While 3D movies may have been successful at box office, that does not guarantee the success of 3D programming on pay-TV without several modifications necessary to reduce inconvenience and potential health hazards.

FORBES: DirecTV Backpedals As 3D TV Fails To Take Off

The Organization is engaged in the conceptual shift in thinking away from post-disaster reaction to pre-disaster action and helping countries to reduce their vulnerability to natural hazards and develop their capacity to cope with disasters.

UNESCO: Indigenous Peoples

This is a difficult yet important step, as it could help reduce the vulnerability of those communities most exposed to hazards.

UNESCO: Social and Human Sciences

Even advocates of the changes admit they would weaken the TRI program, but they say the changes are justified to reduce outsized costs and paperwork for reporting what are minimal hazards.

FORBES: Toxic Neighbors?