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Displaying 2 of about 2 resultsDisaster risk reduction was featured prominently at the annual conference of the Boao Forum for Asia, highlighting the increasing centrality of risk reduction to economic growth and the need to increase international cooperation around its goals.
The Boao Forum conference, which ran from 18 to 21 April in the Chinese town of Boao, is often described a…
Droughts have deep, widespread and underestimated impacts on societies, ecosystems, and economies. They incur costs that are borne disproportionately by the most vulnerable people. The extensive impacts of drought are consistently underreported even though they span large areas, cascade through systems and scales, and linger through time, aff…