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This profile details the impact of climate change on health in Brunei Darussalam as well as opportunities for action and the national policy response.

This bulletin addresses the progress on DRR of the ASEAN Member States. It is a review of the progress made under the Hyogo Framework and consider the way forward for DRR. This brief review is provided by By Centre for Non-Traditional Security (NTS) Studies S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Singapore.

This study provides an overview on disasters and conflicts in 57 Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) member countries during the last four decades, including a review of disaster risk reduction strategies from The Yokohama Strategy to the Hyogo

'The participation of ASEAN Member States in the launching of ASSI Phase II underscores our firm resolve to continue building safer schools and enabling children to become more resilient to disasters,' said the Director of the National Disaster Management Centre...

ASEAN culminates its commemoration of the ASEAN Day for Disaster Management with regional ceremonies hosted today by the Government of Brunei Darussalam. In this era of changing climate, ASEAN believes that implementing disaster mitigation activities will build the resilience of people and communities and help them recover faster and bounce forward quicker after a disaster...

The preparation of this Regional Progress Report has been undertaken within the framework of the biennial 2011-2013 Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) Monitoring and Progress Review process, facilitated by UNISDR and the ISDR partnership.

'We must be prepared for the possibility that disasters can strike at anytime. Therefore, rigorous preparation and planning with cooperation from various parties is important to achieve the objective in effective and holistic disaster risk reduction,' said Brunei's Deputy Minister of Home Affairs...

All schools in Southeast Asian countries are invited to submit best practices on reducing risk and loss from natural disasters...