Reports

DOHA, 11 December 2012 (IRIN) - Covering the UN climate change talks is, in many ways, a surreal experience. This year’s talks - the 18th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UN Framework Convention on…

Highlights Measles: 122 alerts investigated this week, responding to 31 outbreaks involving 397 measles cases. Vitamin A was provided to cases and EDOs‐H took action to improve vaccination in af‐ fected areas (Page 7) AWD: 4 alerts investigated…

New Delhi, 4 December 2012 – The European Union (EU) and the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) today signed a €11 million agreement for livelihood development and mitigation of climate change impacts through adaptation.…

Switzerland will provide an additional grant of USD 8.6 million for the Bangladesh Climate Change Resilience Fund (BCCRF) in order to help Bangladesh better cope with the adverse impacts of climate change, and to carry out…

Nana Rukmana, The Jakarta Post, Cirebon | Archipelago | Fri, December 07 2012, 8:06 AM Around 10,000 hectares of rice fields on the northern coast of Cirebon regency, one of West Java’s rice production centers, are at…

GENEVA/BANGKOK, 5 December 2012 - The UN Office for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) today praised the improved performance of early warning systems in the Philippines as Typhoon Bopha cut a swathe of destruction across the country resulting…

Seismologists convicted of manslaughter Earthquake early warning “nearly impossible” No protocols to communicate seismic risk BANGKOK, 4 December 2012 (IRIN) - The recent conviction in Italy of seismologists on manslaughter charges, based on their failure to warn residents about…

Flooding has become a significant urban problem for Indonesia this past decade. Excessive rainfall caused extreme events such as five-year floods, torrential floods and flash floods, and extreme tidal backflows have inundated the low-lying coastal area.…

(Dhaka/New York, 3 December 2012): The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos has made her first official visit to Bangladesh, one of the world’s most disaster prone countries. Bangladesh, which is…

Food, Water and Livelihoods in Pacific Islands under Increasing Threat from Climate Change Invasive Species, Waste, and Extreme Weather Events among Key Challenges Doha (Qatar), 4 December 2012 – Island communities in the Pacific Ocean are facing unprecedented…