Rapports

Core Messages: From the 8 May meeting of the Early Warning Information Working Group attended by FAO, iMMAP, OCHA, Solidarities International, USAID and WFP. Precipitation: Below average levels of precipitation have been recorded in the last two dekad of…

Child activists attending a Conference on Global Disaster Risk Reduction are urging governments to endorse an action plan to minimize the impacts of natural disasters on their lives. More than 600 children in 21 countries in…

Urban disaster risk Natural disasters impose a significant cost on developing countries. A recent global risk assessment estimates average annual economic losses due to cyclones to be almost 40 billion USD and from earthquakes 22 billion USD…

Contacts: In Manila: David Llorito (632) 917-3047 E-mail: comphil@worldbank.org Erika Lacson (632) 917-3013 E-mail: elacson@worldbank.org In Washington: Carl Hanlon (202) 473-8087 E-mail: chanlon@worldbank.org MANILA, MAY 3, 2011—The World Bank supports the Philippines’ climate change agenda and will highlight the country’s climate change action…

This is the 2nd edition of the Disaster Risk Management Program for Priority Countries, originally published by GFDRR in 2009. It now includes the country programs missing in the first edition (Burkina Faso, Malawi, Mali, Senegal,…

Climate change measures must be made corruption proof Dhaka, Bangladesh/Berlin, 30 April 2011 As governments prepare to spend up to US$100 billion annually by 2020 to limit climate change and prepare for its impact, Transparency International (TI) warns…

Yangon, 26 April 2011 – The response to Cyclone Giri, which struck Myanmar’s Rakhine State on 22 October last year, was swift and helped meet the basic needs of many of the estimated 260,000 people affected…

KYONEKADWNE, 26 April 2011 (IRIN) - The plight of hundreds of small fishermen lost at sea more than a month ago underscores the need for a more effective weather warning system in Myanmar, officials say. "There should…

JOHANNESBURG, 26 April 2011 (IRIN) - The Himalayan kingdom of Nepal has become one of the first countries to consider scaling up community-based adaptation (CBA) to climate change and making it part of national development policy. Nepal…

Summary In May 2009, the Government of Nepal launched the comprehensive Nepal Disaster Risk Reduction Consortium (NRRC). The NRRC is a unique institutional arrangement, bringing together financial institutions, development partners, the Red Cross / Red Crescent Movement,…