19 May 2016
For over two decades, there has been a strong consensus that responding to disasters after they occur does not save the maximum number of lives and livelihoods nor minimize disaster losses. This recognition has been combined with a shift towards a...
Tags: Awareness material, Resilience
21 Oct 2020
The Luxembourg Red Cross is actively working in Laos with a Shelter project (including WatSan component) in the Khammouane region (Mahaxay and Hinboun districts). The project of the LRC (last planned in this country) focuses on improving the living c...
Tags: Report, Infrastructure and Services, Livelihoods, Shelter
23 Mar 2015
This report presents data about natural disasters impacts (human and economic) at world scale for the last 20 years. The analyses focus on trends and patterns of impacts and how these vary regarding the income level or the geographical location. Base...
Tags: Report, Climate Change Adaptation, Drought, Earthquake, Flood, Risk Assessment, Risk Transfer, Tsunami