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The earthquake insurance workshops were attended by over 100 participants.
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Boost for quake insurance in SE Europe

A major step towards implementation of a disaster risk financing framework in South Eastern Europe has been taken with the completion of a first round of training workshops on new approaches to earthquake insurance last month.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Europe & Central Asia
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Reducing the vulnerability of FYR Macedonia's agricultural systems to climate change: impact assessment and adaptation options

This detailed country report addresses the risks of climate change to agriculture in FYR Macedonia and identifies and prioritizes practical adaptation responses. It provides a menu of climate change adaptation options for the agriculture and water

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Looking beyond the horizon: how climate change impacts and adaptation responses will reshape agriculture in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

This volume presents a synthesis of the multi-country collaborative program of analytical and advisory activities titled Reducing Vulnerability to Climate Change in European and Central Asian Agricultural Systems. The program has been a collaborative

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Looking beyond the horizon: How climate change impacts and adaptation responses will reshape agriculture in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

'The adverse impacts of a changing climate are going to have serious effects in agriculture and water sectors. This would have an impact on food security, nutrition, and rural livelihoods, said William Sutton, World Bank's Lead Economist...
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UN Day events focus on disaster risk

Brussels - Two mayors working hard to make their cities safer and more resilient took advantage of the recent United Nations Day to showcase the importance of reducing disaster risk.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Europe & Central Asia
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Protecting development from disasters: UNDP's support to the Hyogo Framework for Action

This publication highlights the results that UNDP has achieved since 2005, in supporting disaster risk reduction (DRR) and recovery in countries prone to disasters.
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The former Yugoslav Rep of Macedonia: National progress report on the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action (2011-2013)

The preparation of this National Progress Report has been undertaken within the framework of the biennial 2011-13 HFA Monitoring and Progress Review process, facilitated by UNISDR and the ISDR partnership.
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Strengthening multi-hazard early warning systems and risk assessment in the Western Balkans and Turkey: assessment of capacities, gaps and needs

This document reports on a project which aim was to reduce the vulnerability of South Eastern European Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) beneficiaries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

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