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Displaying 42 of about 42 resultsRIO DE JANEIRO, 22 June 2012 - The largest UN summit ever organized closes today with an urgent worldwide call for accelerated implementation of the international blueprint for disaster risk reduction agreed by all UN member States seven years ago.
Against a backdrop of 1.3 million deaths, 4.4 billion people affected and $2 trillion in economic losses…
In order to understand disaster risk, especially in large or remote areas, there is a need to visualize and assess vulnerability, as well as to monitor change through indicators, which implies acquiring timely, up-to-date and consistent data. In light of ongoing efforts towards preparedness, it has been demonstrated that technology can improve disaster…
The 8th Annual IDER (International Disaster and Emergency Resilience) Conference will take place in the City of London this October. The three-day event running from 8th to 10th Oct has been kindly sponsored by Deutsche Bank and will take place in their conference facilities in London. The conference will also coincide with the International Day for Di…
This is the inaugural edition of the Ecological Threat Register (ETR), which covers 157 independent states and territories. The ETR is unique in that it combines measures of resilience with the most comprehensive ecological data available to shed light on the countries least likely to cope with extreme ecological shocks, now and into the future.
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Role and responsibilities
Effectively manage a food security project with Disaster Risk Reduction activities. Ensure that beneficiary participation and community relations are enhanced in all phases of the project. Overseeing community development plans, farmer training, kitchen gardens and nutrition training and DRR activities, plus livelihoods suppor…
A Special Joint G20 Publication by the Government of Mexico and the World Bank:
Responding to a G20 request, special joint G20 publication brings together the experiences of G20 countries in protecting their populations and assets against natural hazards. It includes contributions by fifteen G20 members and invited countries (Argentina, Australia, Braz…
A comprehensive approach to development can help build climate change resilience and adaptive capacity:
This datasheet assesses the countries' resilience and adaptive capacity to climate change impacts, and highlights the objectives carried by the Millennium Development Goals, such as improving infrastructure to enhance food and water security, and in…
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin and partner universities create tools to help vulnerable populations adapt to climate change and political instability.
Our planet's changing climate is devastating communities in Africa through droughts, floods and myriad other disasters.
Using detailed regional climate models and geographic informatio…
Understanding why and where humanitarian crises and disasters are likely to occur is a fundamental step in saving lives. The European Commission supports and utilises INFORM, a global open-source risk assessment tool. The results of the 2016 INFORM were released on 2 December.
Most crises can be predicted to some extent, and while they cannot always be…
BUCHAREST, 27 September 2016 – Nations on the Atlantic, Mediterranean and Black Sea have decided to bolster their tsunami warning systems by giving France, Greece, Italy and Turkey a regionwide alert role.
The decision came at a meeting of the 39-country Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami Early Warning and Mitigation System in the Nor…
ISINGIRO, Uganda, 15 June 2016 – Uganda is developing base maps for refugee settlements that host thousands of people in the east African country, with the goal being to support risk-informed development and land use planning and thereby build community resilience.
Mapping Oruchinga refugee settlement in the western district of Isingiro will provide ev…
Today marks the launch of the inauguralEcological Threat Register (ETR), that measures the ecological threats countries are currently facing and provides projections to 2050. The report uniquely combines measures of resilience with the most comprehensive ecological data available, to shed light on the countries least likely to cope with extreme ecologic…