Capacity Building for Disaster Risk Management in Tajikistan

Nepal is one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world, ranked 11th most at risk in terms of its vulnerability to earthquakes and 30th in terms of flood risks. In particular, the highly populated Kathmandu Valley faces significant risk of a c...

Floods are the most costly disasters (EEA 2010) in Europe. Although floods are quite common in many parts of Europe, they still pose a profound challenge to emergency and risk management agencies. This is particularly true in the large-scale river ba...

Debate on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) has intensified recently in both the public and policy sectors. With less than five years to go until the deadline of 2015, and with the majority of the goals seemingly out of reach, many are question...