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Suriname addresses climate threat with new agency
25 Aug 2011, AlertNet
The new agency aims to coordinate the country’s policies on climate change mitigation and adaptation and forest conservation, and help Suriname win international funding to help it deal with climate impacts and adopt a lower carbon development strategy, reports AlertNet. The report highlights neighbouring Guyana, with funding from Norway, as another example...
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Human Exposure
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| Flood | 1,492 |  |
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Top 5 Natural Disaster reported
| Disaster | Date | Affected | (no. of people) |
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| Flood | 2006 | 25,000 |  |
| Flood | 2008 | 6,548 | |
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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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Quantification and magnitude of losses and damages resulting from the impacts of climate change: modelling the transformational impacts and costs of sea level rise in the caribbean2010, CCCC; CARICOM; Caribsave Partnership; DFID; UNDP
Five-year review of the Mauritius strategy for the further implementation of the programme of action for the sustainable development of Small Island Developing States - Report of the Secretary-General2010, UN
- Disaster risk management senior specialistUnited States of America (Washington, DC), IDB
- Senior community development delegateHaiti (Carrefour Feuilles, Port au Prince), ARC
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