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Letters from Sendai – No 4: Unlocking the ‘Triple Resilience Dividend’?
A new perspective on disaster risk management and development read more »
Letters from Sendai – No 3: Let’s do this together: The quest for private sector engagement
The devastating cyclone in Vanatu last weekend is a stark reminded of the urgency to make progress in the field of disaster risk reduction. Nonetheless, the scenes in Sendai this week are not too dissimilar from the marathon climate change negotiations we have come to expect each December. read more »
Letters from Sendai – No 2: Risk Assessment
Risk assessment is at the heart of any risk management effort. In the context of disaster and climate risks advances are being made to improve our understanding of current and future risks. read more »
Letters from Sendai – No 1: 2015: A pivotal year for global climate risk management?
2015 could become a milestone year. A number of international policy processes culminate this year, offering a chance to integrate disaster risk reduction, climate change policy and poverty reduction more closely. read more »
Policy: Hard choices and soft outcomes?
Asia’s mega-deltas are densely populated and face multiple stressors including upstream development and sea-level rise. Adapting to these challenges requires difficult choices between hard and soft responses set within a strongly political context. read more »
Green farming policies should reduce poverty in developing countries
Green agricultural policies in developing countries must be carefully designed to reduce poverty, according to a new report published today (26 January) read more »
Comment by Nicholas Stern on UK Government announcement of £720 million for the Green Climate Fund
Overseas aid for developing countries to make the transition to low-carbon economic development and growth helps to reduce poverty and to secure a cleaner and safer future for everyone, including the UK. read more »
Clock Ticking To Stop Climate Change, Warns UN
Carbon emissions must be cut completely by 2100 if the rate of global warming is to be slowed, a new report warns. read more »
Planting and burning billions of trees ‘will avert climate disaster’
Carbon dioxide will have to be extracted from the atmosphere and stored underground to prevent “severe, pervasive and irreversible” impacts of climate change, according to the UN’s scientific advisory body. read more »
