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A new briefing paper from Oxfam identifies "the limited investment in building resilience and disaster risk reduction (DRR), despite rhetoric to the contrary" as one of main failures of humanitarian aid in recent times.

'The global challenge of climate change requires a global solution, and Canada is stepping up to the plate,' said Peter Kent, Minister of the Environment...

Cuando se mira el panorama latinoamericano en cuanto a la formación del talento humano en gestión de riesgos de desastres (GRD) los especialistas concuerdan de que se trata de un escenario positivo y en franco crecimiento....

'Instead of writing emergency operations plans, we need to find ways to reduce vulnerability and enhance capabilities,'writes Dr. Choi Sang-ok, associate professor in the Department of Public Administration at Korea University...

Handicap International is implementing a project called ‘Make Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction Inclusive in South Asia’ in six coastal districts in Odisha. The objective of the visit was to review the sustainability part of the replicable activities...

For the second year in a row, Valentine's Day on the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar has been marked by the arrival of a tropical cyclone. Cyclone Giovanna made landfall on the east coast shortly after midnight, bringing torrential rain and reported wind speeds of up to 231 km per hour.

In Eastern Visayas, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is promoting bamboo cultivation by local government units in areas that have been tagged by the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) as landslide-prone...

'The Water Development Board should be reformed to ensure people's participation at all stages of the project activities to make successful climate change adaptation programmes at a lower cost' says speakers at a recent seminar, calling for the participation of women and children in infrastructure planning...