NBC - Nuclear, Biological, Chemical

The inaugural report of the Insurance Working Group of the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative:

This report identifies nine vital global sustainability issues, based on their urgency, scale and the ability of the insurance industry

A day after a chlorine gas leak at the Mumbai Port Trust, a disaster risk reduction specialist raises doubts on whether a city with many chemical and pharmaceutical factories is equipped to handle a chemical accident...

This report summarizes the outcomes of the assessment and desk-review analysis undertaken of achievements in disaster risk reduction (DRR) and the implementation of Hyogo Framework for Action in Kyrgyzstan, which aims to be included in the preparation of

This book focuses on topics that received little attention until now, like economic aspects of disasters and land use planning as a mitigation tool. It looks at risks in a comprehensive way, and considers risks not just as a technical, social, political

Background material in view of COP15:

This document presents the EU’s fight against climate change hand-in-hand with an ambitious energy policy, covering the main environmental issues such as biodiversity loss, deforestation and forest governance

Risk assessment for Central Asia and Caucasus: desk study review:

This desk review presents an initiative which aims at reducing Central Asia and the Caucasus (CAC)'s vulnerability to the risk of disasters, in line with the Hyogo Framework for Action

This booklet is a practical, and easy to comprehend, assistance manual for citizens to be prepared for emergency situations.

This document is a Russian contribution to the implementation of IDNDR programmes.

This annual report contains an inventory of the major disasters that occured in Cameroon in 2008 and an analysis of the government's civil protection policy.