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The United Nations University (UNU) is the academic arm of the United Nations (UN). It bridges the academic world and the UN system. Its goal is to develop sustainable solutions for current and future problems of humankind in all aspects of life. Through a problem-oriented and interdisciplinary approach it aims at applied research and education on a global scale. UNU was founded in 1973 and is an autonomous organ of the UN General Assembly. The University comprises headquarters Tokyo, Japan, and more than a dozen Institutes and Programmes worldwide.

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New Report on Linking Disaster Risk Reduction and Adaptation to Climate Change

The report titled "Addressing the Challenge: Recommendations and Quality Criteria for Linking Disaster Risk Reduction and Adaptation to Climate Change" by Jörn Birkmann and Korinna von Teichman from UNU-EHS, as well as other contributing authors, reveals existing limits and challenges to link disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation.

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In addition, the report outlines key recommendations and quality criteria in order to further enhance the promising use of potential synergies and the indispensable future cooperation between both fields of work. The report was presented at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction 2009 in Geneva.