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Israeli research teams with Italy, France, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland and Romania to create a reliable early warning system for railways in order to prevent accidents caused by avalanches, earthquakes and even terrorists...

To further the reach of community-level disaster risk reduction and adaptation to climate change, the Government of Norway has committed USD 16 million to support Bangladesh in strengthening its disaster management system...

The preparation of this National Progress Report has been undertaken within the framework of the biennial 2007-09 HFA Monitoring and Progress Review process, facilitated by UNISDR and ISDR System partners.

Report for the period 2007-2009:

The main objective of this report is to identify key trends in terms of progress made and challenges faced at both national and regional levels through the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) in Europe

The Foreign Ministry of the Royal Norwegian Government and Asian Disaster Preparedness Center signed a memorandum of understanding on 27 May 2009 to foster greater co-operation, between the two institutions, on disaster risk reduction...

A study suggests that extreme weather events in the Arctic will become more common as the winter ice cover retreats, with potentially severe consequences for human activity...

Report on the findings of the conference

This report summarises the discussions and conclusions of the Oslo Policy Forum on changing the way we develop: dealing with disasters and climate change, held on February 27-29 2008 in Oslo.

The main target