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Global Platform for Disaster Reduction

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Governments ‘must invest today for safer tomorrow' – the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction opens in Geneva

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Where are the safest places on earth from sudden onset hazard?

Adaptation to a variable and changing climate: challenges and opportunities for national meteorological and hydrological services

Legal preparedness for international disaster cooperation: Global Platform 2009

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Global Platform: Special events to highlight projects and achievements

Aid agencies call for strong agreement to address ‘Humanitarian Shocks’ of climate change

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World Environment Day - Ecosystems decline together with climate change will make disasters worse

Global Platform 'shaping up well' - Assistant Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction, Margareta Wahlström

The second session of the Global Platform to be carbon neutral

Red Cross updates risk-reduction plans as Nyiragongo stirs

IPCC to undertake a special report on risk reduction and management

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