International Affairs

UNESCO

A wealth of information on the USAID site.

"EM-DAT contains essential core data on the occurrence and effects of over 18,000 mass disasters in the world from 1900 to present. The database is compiled from various sources, including UN agencies, non-governmental organisations, insurance companies, research institutes and press agencies."

"PreventionWeb serves the information needs of the disaster risk reduction community, including the development of information exchange tools to facilitate collaboration. Information regarding the design and development of the project together with background documentation can be accessed here along with some services that have been put in place."

Written by Debby Guha-Sapir, Femke Vos, Regina Below
with Sylvain Ponserre (UNISDR)

International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

"The WorldRiskReport 2011 helps to evaluate the vulnerability of societies to natural hazards. On behalf of Alliance Development Works, UNU-EHS has developed the WorldRiskIndex and calculated risk values for 173 countries worldwide."

"The report is presented by the United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU‐EHS), the Alliance Development Works/Bündnis Entwicklung Hilft and The Nature Conservancy (TNC). The Alliance is the publisher of the report."