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Natural disasters have cost nearly $ 90 billion in 2015
If the number of natural disasters was particularly strong last year, the amount of damage are reached lowest level since 2009.
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Scaling Up Climate and Disaster Resilience for the World's Most Vulnerable
01/05/2016. Managed by the World Bank, GFDRR, a global partnership, help developing countries to reduce their vulnerabilities to natural hazards and adapt to climate change.
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Climate refugees: eternal "forgotten Law People"?
11/30/2015. Hundreds of millions of people are likely to leave their land due to the environmental problems.
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More than a tree ...
Between 2008 and 2011, Malteser International has helped the community Kyae Taw planting almost 18,000 mangroves, protecting more than 3,000 residents of two villages.
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The private sector: stepping up
January 2015. This article draws on interviews with over 30 representatives from the private sector, civil society, the UN, the IFRC/Philippines Red Cross and the government of the Philippines...
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The State of Affairs and Ongoing Challenges of the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster
March 2015. The present report is a provisional and partial translation of the comprehensive Japanese report ...
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Ditching the disaster cycle
03/16/2015. Focus on sustainable development to manage risk...
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Interview with Pedro Medrano Rojas, UN Senior Coordinator for the Cholera Response in Haiti
03/04/2015. The persistence of cholera in Haiti is mainly due to the lack of access to clean water and appropriate sanitation facilities ...
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Agriculture pays the highest price to disasters
03/19/2015. According to a new FAO report nearly a quarter of the damage caused by natural disasters in the developing world are borne by the agricultural sector.
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Major New Disaster Risk Management Program for Afghanistan
10/03/2015. The 36-month, USD 9.9 million project will build upon IOM’s ongoing efforts to reduce the risks posed by natural disasters in Afghanistan.
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