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Links Disaster risk reduction

Last reviewed: 08-10-2008
SAVING LIVES AND MONEY

The U.N. International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
(http://www.unisdr.org/) provides a wide range of resources on high-level
work to cut the risk of disasters. It also backs a specialised site for
disaster risk reduction, called PreventionWeb
(http://www.preventionweb.net/).

The Belgium-based Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters
(http://www.cred.be/) has a database of data and statistics on disasters.

The U.N.-backed humanitarian information website Reliefweb
(http://www.reliefweb.int/) offers updates from governments, aid agencies
and academics on individual emergencies, as well as broader relief issues
and a facility to track aid spending.

The Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System (GDACS)
(http://www.gdacs.org/) provides near real-time alerts about natural
disasters around the world and tools to support response, including media
monitoring and map catalogues.

The U.S. National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
(http://www.noaa.gov/) gives storm forecasts, and makes seasonal hurricane
predictions. Tropical Storm Risk (http://www.tropicalstormrisk.com/) does
the same on a global scale.

The Humanitarian Early Warning Service (http://www.hewsweb.org/) provides an
overview of natural hazards around the globe, including storms, floods and
droughts.

The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) (http://www.fews.net/)
is a U.S.-funded initiative that collaborates with international, regional
and national partners to provide early warning and vulnerability information
on food security.

The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
(http://www.ipcc.ch/) assesses "scientific, technical and socio-economic
information" relevant to understanding climate change, its potential effects
and the options for curbing and adapting to its negative consequences. The
IPCC's website carries summaries and full versions of all the body's key
reports, as well as press releases and webcasts of important press
conferences.

The World Meteorological Organization http://www.wmo.ch/pages/index_en.html)
provides information and resources on weather and climate change.

The International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI)
(http://iri.columbia.edu/climate/forecast/) has done a lot of work on
helping poorer countries improve their access to weather and climate
information, and promoting climate risk management.

This study from researchers at the International Institute for Environment
and Development, New York's City University and Columbia University,
identifies populations at greatest risk from rising sea levels
(http://www.iied.org/mediaroom/releases/070328coastal.html) and more intense
cyclones linked to climate change.

Britain's Institute of Development Studies has a Climate Change and
Disasters Group
(http://www.ids.ac.uk/go/research-teams/vulnerability-team/research-themes/climate-change)
that publishes research on a range of issues, from helping cities adapt to
how children are affected by climate change.

The website of the Red Cross/Red Crescent Centre on Climate Change and
Disaster Preparedness (http://www.climatecentre.org/) explains what the
organisation is doing to help reduce the impact of climate change and
extreme weather events on those it works with.

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