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'You have been pioneers in calling attention to the specific vulnerability of Small Island States to climate change. Adaptation strategies to this very real threat will require sizeable and sustained investment' said the United Nations Secretary-General...

'I do think there is a significant tsunami risk from the Caribbean,' said Dr John Gosse, Associate Professor of Earth Sciences at Dalhousie University, speaking on the natural hazards facing Bermuda...

Koji Kuroiwa from the World Meteorological Organization, based in Geneva, said he hoped that this week's session would lead to 'better visibility of the WMO in the global efforts for disaster risk reduction.'...

The partnership is hoped to facilitate capacity building and to develop strategies for mitigating the physical and socio-economic impacts of natural hazards, such as hurricanes and earthquakes, in the various countries of the region...