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Agriculture & Environment: Tropical cyclones

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Tropical cyclones give developing countries much needed rain for agriculture. But as the earth warms, they are set to become more intense and strong cyclones can cause great loss of life and property.

(Credit: NASA/MODIS Rapid Response Team)

Opinions and Analysis

Ocean-climate buoy in the tropical Pacific Time to stop losing ocean data to vandalism

More must be done to prevent damage of ocean data buoys that costs money, vital data — and lives, say Sidney Thurston and M. Ravichandran.

15 February 2012 | EN | ES | FR | 中文

Asia–Pacific Analysis: Be proactive on disaster planning

South-East Asia has suffered from neglecting planning for disasters. Governments must heed the warnings and act now, argues Crispin Maslog.

26 January 2012 | EN | FR | 中文

Policy Briefs

Cyclist with megaphone, Bangladesh Building resilience to disasters

Technology and scientific research can help communities in the developing world build resilience to disasters.

29 February 2012 | EN
Source: UK Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology

People with house damage from cyclone Sidr, Bangladesh. An integrated approach to disaster management

An analysis of integrating disaster management in developing countries in the context of increased disaster risk from climate change.

8 October 2008 | EN
Source: UN-DESA


News and Features

A herder in Africa Deaths from drought in Africa are down, data reveal

Drought is the deadliest disaster in Africa, but deaths have been going down, a conference hears.

27 March 2012 | EN

Can Tho Ten Asian cities leading the way in climate-proofing

Rapidly growing cities in Asia could benefit from a toolkit of indicators that assesses their readiness to face climate change impacts.

27 March 2012 | EN