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The Swiss government is the first in Europe to officially change its nuclear power policy in response to the disaster in Japan, reports the BBC. 'In the past, it's a fact, we underestimated the risk of earthquakes,' Georg Schwarz, deputy director of the Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate, told Swiss television...

'We were quick with our emergency response, but we will now focus on livelihood and disaster risk reduction programmes as this is important for the long-term recovery of the country' said the director of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation...

This assessment report summarizes the effectiveness of SDC disaster risk reduction (DRR) commitments in 2010. The assessment provides information about the resources invested by Switzerland for the reduction of risks from natural hazards, the areas in

Ambassador Toni Frisch, Delegate for Humanitarian Aid and Head of the Swiss Humanitarian Aid Unit, will be representing Switzerland at a thematic debate of the UN General Assembly in New York on disaster risk reduction...

Building on last year’s UN summit on the Millennium Development Goals, the United Nations General Assembly will convene on Wednesday its first thematic debate on disaster risk reduction to encourage governments to take action and invest more in reducing risk and exposure to disasters. The one-day UN debate on disaster risk reduction is being organized under the auspices of the office of UN General Assembly President Joseph Deiss, with support from UNISDR.

'State have the legal duty to guarantee that forests play a role in protecting against natural hazards – especially in the mountains where they prevent landslides, rock falls, avalanches and floods" says Olivier Schneider, forestry engineer and expert in forest policy and conservation at the Swiss Federal Environment Office in a discussion on the UN International Year of Forests...

This report renders an account of the manner in which state funds for development cooperation are used. It expresses the increased focus of Swiss development cooperation on effectiveness and provide important points of reference for the further

This map is the result of a assessment of seismic hazard in Switzerland. The epicenter map shows the instrumentally recorded earthquakes of the period 1975 to 2002.