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This policy brief, issued while Governments discuss how to adapt to climate change in Durban, reflects that African countries are committed and investing funds to reduce risk to floods and droughts, albeit too little and still insufficiently in

The League of Arab States (LAS) and UNISDR move one step closer to a plan of action on disaster risk reduction for the Arab region. The action plan is expected to be endorsed at the first-ever Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Arab region planned for 2012.

La gestion des risques aura droit à une stratégie nationale au Maroc selon L'Economiste...

UNISDR, the UN's disaster risk reduction office, in Egypt joined events around the world to celebrate the International Day for Disaster Reduction, 13 October, with the theme of recognizing the role of children and young people as partners in disaster risk reduction.

تحتفل الأمم المتحدة باليوم الدولي للحد من مخاطر الكوارث بالدعوة إلى زيادة الاستثمار في هذا المجال من أجل المستقبل وبالتركيز على الدور الحيوي الذي يقوم به الأطفال والشباب

Some of the biggest media houses in the world from the Times of India to the Philippines Daily Inquirer to Caracol Television in Colombia have now participated in media training on disaster risk reduction organized by UNISDR, the United Nations office for disaster reduction, with the support of ECHO, the European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid branch.

The report 'Natural Hazards, Unnatural Disasters' asserts that the MENA region will become more vulnerable to floods, earthquakes, droughts, landslides and other natural disasters that can impede development, unless effective risk management is applied.

Pour la première fois en Afrique et dans le monde arabe, la construction d'une station sismique va avoir lieu à Agadir, Maroc d'après Libération...