The latest id21 news focuses on disaster reduction, with links to a number
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*** id21News Number 180, October 2005 ***
FOCUS ON: Being prepared for disasters
More than 200 million people a year have been affected by natural
disasters such as earthquakes or hurricanes in the last 20 years.
Governments, donors, the UN and NGOs need to integrate disaster-reduction
plans into policies and programmes for sustainable development and poverty
alleviation. This week id21 focuses on research on natural disasters,
climate change and poverty.
* Preparing for natural disasters makes economic sense
* Planning for disaster: using existing tools to assess natural hazards
* Managing economic stress: the impact of everyday events on women
* Insuring against climate change: who will pay for the poorest
* Coping with disasters in the Philippines
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International Conference on Early Warning * International Day for Disaster
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Preparing for natural disasters makes economic sense
Donors, governments and aid agencies prefer to invest in post-disaster
relief rather than disaster prevention and preparedness. Building a
culture of prevention is not easy, for the costs of prevention have to be
paid in the present, but there are clear economic benefits.
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Planning for disaster: using existing tools to assess natural hazards
Natural hazards such as floods and earthquakes are affecting more people
than ever. Over the past five decades hazard-related costs increased 15-
fold and between the 1970s and 1990s, the number of people affected
tripled. Disasters are now recognised as a threat to development and the
achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.
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Adapting to climate change: developing countries and the global response
There is a growing realisation that developing countries will be most
severely affected by climate change through flooding, drought, and impacts
on key sectors such as agriculture and water resource management. The
response to climate change must therefore be 'mainstreamed', by
incorporating adaptation strategies into development action and policy at
local, national and global levels.
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Insuring against climate change: who will pay for the poorest Climate
change will lead to an increase in weather-related natural disasters. Rich
countries are likely to continue to depend on the commercial insurance
sector for protection against many of these losses, an option not easily
available to poor people in developing countries. What other forms of
financial protection can be put in place?
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Coping with disasters in the Philippines
The Philippines is one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world,
with a high number of typhoons, floods and droughts. People living with
these disasters have fragile livelihood; poverty restricts their ability
to cope with and recover from the damage caused by disasters. Supporting
vulnerable populations requires the Philippine government to involve local
institutions in the design and implementation of disaster risk management
strategies.
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The Third International Conference on Early Warning
27 - 29 March 2006, Bonn, Germany
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International Day for Disaster Reduction, 12th October
Read the United Nations pages on this topic.
http://www.unisdr.org/eng/public_aware/world_camp/2005/2005-iddr.htm
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World Summit of the Information Society, Phase 2
16-18 November 2005, Tunis, Tunisia
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