News from ISDR Secretariat

Disaster Reduction and Climate Change

At the first meeting the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technical Advice (SBSTA) during the ninth session of the Conference of the Parties(COP-9) in Milan, Italy, UN/ISDR made a statement concerning the linkages between the disaster risk reduction and climate change agendas. To download the statement, please refer to http://www.unisdr.org
For further information on
COP-9, please refer to
http://unfccc.int/cop9/index.html

Inter-Agency Task Force on Disaster Reduction

8th Meeting of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Disaster Reduction The 8th meeting of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Disaster Reduction (IATF/DR) was held 5-6 November 2003 in Geneva, Switzerland. Key recommendations of the meeting included development of more national platforms for disaster reduction; strengthened regional cooperation in Africa; and advancement of preparations for the Second World Conference on Disaster Reduction to be held in Kobe-Hyogo in January 2005.All documentation related to the meeting are available at

http://www.unisdr.org/eng/task%20force/tf-meeting-8th-eng.htm