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President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych believes that measures must be applied so that his country is better prepared to combat emergencies, including the threat of fires, he said in a recent conference call with regional governors...

The UN Economic Commission for Europe has launched a new programme of pilot projects aimed at promoting cooperation on adaptation to climate change under the UNECE Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (UNECE Water Convention)...

This document includes brief case studies which identify “natural solutions”, which are often an essential contribution to cost effective climate change adaptation and mitigation. They emphasize the role of natural systems for regulating water flow

Climate and Society publication series, no.2:

The publication critically examines 17 case studies of index insurance implementation, and the challenges and opportunities facing them if they are to contribute to development at meaningful scales.  It

The aim of the book is to raise the awareness of the donors and general public to the ongoing long-term effects of this disaster. This book of images from the Chernobyl zone shows the daily work of the Red Cross teams, as well as the daily reality for

Part 1: Chernobyl's legacy: health, environmental and socio-economic impacts

Nearly 20 years after the Chernobyl nuclear power plant (NPP) accident, many questions remained unanswered regarding the health, environmental, and socio-economic consequences

NATO Science series, Environmental Security, vol. 77
Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, Ravello, Italy, 8-17 November 1999.

The four parts of this book: the Problem, managing the problem (mitigation), managing the problem (warnings and

Submitted in preparation for the World Conference on Disaster Reduction, 2005, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.