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Afghanistan
Afghanistan joins Kyoto Protocol
2 Apr 2013, RTCC
Adaptation rather than mitigation is likely to be the biggest challenge for Afghan policymakers over the coming years. Afghanistan has suffered more than three decades of varying degrees of conflict, dramatically reducing its resilience to decreasing rainfall and other climatic changes...
National Platform
- National Platform Focal Point:
Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA) - Website:http://www.andma.gov.af/
- Contact:General Director
- Phone:0093 700275830
- HFA Focal Point:
Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA) - Website:http://www.andma.gov.af/
- Contact:Director General
- Phone:
Hyogo Framework for Action
- National Policy & Plans
- Afghanistan: National progress report on the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action (2011-2013)2013, ANDMA, Afghanistan - gov
- Afghanistan: Law on combating disasters in the Republic of Afghanistan1991, Afghanistan - gov
- Official Statements & Presentations
- Afghanistan: Statement made at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (2011)2011, Afghanistan - gov
- Afghanistan: Statement made at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (2009)2009, ANDMA, Afghanistan - gov
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- Afghanistan: Review of current and planned adaptation action2011, Adaptation Partnership
- Afghanistan: Common country assessment - CCA (2004)2004, UNDG
Top 5 Natural Disaster reported
| Disaster | Date | Affected | (no. of people) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drought | 2000 | 2,580,000 |  |
| Drought | 2006 | 1,900,000 | |
| Mass mov. wet | 2006 | 300,000 | |
| Drought | 2008 | 280,000 | |
| Epidemic | 2002 | 200,000 | |
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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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