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Canada
Canada turns its back on international drought treaty
29 Mar 2013, UNCCD
The Convention is stronger than ever before, which makes Canada’s decision to withdraw from the Convention all the more regrettable. The UNCCD and its institutions works with all stakeholders and will continue to do so to safeguard the key resource base for food, water and energy security, and to sharply reduce poverty and build the resilience of rural ecosystems to expected climatic shocks like droughts...
National Platform
- National Platform Focal Point:
Public Safety Canada (PS) - Website:http://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/
- Phone:+1 613 949 3180 +1 613 762 7144
- HFA Focal Point:
Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Response Division, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada - Website:
- Contact:Senior Policy Advisor
- Phone:+1 613 992 2022 +1 613 862 5203
Hyogo Framework for Action
- National Policy & Plans
- Canada and the United States: Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Canada on emergency management cooperation2008, Canada - gov; United States of America - gov
- Canada: National progress report on the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action (2009-2011) 2010, DFAIT, Canada - gov
- Official Statements & Presentations
Top 5 Natural Disaster reported
| Disaster | Date | Affected | (no. of people) |
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| Drought | 1984 | 30,000 |  |
| Flood | 1997 | 29,000 | |
| Wildfire | 1989 | 25,000 | |
| Flood | 1996 | 12,000 | |
| Wildfire | 1998 | 8,000 | |
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Source of data: OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database Data version: v11.08 *: Including tsunami Data displayed does not imply national endorsement. |
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- Climate literacy: Navigating climate change conversations20 May - 19 Jul 2013, Online
- 3rd climate change technology conference27-29 May 2013, Canada (Montreal)
- CoastGIS 2013 Conference: Monitoring and adapting to change on the coast18-21 Jun 2013 (tentative), Canada (Victoria, British Columbia)
- Masters of climate changeUW, Canada (Waterloo)
- Graduate diploma in disaster and emergency managementRoyal Roads University, Canada (online specialization)
- Master of Arts in Disaster and emergency managementRoyal Roads University, Canada (Victoria, B.C.)
- Civil protection for youth / Sécurité civil jeunesse2000, Québec - gov, Canada - gov
- Public safety Canada: emergency management2008, PS, Canada - gov
- Asistente Administrativa y finanzas de Proyecto DIPECHO VIIIEcuador (Quito), IFRC
- Coordinador Regional de Proyecto DIPECHO VIIIEcuador (Quito), IFRC
- Oficial Nacional de Enlace Perú – Proyecto DIPECHO América del Sur 2013-2014 (UNISDR)Peru (Lima), UNISDR - AM
Neighbouring Countries
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