1500 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material https://reliefweb.int/report/papua-new-guinea/papua-new-guinea-emergency-response-resilience-building-and-partnerships-31Highlights IOM has improved access to potable water in Lagui community, Morobe province through the rehabilitation of a gravity fed water supply system. IOM has enhanced food and livelihood security in rural communities in Jiwaka province through training and the distribution of seeds and farming tools.Mon, 04 Feb 2019 08:36:00 +0100reliefWeb-758d8d1fafa9fc08f65dd6c34469843e20190204083600https://www.energylivenews.com/2019/01/31/climate-change-extreme-weather-affected-60m-people-in-2018/events across the globe affected more than 60 million people last year. Earthquakes and tsunamis accounted for the majority of the 10,733 lives lost in disasters in 2018, according to latest analysis of 281 events recorded by the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED).Thu, 31 Jan 2019 14:14:00 +0100energylivenews-82631ff1698f465c564a1e4ca5daa5bf20190131141400https://ec.europa.eu/echo/where/asia-and-pacific/pacific_enNatural disasters ranging from cyclones to floods, droughts and earthquakes frequently occur in the Pacific region. The pacific island countries (including Papua New Guinea, Fiji Islands, Solomon Islands, Cook Islands and Vanuatu) rank among the highest in the world in terms of numbers of casualties and people affected by disasters.Wed, 30 Jan 2019 04:25:00 +0100EC-24e8af5edce06b18300ef2c3425df29020190130042500https://www.europesun.com/news/259194156/extreme-weather-events-affected-60m-people-in-2018---unisdrGENEVA, 24 January, 2019 Earthquakes and tsunamis accounted for the majority of the 10,373 lives lost in disasters last year while extreme weather events accounted for most of 61.7 million people affected by natural hazards, according to analysis of 281 events recorded by the Centre for Research on....Sat, 26 Jan 2019 00:22:00 +0100europesun-b2542b1aaa370cfdca3fbcb6dbc258c120190126002200