ABSTRACT This summary note presents the key concept and approach of Green Water Defense for flood risk management in East Asia. East Asia is home to more than a quarter of the world's population. It...
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ABSTRACT This summary note presents the key concept and approach of Green Water Defense for flood risk management in East Asia. East Asia is home to more than a quarter of the world's population. It...
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Volume 93 Number 884 December 2011 EDITORIAL: THE FUTURE OF HUMANITARIAN ACTION What evolution and underlying trends influence the future of humanitarian action and its ability to respond to the...
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Brussels, 13 December 2011: Can I begin by thanking all members of the AFET Committee for the support and involvement that you have shown over the last months. I am extremely glad that the Heads of...
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GA/11196 Sixty-sixth General Assembly Plenary 86th Meeting (AM) Only by streamlining responses to the world’s complex humanitarian landscape would the needs of those affected by disasters and...
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FOREWORD Every year, the plight and needs of many of the world’s most vulnerable people are described in the Consolidated Appeals Process (CAP). This year’s CAP spans 18 countries and outlines needs...
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I. Introduction Large-scale humanitarian crises necessitate concerted response. Humanitarian teams in sixteen countries with continuing emergencies have accordingly prepared concerted action plans...
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Key messages: • Some evidence is available to show that Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth in African countries is under threat from the impact of natural hazards, particularly agricultural drought...
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Exchange of views with the Development committee of the European Parliament: Brussels, 5 December 2011 Madame la Présidente, honourable members, Ladies and Gentlemen, dear colleagues, I am very...
Published: 24 November 2011 9:52 CET By Joe Lowry Since the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) last met at its General Assembly in 2009, the world has experienced...
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Defining Disaster Resilience: What does it mean for DFID? Building disaster resilience is the term we use to describe the process of helping communities and countries to be better prepared to...
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31st INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE RED CROSS AND RED CRESCENT Geneva, Switzerland 28 November – 1 December 2011 Background report Document prepared by the International Federation of the Red Cross...
An International Conference on Adaptation to Climate Change and Food Security in West Asia and North Africa today adopted the “Kuwait Declaration” which called for urgent actions to minimize the...
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Summary: 16 November 2011, Paris - Speech by Kristalina Georgieva, European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response, on the "Challenges and priorities for...
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This issue addresses disaster risk by highlighting the action undertaken by the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) and its partners to reduce the impacts of natural...
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(Extract) EMERGENCY UPDATE - Needs Still Gr eat in Pakistan and Horn o f Africa Recent months have seen large-scale flooding in Asia, Latin America, and a massive earthquake in Turkey. Thank you to...
RESUME Les impacts liés aux désastres et à la sous-nutrition sont en constante augmentation. De plus en plus de désastres surviennent, la proportion de personnes touchées et le montant du préjudice...
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INTERNATIONAL DISASTER REDUCTION DAY Over 80 countries around the world answered UNISDR’s call to “Step Up for Disaster Risk Reduction” on October 13, International Disaster Reduction Day. Reports...
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I. Introduction In Africa, ongoing and new emergencies caused large-scale displacement in 2010 and 2011. In southern and central Somalia, in addition to drought and emerging famine, fighting led to...
Press Release No. 930 Geneva / Changwon, Republic of Korea, 18 Oct 2011 (WMO) – Scientific progress has laid the basis for more effective policies to combat and manage drought and desertification...
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MEMO/11/699 For the fourteenth year in a row, the European Commission convenes its humanitarian partners for their Annual Conference in Brussels on 18 and 19 October. More than 350 participants from...