87380 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/training/3677569/mooc-geospatial-applications-disaster-risk-managementThe United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and the Centre for Space Science and Technology Education for Asia and the Pacific (Affiliated to the United Nations) are launching a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on “Geospatial Applications for Disaster Risk Management”.Wed, 14 Oct 2020 06:23:00 +0200reliefWeb-ef38fa64c9afb52d463a3343026faf0b20201014062300https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/10/04/is-the-world-ready-for-the-next-big-tsunami/The twin earthquake-tsunami disaster in Indonesia late last week raised new questions about how prepared the global system is to react to future events. Since the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami devastated countries throughout the region, a global system of regional and national centers has sprung up to react to the first tremors along the ocean floor.Wed, 14 Oct 2020 05:42:00 +0200foreignpolicy-c43121316f3e0db95296a50c040f37dd20201014054200https://www.bna.bh/en/news?cms=q8FmFJgiscL2fwIzON1%2bDlNYKp6eaJyqCqe1%2fMMJoDI%3dGweneva, Oct.13 (BNA): A UN report published to mark the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction on 13th October, confirms how extreme weather events have come to dominate the disaster landscape in the 21st century. In the period 2000 to 2019, there were 7,348 major recorded disaster events claiming 1.Tue, 13 Oct 2020 19:38:00 +0200bna-en-115d4b239c6bd7b94f62ffe23b4605fa20201013193800https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2020/10/13/la-onu-advierte-que-el-mundo-corre-el-riesgo-de-convertirse-en-un-infierno-inhabitable-para-millones-a-menos-que-los-lideres-tomen-medidas-climaticas/(CNN) — Ha habido un aumento «asombroso» de los desastres naturales en los últimos 20 años y la crisis climática es la culpable, dijeron las Naciones Unidas el lunes. Los investigadores señalaron el fracaso de los líderes políticos y empresariales para tomar medidas significativas para mitigar el impacto del cambio climático.Tue, 13 Oct 2020 13:38:00 +0200cnnespanol-567b7eb833e8f7b3182c755da3b2cf1a20201013133800