Arkiv for kategorien ‘Disaster Risk Reduction’


How climate change, urbanization are changing disaster aid

torsdag, 26. januar 2012

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LONDON (AlertNet) – Picture this: a terrible drought forces you to abandon your meager plot of farmland, so you migrate…

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World hunger report 2011

mandag, 10. oktober 2011

FAO: This year’s report focuses on the costs of food price volatility, as well as the dangers and opportunities presented…

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An Illustrated Guide to the Science of Global Warming Impacts

lørdag, 1. oktober 2011

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ThinkProgress

How We Know Inaction Is the Gravest Threat Humanity Faces

In this post, Joe Romm  summarizes what the recent scientific literature…

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Investing in Ecosystem Services Vital to Improving Food Security

mandag, 22. august 2011

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Nairobi/Stockholm, 22 August 2010 – Recognising healthy ecosystems as the basis for sustainable water resources and stable food security can…

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Mapping and measuring water risk.

onsdag, 17. august 2011

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WRI’s portal for water risk analysis. This website contains information on the Aqueduct project, and the prototype of the Water…

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Extreme Weather and Climate Change

mandag, 25. juli 2011

Scientific American published a three-part series authored by award-winning science journalist John Carey and commissioned by the Pew Center on Global…

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42 million displaced by sudden natural disasters in 2010

tirsdag, 7. juni 2011

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Geneva/Oslo, 6 June 2011 – Over 42 million people across the world were forced to flee due to disasters triggered…

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Oslo: The Nansen Conference on Climate Change and Displacement.

tirsdag, 7. juni 2011

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Climate is a key determinant for today’s demography. Climatic conditions change over time due to natural climate variability, but changes…

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Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2011

torsdag, 12. maj 2011

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The 2011 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction was prepared while disasters have continued to wipe out the lives and…

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