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'Vietnam's response to storms and flooding has radically improved in the past few years' said Ian Wilderspin of UNDP, 'a lot can be done but a lot has been done to reduce the risk..if you look at the scale and complexity of these storms, it's a challenge' he added...

Bolivia will be battered on five fronts by climate change, according to a new report published by Oxfam International today. The report underlines what is at stake at UN climate talks in Barcelona and an EU-US Summit in Washington today...

Dawn Goodwin, who has recently returned from Ethiopia, says that the organisation's staff on the ground are working tirelessly to respond to the immediate needs and build ongoing relationships with local communities to help them to achieve long-term change...

'The poorest among the poorest continue to suffer heavy losses, their development investments are undermined. We need to scale up, learn more about earthquake science and focus on best practices to mitigate damage' said Margareta Wahlström of UNISDR...

The second India Disaster Management Congress will be held in New Delhi from today. The three day Congress is expected to bring together 1500 scientists, scholars and practitioners working on different aspects of disaster risk reduction and management from across the world...

According to Oxfam climate change threatens development and is fast pushing the poorest communities beyond their capacity to respond to climate variability and disasters. Communities themselves are the key to unlocking what is needed for adaptation to climate change...

'As a regional neighbour and key development partner, Australia is helping improve the Philippine's preparedness to manage and respond to disasters and emergencies' said Australian Ambassador to the Philippines Rod Smith...

Twenty years after the Loma Prieta earthquake caused loss of life and widespread property damage, advances in science, technology and engineering have the San Francisco Bay Area better prepared for the next big earthquake...

The “2009 UNISDR Terminology on Disaster Risk Reduction” has been jointly published in Chinese, Japanese and Korean by the Cabinet Office of Japan (CAO), the National Emergency Management Agency of Korea (NEMA) and UNISDR . It was officially launched on

The federal government of Pakistan has requested all four provincial governments to draft comprehensive plans to evaluate the structure of all schools and hospitals and to formulate concrete action plans regarding disaster risk reduction by 2015...