News and announcements

More than twenty journalists from Lebanese radio, television and print media, as well as communication officers from the Lebanese government, attended a two-day media training in Beirut on how to cover disasters from a prevention angle.

'The results we achieved showed that not adapting to climate change would cost the Egyptian economy up to LE180 billion, a figure estimated over the next 25 years' said Mahmoud Medani, Egyptian expert on climate change and agriculture in an interview with Al-Masry Al-Youm...

La Secretaria General adjunta para la Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres de las Naciones Unidas (ONU), Margareta Wahlström, asistirá a la XXXVII Cumbre de Jefes de Estado y gobiernos del Sistema de Integración Centroamericana (Sica)...

'Although investment in early warning systems and preparedness for natural disasters could reduce human and property losses, Viet Nam and other countries in the world still faced many challenges' said Barnaby Jones, UNDP deputy country director at the launch in Ha Noi of the Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction...

'Extreme weather events continue to grow more frequent and intense in rich and poor countries alike, not only devastating lives, but also infrastructure, institutions, and budgets' said Ban Ki-moon, addressing the Security Council’s debate on the impact of climate change on international peace and security...

'Given the fact that there are hundreds of community broadcasting stations in operation in Nepal, it has become a matter of public concern how effective they [the media] have been in creating community awareness about climate change adaptation', writes Lal Deosa Rai for the Himalayan Times...

Belice y República Dominicana crearon 'un sistema integrado' de meteorología e hidrología para prevenir desastres naturales, informó el Comité Regional de Recursos Hidráulicos (CRRH)...

The Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Dao Xuan Hoc said the Ministry is working with relevant national and local departments to enact a law on disaster risk prevention and reduction, clearly defining the roles of the Government and to assure that citizens had access to information on disaster risks.