Thursday 5 April 2012

Disaster through a Different Lens: Behind Every Effect, There Is a Cause

Disaster through a Different Lens: Behind Every Effect, There Is a Cause

This guidebook for journalists, produced by the United Nations
International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR), is written not for
disaster risk reduction (DRR) practitioners, but, rather, for journalists
and the media who are interested in learning more about DRR issues. It
describes how climate change, environmental degradation, evolution of
extreme events contribute to exposing more people to disasters, and
discusses what the media can contribute to convince more national and
local governments to invest more in DRR policies...
http://www.comminit.com/media-development/content/disaster-through-different-lens-behind-every-effect-there-cause