Central/Eastern Europe: Heat Wave - Jul 2007 Updates

Report calls for building disaster risk into development efforts Sarajevo, 20 May 2016 – Two years after massive flooding caused widespread devastation and loss of life in the Western Balkans,...

Project Objectives [from section 2 of PCN] The objective of the proposed Disaster Risk Mitigation and Adaptation Project for Moldova is to reduce the country's vulnerability to natural hazards and...

Adovocacy Tool Kit Overall situation - In the past 100 years, the global average temperature has risen by about 0.74 degrees Celsius. - The rate of change accelerated over the course of the 20th...

A joint partnership between the World Bank, the Moldovan Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry and the Ministry of Environment was launched in Moldova's capital in the late days of October. The...

Appeal No. MAA67003 30/08/2009 This report covers the period 01/01/2009 to 30/06/2009. In brief Programme summary: The International Federation's regional representation in Moscow worked with the...

1. Country and Sector Background Croatia, similar to other countries in the South Eastern and Central Europe, is exposed to a range of natural hazards, particularly, floods, wildfires, earthquakes,...

Climate-related disasters are increasing in intensity and frequency, and communities around the world are facing the humanitarian consequences of climate change on a daily basis. Volunteers from the...

(Poznan, 3 December 2008): Today, for the first time in climate change negotiations, the humanitarian agencies of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee have teamed up with disaster risk reduction staff...

HIGHLIGHTS - World cereal production in 2008 is forecast to increase 2.8 percent to a record 2 180 million tonnes. Most of the increase is in wheat following significant expansion in plantings in all...

This report covers the period of 01/01/2006 to 31/12/2007 of a two-year planning and appeal process 2006-2007. In brief Programme Summary: In 2006 and 2007 the National Society, with support from the...

In March 2008, PIPA in cooperation with local partner The Saint George Peasants Cartel distributed humanitarian aid to 970 peasants in 15 regions of Moldova, those most affected by draught in summer...

135,000 people receive assistance under $8.5 million programme Five UN agencies have banded together to help Moldova recover from last year's devastating drought, providing emergency aid to...

The United Nations system's response to last year's drought in Moldova was a 'powerful demonstration' of what can be achieved if people and agencies work together, Kaarina Immonen, the United Nations...

Glide no: HT-2007-000105-BIH The International Federation's Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) is a source of un-earmarked money created by the Federation in 1985 to ensure that immediate...

This appeal seeks CHF 10,543,184 (USD 9,430,397 or EUR 6,389,808) to fund the planned programmes that are to be implemented in 2008- 2009. In a world of global challenges, continued poverty,...

Le gouvernement grec a décerné une distinction aux participants de l'aide suisse à la lutte contre les incendies de forêts dévastateurs de fin août/début septembre. L'armée suisse avait dépêché...

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U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) BACKGROUND AND KEY DEVELOPMENTS -...

IP/07/1330 Brussels, 13 September 2007. Following a severe drought in Moldova, especially districts in the South, the European Commission has allocated €3 million in humanitarian aid for the...

(Extract) Hurricane Felix Hurricane Felix came ashore on Tuesday morning in northeast Nicaragua, near Punta Gorda, as a category five storm. Hurricane warnings have also been issued for eastern...