Reports

(02/07/2012 11:32:41) Oxfam starts a 5-year disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation project in Ben Tre Province in Vietnam in partnership with the province’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD). Funded by the New Zealand…

In this issue Featured Stories Supporting Climate Change Adaption in Asia Pacific Stories from Philippines Maldives Tuvalu Solomon Islands Videos from Asia Pacfic Photostory from Cambodia Strengthening Climate Early Warning Systems Across Africa in Support of Climate Resilient Development A Fresh Crop: Exciting Adaptation Initiatives Take…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Plan (NDRRMP) fulfills the requirement of RA No. 10121 of 2010, which provides the legal basis for policies, plans and programs to deal with disasters. The NDRRMP covers…

Date: 22 June 2012 Press Release No: G/35/2012 NEW DELHI – Twenty-one countries agreed to develop a financial mechanism for the sustainability of the Regional Integrated Multi-Hazard Early Warning System for Africa and Asia (RIMES) at the First…

IOM has received US$ 518,000 from the USAID's Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) to implement Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) activities in five of Timor-Leste's most disaster-prone districts. Over the past decade, Timor-Leste has experienced wild fluctuations…

Nepal is one of the world’s 20 most disaster-prone countries. It faces the threat of devastating floods, landslides, windstorms, hailstorms, fires, glacial lake floods, avalanches and earthquakes. Preparedness is vital in a country where natural disasters…

By Michael Vincent D. Cajulao Tuesday 19th of June 2012 ZAMBOANGA CITY, June 19 (PIA) -- Local Government chiefs, representatives, and national line agency heads from all over Zamboanga Peninsula converge in the city today as the Department…

Tuesday 19th of June 2012 TACURONG CITY, Sultan Kudarat, June 19 (PIA) -- Barangay officials of all the 20 barangays of Tacurong City recently underwent a two-day roll out training on Barangay Disaster Risk Reduction & Management…

By Naresh Newar DANG, Nepal, Jun 15 2012 (IPS) - When Arati Chaudhary’s husband left for India to find work as a migrant labourer, the job of managing farm and family fell on her slender shoulders. “My family…

RIO DE JANEIRO, 13 June 2012 (IRIN) - Ahead of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD), popularly known as the Rio+20 Conference, IRIN has released a new publication "Living with Climate Change", that contains a…