Reports

On the fifth anniversary of the devastating Boxing Day tsunamis, Australian Red Cross is in the final stages of recovery work, which has involved the construction of thousands of homes across the region, and the rebuilding of livelihoods and…

Experts on the Ground Available for Comment WESTPORT, Conn. (Dec. 22, 2009) - Save the Children is coordinating with Philippine authorities to help evacuate thousands of residents to safety in the communities near the lava-oozing Moyan volcano, which experts believe could…

Geneva, Colombo, Jakarta, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur Five years on from the 2004 tsunami, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is calling upon the international community to honour commitments tostep up disaster risk reduction efforts in the…

When the Koshi River which flows through the Eastern Terai region of Nepal flooded in summer 2008, it displaced more than 60,000 people, damaged the national highway, and destroyed crops. Since then, major concerns have been voiced that the…

BANGKOK, 17 December 2009 (IRIN) - More funds and policies are needed for disaster risk reduction to protect vulnerable communities in the Asia Pacific region, says the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). The call comes…

Bangkok/Ha Noi, 15 December 2009 - Climate change will have serious consequences for Viet Nam's Mekong and Red River Deltas - two key rice and agricultural producing areas in the country - unless global warming is addressed. The Red River…

Verdict Delivered At World's First International Climate Hearing Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Mary Robinson, former UN Commissioner for Human Rights, delivered a global verdict on the human cost of climate change today. The judgment was passed at the world's first international climate…

CHILDREN already struggling to adapt to severe, unpredictable weather and environmental disasters are being denied a say in the climate change debate, says children's organisation Plan International. Young people in developing countries are taking on more responsibility and initiatives to…

INTRODUCTION The increasing severity and frequency of climate change impacts calls for an immediate need to alter the way we conceptualize and respond to development issues. Challenges such as war, famine and financial recessions tend to be relatively short,…

25% of Bangladesh is flooded during the monsoon every year. With climate change it may rise to 40%. Oxfam, one of our partners working in Bangladesh, were filming in Gabura in the south-west, when cyclone Aila hit the Bangladesh /…