Dear Reader,

Greetings. The spectre of global warming is knocking at the door. A recent report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - 'Climate Change 2007: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability' - predicts that up to 250 million people across the world will experience problems in accessing sufficient water by 2020 because of climate change. Agricultural production could be halved in certain instances during the same period. Other possible ill-effects include rising sea levels towards the end of the century that will take a toll of densely populated coastal areas. If we fail to take necessary steps, millions of lives will be wiped out before the end of the century. The central theme for setting stage for any discussions on Climate Change is to sensitize key policy makers and the public about the causes leading to global warming. It provides a stage for domestic and international communities in developing practical and effective solutions to this important environmental challenge. To meet this challenge we must fundamentally promote risk reduction efforts and other remedial or mitigation measures amongst all stakeholders. This issue intends to share & disseminate information on different impacts of disaster on society particularly on the under privileged class of the world. In “a terrible indictment of the world in 2007” the UN said 18,000 children die every day of hunger and malnutrition and 85 million go to bed every night with empty stomach. Thus, there is an urgent need to evolve a holistic approach towards addressing global warming and poverty in co-relation. The developed and developing nations must interact on a common platform and uncap potential resources to eradicate poverty. DMM (Disaster Risk Mitigation And Management), a magazine, which is committed to the promotion of public-private partnership (PPP) as well as the concept of Corporate- Community Interface (CCI) welcomes the forthcoming International Conference on Disaster Reduction (ICDR) 2007, being held in Mumbai for the third successive year. The theme of ICDR 2007 -Business Continuity Management (BCM) and Disaster Recovery will provide a further opportunity for the distinguished delegates from across the world to discuss and debate various issues involved and draw a roadmap for future action. DMM heartily welcomes the delegates from across 20 countries to the conference and wishes ICDR 2007 a grand success.
Wish you happy reading,

Satya Swaroop
Managing Editor
Satya@newmediacomm.biz