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The Caribbean Net News reports that '"Tsunami Ready" ready...will mean completion of inundation modelling and mapping, identification and publicizing of evacuation routes, installation of signage and a program of staff training and public education about tsunami risk and response...'

The Australian ministers for foreign affairs and climate change and water announced funding priorities to assist Pacific Island States meet the immediate challenges of climate change. The Government had previously announced $150 million for the International Climate Change Adaptation Initiative...

The Bulletin reports that the Australian government has launched new DRR initiatives in the Philippines including mainstreaming, climate change adaptation in local and land use plans and processes, and technical assistance to the National Mapping and Resource Information Authority...

According to the report, a UNICEF representative has called for increasing engagement in climate change adaptation, risk mitigation, early warning, preparedness and emergency response in order to reduce the impact of disasters...'

The Lusaka Times reports on the plan 'aimed at minimizing the risks associated with hazards in disaster prone areas of the district', noting that the national plan conforms to the Hyogo Framework of Action and emphasizes development programme interventions...

Today, the first World Humanitarian Day will be observed. The Day was established last year by the United Nations General Assembly to honor all humanitarian and the United Nations and associated personnel who have lost their lives in the cause of duty and

Participants selected from thousands of applicants based on their outstanding green achievements on their home turf show an impressive range of initiatives illustrate just how much today's children and youth understand and want to commit to the environment...

The German Red Cross, in close cooperation with the Peruvian Red Cross, is set to begin a project in four Peruvian districts to develop disaster risk reduction through education and local risk management...

In the face of increasing disasters, the Philippine government - from national to provincial and municipal - are urging 'disaster mitigation and pre-emptive evacuation' in addition to preventive actions including hazard mapping and early warning...

At a recent event announcing the launch of the Provincial Disaster Risk Management Plan was launched by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA), a call 'to improve capacity to minimize risk'...