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Speaking at the Global Platform for Disaster Reduction last week in Geneva, UNEP's Ibrahim Thiaw, called for greater integration of ecosystem management in climate change adaptation and disaster preparedness and response...

En El Salvador se celebro el primer Taller Nacional sobre Sistemas de Alerta Temprana ante Inundaciones, en el que participo la Organización de Estados Americanos, entre otros...

"El huracán Mitch fue un punto de partida para la región, desde entonces venimos hablando del riesgo y de la (cultura) de prevención", declaró el responsable de la Comisión Centroamericana de Ambiente y Desarrollo, Roberto Rodríguez...

A report from the International Federation of the Red Cross and the Red Crescent Societies on water management issues in North-Eastern province of Kenya...

A report on Red Cross risk-reduction effort for tsunamis in Tanzania which involves communications, risk mapping, evacuation procedures, supplementary first-aid training and educational noticeboards....

"The rising dangers of climate change require a response from governments equivalent to the one made to address the global financial crisis," according to the chief executive of the world's Red Cross and Red Crescent body...

A proposal for debt swaps was adopted on Friday, by parliamentarians attending the Global Platform 2009 in Geneva, Switzerland, as a creative solution to raise funds for disaster risk reduction programmes...

The Global Platform ended today with participants from more than 300 regional/national organizations and governments urging political leaders to implement measures to halve the number of deaths from natural hazards by 2015. > View full story

A new report by Oxfam, The Winds of Change: Climate change, poverty and the environment in Malawi, recommends the Malawian government to take action to adapt to the vagaries of climate change, but makes clear that women’s participation must be central...

A report from IFRC on the latest 'imihigo' or 'performance contract', a risk reduction project run by the Rwanda Red Cross (RRC)in the eastern Kayonza district, a relatively dry area where food security is a major issue...