• UN publishes atlas of Health and Climate.
• Is Sandy a ‘Cassandra’? How cities should prepare for future Natural Disasters.
• Iraq: First Disaster Risk Reduction law drafted.
• A pioneering program for education in refugee camps.
• Sudan rebels recruit children from South Sudan refugee camp.
• Jordan: The forgotten refugees of Gaza.
• Africa ‘unprepared to manage disasters’.
• L’Aquila, Italy: Much is to be learned from the tragedy.
• 10X10: Boom and Leisure on Drawing The City London exhibition and auction.

• Disaster Relief: Research team teaching robots to respond in disaster emergencies.
• West Africa: Sahel crisis – lessons to be learnt.
• Chile and Peru to test coordinated response to possible massive natural disaster.
• Sandy strikes Cuba as ‘strong’ hurricane.
• Sustainability should be at the heart of our collective artistic vision.
• First Asian film on Disaster Risk Reduction.
• Nigeria: Flood Relief Fund or National Cake?

• Global Hunger Index: Twenty countries have “alarming” or “extremely alarming” levels of hunger with Burundi the worst affected, followed by Eritrea and Haiti.
• Domus is hosting a launch event for charity Article 25’s 10×10 London Drawing The City.
• Disaster Reconstruction at the 2012 Venice Architecture Biennale.
• Disaster relief and long-term health care support in Haiti: What a simple student initiative can do?
• Philippines: Architecture for learning.
• Mexico: Sustainability initiatives showcased at green solutions 2012 summit.

• 12th October: Celebration of the International Day For Disaster Reduction- this year’s theme “Women and Girls, the [in]Visible Force of Resilience”.
• Japan: Question arises over use of postdisaster reconstruction funds.
• First Monday of October every year designed to be World Habitat Day.
• Pakistan: Monsoon floods  371 people killed and nearly 4.5 million  affected.
• Disaster Risk Reduction: Earthquake strikes south-west Colombia.
• Burkina Faso: Back to school for child refugees in Damba and Mentao camps .

• Built Environment: Designing for opportunity to improve women’s rights?
• IDP Camps: U.N. welcomes closure of controversial Sri Lankan “war” displacement camp.
• Assam Region: Nearly 2 million displaced after India floods.
• Development Aid: Its opponents and proponents.
• Disaster Risk Reduction in Bangladesh: Natural calamities big threat to development.
• Syria: UN: 700,000 Syrian refugees expected to flee war-torn country by end of year.

• Africa: Liberia: Essence of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Underscored.
• Refugee Camps: Jolie hears ‘horrific’ accounts of Syrian refugees in Syria.
• Article 25: Olympic Stadium to become shelter for the developing world.
• Africa: Rwandan officials ‘aiding and abetting war crimes in Congo’.
• International Development: What does the reshuffle mean for developing countries?
• Disaster Preparedness: The Plan for Schools.

This week’s news

• Africa: 16 African nations gather for Africa’s largest pandemic response planning conference.
• Nepalese Refugee Camps: Gardens help refugees connect to new land.
• Chad: Water scarce for 10 days in Eastern Chad Irikessouni camp.
• Disaster Preparedness: Malaysia calls for more effective system to manage regional disasters.
• Sixth session of  World Urban Forum kicks off in Naples.
• Pakistan: Disaster Contingency Planning Process at the federal, provincial and district level has been found to be flawed.

This Week’s News

• RIBA President: Angela Brady celebrates the contribution of architects and engineers to the Olympics.
• Phillipines: Eight people died due to tropical cyclone “Igme”.
• Disaster Risk Reduction: Floods in Philippines prompt climate action.
• Extreme weather conditions are becoming the norm.
• Refugee Camps: The plight of Congolese refugees.
• Turkey: UN launches new project to reduce disaster risks in Western Balkans.

This Week’s News

• 10×10 Participant Zaha Hadid named as one of CNN’s “Leading Women” and a role model for female architects
• Latin America is the most urbanized region of the world, said the UN
• Dubai government gets it’s first “green” building
• Disaster Relief: US allows quake relief funds for Iran
• Google equals green? Sustainable business and architecture from the search engine giant
• Article 25: Olympic Stadium Wrap to be recycled into shelter for the Developing World

This Week’s News

• 10×10 Drawing the City London website goes live, visit now to hear all the latest on our flagship event!
• Charity Commission encourages supporting existing charities, rather than starting new ones for disaster relief, as it  unveils new guide to disaster appeals
• Olympics legacies: What next for Stratford?
• Rwandan refugees have been repatriated, some from as long ago as the 1994 genocide
• Australia makes a U-turn on refugee detention centers, stating they are the best plan
• Sudanese refugees face “humanitarian disaster”