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Africa
Neglected 'everyday' disasters fuel rising losses for poorest
22 May 2013, AlertNet
'People's own determination to get out of poverty should be matched by our commitment to redistribute risk and build equality, thereby supporting them to thrive and prosper, rather than just cope and survive in a world of increasing risks,' Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf wrote in a foreword to the Views from the Frontline report...
- Use of GIS and remote sensing in climate change analysis and adaption27-30 May 2013, Kenya (Nairobi)
- 2nd climate change and population conference on Africa03-07 Jun 2013, Ghana (Accra)
- Facilitating community managed disaster risk reduction11-21 Jun 2013, Ethiopia
- Regional Policy & Plans
- Aqaba declaration on disaster risk reduction in cities2013, ASEZA, Jordan - gov; Jordan - gov; LAS; SDC, Switzerland - gov; UNDP Jordan; UNISDR ROAS
- Fourth Africa regional platform for disaster risk reduction, Arusha: Summary statement2013, AU; UNISDR AF
- Declaration of Saint-Louis for the committment of local government of Africa with climate change2010, Municipality of Saint-Louis, Senegal - gov
- Official Statements & Presentations
General Facts
- Population: 922 million (2005)
- Density: 30 per sq km
- Total Area: 30,250 sq km (X 1,000)
Source of data: OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database
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Munich Re: Worldwide distribution of natural catastrophes in 2012Jan 2013, Munich Re
The coming flood: Explore the future's rising seasFeb 2013, PIK
- International Day for Disaster Reduction in Rwanda2012, MIDIMAR, Rwanda - gov
- Cairo’s children: A message to the world2011, ERC; IFRC
- Poverty over: climate change2011, CA
External Online Resources
- Action pour la protection des personnes et des biens en Afrique
- Adaptation Partnership: Review of existing and planned adaptation actions (by region and country)
- Climate change and African political stability (CCAPS) program
- DARA: Climate vulnerability monitor
- DIPECHO DRR Partner Platform in SE Africa and the SW Indian Ocean
- Eclipse Africa
- FAO and emergencies, from prevention to building back better
- FAO: Climate impact on agriculture (CLIMPAG)
- FAO: DRR-TECA (technology for agriculture) practices and technologies
- FAO: Global information and early warning system (GIEWS)
- HelpDesk for Integrated Flood Management (IFM HelpDesk)
- IAVS: plate-forme de ressources sur les changements climatiques en Afrique (in French)
- IRI: climate and desert locust monitoring
- Knowledge network on vulnerability and adaptation to climate change
- Les criquets ravageurs (in French)
- Locust watch
- RRA - Risk Reduction Africa (in English, French and Portuguese)
- UNFCCC: local coping strategies database
- Wetlands and climate change adaptation
- WMO: severe weather information centre
- WMO: severe weather information centre: heavy rain/snow
- WMO: severe weather information centre: thunderstorms
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See also
- African Centre of Meteorological Application for Development (ACMAD)
- African Union (AU)
- AGRHYMET Regional Center (AGHRYMET)
- Center for Environment and Development for the Arab Region and Europe (CEDARE)
- Commission de la Communauté Économique et Monétaire de l'Afrique Centrale (CEMAC)
- Commission de Lutte contre le Criquet Pélerin dans la Région Occidentale (CLCPRO)
- Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region (CRC-EMPRES)
- Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
- Desert Locust Control Organization for Eastern Africa (DLCO-EA)
- East African Community Secretariat (EAC)
- East African Legislative Assembly, the (EALA)
- Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS)
- Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
- IGAD Climate Prediction and Application Centre (ICPAC)
- Indian Ocean Commission (IOC)
- Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)
- League of Arab States (LAS)
- New Partnership for Africa's Development Planning and Coordinating Agency (NEPAD)
- Smart Fish Programme
- Southern African Development Community (SADC)