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The use of space-based information and services to help reduce the risk of disasters in the Asia-Pacific region received a boost today with a collaboration agreement between JAXA and UN-ESCAP...

The project entitled “Capacity Development for Adaptation to climate change and GHG Mitigation” (C3D+) was launched in Poznan by Mamadou Moussa Diakhité manager of the Climate Change Programme...

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.

Margareta Wahlström becomes Assistant Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction and the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action in the UNISDR Secretariat...

At a time when over 50 percent of humanity lives in urban areas, UN-Habitat’s new 'State of the World’s Cities Report 2008/9: Harmonious Cities' sets out to determine which cities are in danger and which communities might well be drowned out....

'We need greater investment in the development of models to aid decision-making, reduce uncertainty and augment costly monitoring programmes' said Corinne Wallace, researcher at UNU and one of the authors of a new policy brief....

The staged tsunami drill, “Exercise Pacific Wave 08,” will involve two days of testing the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (PTWS) - a UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) established network to promote the exchange of seismic and sea level data for rapid tsunami detection.

This document gives an overview of FAO’s work with regard to natural and human-induced disasters in the fisheries and aquaculture sectors, together with the lessons learned and experience gained on how to improve disaster response, preparedness, and