New study shows how active disaster risk management reduces losses and protects communities

LOS CABOS, MEXICO, June 16, 2012 - The leaders of the world’s largest economies, meeting at the G20 Summit in Los Cabos, Mexico, have highlighted the importance of disaster risk management as an integral part of development policy to reflect their concern about the dramatic increase in losses from natural disasters in both developed and developing countries.

Appeal target (current): CHF 5,000,000 (USD 4.4m or EUR 3.3m).

Appeal coverage: despite initial expressions of interest there has been limited donor response to this appeal (the donor response update will be updated accordingly and made available on the Federations website shortly). A number of partner National Societies are reportedly contributing support on a bilateral basis, and are encouraged to transmit this information, either to Geneva (Secretariat) or the respective