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Adaptation to climate change: linking disaster risk reduction and insurance
K. Warner;N. Ranger;S. Surminski / International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR), 2010
Development gains are increasingly at risk from climate change among other pressures. Adverse changes are already being observed in the amount, intensity, frequency and type of precipitation, resultin...
UNISDR Briefing Note 2 - Adaptation to climate change by reducing disaster risks: country practices and lessons
International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR), 2009
With the threat of increased disasters from climate change, many countries are already taking steps to reduce their vulnerability to weather and climatic hazards. This Briefing Note reports on case st...
Disaster risk management in a changing climate. Discussion paper prepared for the World Conference on Distaster Reduction on behalf of the Vulnerability and Adaptation Resource Group (VARG)
F. Sperling;F. Szekely / International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR), 2005
Climate change is a reality, not a distant possibility in the future. Weather-related disasters are exerting an increasing toll on developing and developed countries, destroying lives and livelihoods ...
UNISDR Briefing Note 1 - Climate change and disaster risk reduction
International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR), 2008
Climate change and disaster risk reduction (DRR) are closely linked. Increased extreme weather events in the future are likely to increase the number and scale of disasters while the existing methods ...
2006 – 2007 World Disaster Reduction Campaign: disaster risk reduction begins at school
International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR), 2007
This report presents an overview of the campaign “Disaster risk reduction begins at school” and the lessons learned from good practice in different countries affected by various natural an...
Lessons for life: building a culture of safety and resilience to disasters through schools: a briefing paper
J. Campbell;R. Yates / International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR), 2006
The paper is based on the one of the core components of Hyogo Framework for Action 2005–2015 - the ‘use of knowledge and education systems to build a culture of safety and resilience at al...
Private sector activities in disaster risk reduction: good practices and lessons learned
International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR), 2008
As the flagship UN document for disaster reduction, the Hyogo Framework for Action requests the promotion and establishment of public–private partnerships in order to better engage the p...
Global facility for disaster reduction and recovery: handbook on the standby recovery financing facility
International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR), 2008
Natural disasters present a growing threat to developing countries that lack financial or material resources to mitigate their risks to catastrophes or recover from the effects. International aid i...

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