13 Oct 2016
The Global Disaster Preparedness Center (GDPC) in collaboration with the IFRC and American Red Cross has received an award from USAID/OFDA to design and test a set of tools and services to assist Red Cross Red Crescent (RCRC) National Societies and t...
Tags: Other type of resource, Urban Planning, Urban Risk Reduction
06 Jul 2015
Asia and the Pacific is the most disaster-prone region in the world. Geologically, the region is characterized by active tectonic plate movements in the Pacific and Indian Oceans, which have been the source of major earthquakes and tsunamis. In the p...
Tags: Research, Earthquake, Flood, Hurricane / Typhoon / Cyclone, Landslide, Thunderstorm, Tsunami
31 Mar 2014
The Working Group II contribution to the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report presents the current state of knowledge on climate impacts, adaptation and vulnerability. Compared to the Fourth Assessment Report in 2007, “AR5” has a much stronger focus on r...
Tags: Case Study, Climate Change Adaptation