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ACTED is an independent international, private, non-partisan and non-profit organization that operates according to principles of strict neutrality, political and religious impartiality, and non discrimination. ACTED was created in 1993 to support populations affected by the conflict in Afghanistan. Based in Paris, France, ACTED now…
Arid conditions in the Sahel and large-scale flooding in East Africa will help sustain Africa’s reputation for socio-political volatility and state failure. To manage the chaos in the worst-affected regions, argues Fawzia Sheikh, greater international participation will be necessary to boost the Continent’s resiliency.
By Fawzia Sheikh for ISN Security…
Environmental issue report No 35
This is the first EEA publication to address the impacts of natural disasters and technological accidents across Europe. Focusing on major events between 1998 and 2002, the report adds value to existing studies by bringing together available information on their human and economic costs and adding the environmental pers…
This is a unique multidisciplinary platform for technological innovation that brings together over 400 participants from 60 countries.
One of the core thematic areas of Tech4Dev 2016 is Science and Technology for Disaster Risk Reduction. Breakout sessions focusing on DRR include:
SE02-HUM - UAVs: Opportunities and Challenges for International Aid and…
This paper features Australian investment in disaster risk reduction, which helps partner countries save lives, reduce the costs of responding to disasters, protect their economies, and safeguard critical infrastructure. It highlights three good practices: (i) in Indonesia with a pilot programme involving risk assessment and mapping of areas most at ris…
This document reports on a project estimating the exposure to environmental hazards and the adaptive capacity of communities at continuous geographic areas across North and South Darfur. It presents results in simple and readily interpretable maps that allow the identification of the most vulnerable geographic units, the comparison of vulnerability amon…
Arab human development report research paper series:
This report aims to present a comprehensive desk review and mapping exercise for an overview of the impact of climate change on the Arab region. It presents an assessment of projected impacts, vulnerability and adaptation of the Arab region in terms of change of (i) temperature and precipitation pat…
This book provides guidance, policy orientation and inspiration, as well as serving as a reference for lessons on how to reduce risk and vulnerability to hazards and to meet the challenges of tomorrow. It is intended for people who have an interest in and practice disaster risk management and sustainable development.
Natural hazards can affect anyone,…
GENEVA, 23 May 2013 - The three-day 4th Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, attended by a record 3,500 people and representatives from 172 governments, ended today with a call for "the immediate start of work to develop targets and indicators to monitor the reduction of risk" in the Chair's Summary at the closing plenary.
Global Platform Chai…
The Myanmar Red Cross Society (MRCS), working jointly with the French Red Cross (FRC) and the Canadian Red Cross (CRC) in Myanmar, is seeking applications from dynamic and highly motivated individuals to immediately fill up the following positions as part of its MRCS Disaster Risk Reduction Unit.
Program background
The MRCS DRR Program supported by FR…
This atlas is designed to help local policymakers and experts as well as readers outside the region, donors and the international community understand the basin’s natural resources, common needs and priorities and enhance cooperation efforts for, among others, disaster risk reduction. Economic development and natural resource management are top prioriti…
It asks the following questions: What would a potential crisis map look like in a Swiss context? Which actors would be involved and what role could governmental actors play? Taking stock of the usefulness of crisis mapping for mitigating the effects of disaster and speeding up recovery processes, it considers bringing the phenomenon in line with establi…
Oxfam Purpose
- To work with others to find lasting solutions to poverty and suffering
Team Purpose
- To achieve the Humanitarian Response and Preparedness (HRP) objectives as outlined in Oxfam GB's National Change Strategy (2009 - 2014) and the Pakistan Country teams aspiration to mount, with it's Partners, timely, efficient, effective, quality, a…
Proceeding volume of the National Workshop, 30 September-01 October 2008, New Delhi:
This document on chemical disaster management contains detailed descriptive lectures, talks of holistic disaster management (DM) framework, integration of chemical risk to holisitc and multi-hazard risk management, site assessment, legal framework, district level DM pl…
A fully illustrated book Real Risk offers perspectives, case studies and analysis on disaster risk reduction and mitigation in the light of major natural disasters that have occurred since the publication of Know Risk in early 2005. It brings together the knowledge and experiences of public and private organisations working toward disaster preparedness…