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This document is the latest assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). It provides a comprehensive, state-of-the-art and worldwide overview of scientific knowledge related to the mitigation of climate change. It includes a

Communities in the Sahel region (Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali) in West Africa are faced with hazards like drought year after year. Those that are chronically poor, in debt and lacking sufficient assets, struggle to cope effectively with these shocks.

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This document presents a Programme Framework for an enhanced approach to Comprehensive Disaster Management (CDM) in the Caribbean. The revised and enhanced Framework is intended to emphasize disaster loss reduction through risk management, and to follow a

There is a strong and increasing recognition of the crucial role of water in sustainable development, but meeting competing demands will require coordinated action and considerable funding. To respond to needs, governments, international organizations

The Queensland Disaster Management Act 2003 (the Act) forms the legislative basis for disaster management activities within all levels of Government and the Queensland Disaster Management System. One of the key responsibilities outlined in the Act is for the establishment of a State Disaster Management Group. A key function of this Group is to develop a strategic policy framework for disaster management for the State.

The overall goal of ProVention is to reduce the risk and social, economic and environmental impacts of natural hazards on vulnerable populations in developing countries in order to alleviate poverty and contribute to sustainable development, in line with

Climate protection is an issue of global importance. Greater progress would already have been made, had policy-makers paid more attention to the concerns of the financial sector from the start. Without public-private partnerships it will be impossible to

This review of the active portfolio of World Bank projects aimed at improving urban environmental quality was carried out during 2002-03 in order to assess the level of commitment of the institution to urban sustainability. The review focuses on the