting season, while stressing that disaster mitigation techniques must figure fully in the country’s reconstruction from last month’s devastating earthquake.
“At a time when Hait…
According to the Fiji National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) Fiji more work needs to be carried out to improve communities' resilience to disasters in Samoa.
"While we are working at changing the mindsets we also need to learn how to handle the public in times of disasters. People are beginning to take heed of warnings. All we need to do is provide…
Nina Shen Rastogi of the Washington Post reports that the damage to ecosystems is not only an environmental concern but also a safety hazard. She stresses the need to make long-term capital investments in for example, safer, sturdier buildings. She also recommends the need to shift from short-term crisis management to long-term environmental planning.…