Reports

UNEP Finance Initiative Members Underline Industry Roll in Renewables to Current and Future Forest Carbon Projects Poznan, 10 December 2008-Weather-related natural disasters are now outstripping ones linked with earthquakes by an ever widening factor, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and…

80 Bishops, relief agencies call for urgent action and moral responsibility POZNAN, 5 December 2008 - Bishops and representatives of more than 170 Catholic groups are calling on the UN climate summit to reflect needs of the poor in developing…

KATHMANDU, 4 December 2008 (IRIN) - Thousands of schoolchildren in Nepal are at risk of losing their lives in an earthquake, experts warn. The lack of measures to mitigate such a potential disaster is causing serious concern to experts in Kathmandu, one…

This year has seen hundreds of weather-related catastrophes, including the cyclone in Myanmar, floods in India, hurricanes in the Caribbean and drought in Ethiopia. As climate change means a dramatic rise in the numbers of people being affected by natural…

By Leslie Knott KABUL, Afghanistan, 1 December 2008 - With 504 recorded cases, Afghanistan has a relatively low number of confirmed HIV cases, but experts on the disease are raising alarm bells for an expected rise in reported numbers, especially…

(Kuala-Lumpur, Malaysia) - Concerned about the increasing vulnerability of Asian communities, high-level representatives from more than 80 Asian countries will gather tomorrow ( Tuesday 2 December) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for a three-day Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction to…

Downscaling of aid operations and insecurity has left hundreds of thousands of people without aid Quick-fix aid projects by the military in Afghanistan are placing recipient communities and aid workers in danger of insurgent attacks, warned the British and Irish…

As the United Nations Security Council visits Afghanistan, millions of women, men and children in Afghanistan are facing food shortages, made worse as early winter snows hamper efforts to assist them, Oxfam International has warned. Five million Afghans are facing…

Mr. Khalili once again handed over an official appeal to the donor and UN representatives to support Afghan government in accessing 129 districts prone to disaster in 22 provinces in the coming winter and to address food shortages and…

Floods caused by days of heavy rains in central Quang Nam Province have killed a child, broken dikes and are threatening to damage ancient Hoi An Town. Truong Thi Viet, 9, was washed away while making her way home from…