Bhutan

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This document summarises how the South Asia Regional Program for Hydromet Services and Resilience is supporting countries in the region better respond to natural hazards by strengthening their weather forecasting capabilities and hydromet services.

The purpose of this plan is to ensure that Thimphu Thromde and its partners will be able to deliver prompt, effective and appropriate responses in the aftermath of an earthquake and effectively manage potential humanitarian impacts. The plan will help

The main objective of this technical assistance paper is to provide recommendations to the Royal Government of Bhutan for modernizing its hydrometeorological services, including capacity strengthening for disaster related early warning systems (EWSs). The

This document summarises key learning areas for building resilience in the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region, which include natural resource management, changing behaviours and practice, and improving governance and services. The solutions presented in

Climate risks and solutions: Adaptation frameworks for water resources planning, development and management in South Asia

This summary report is part of the first phase of a two phased South Asia Water Initiative (SAWI) Technical Assistance (TA) project

This paper presents a conceptual framework for the study of the vulnerability of Bhutan, Maldives, and Nepal with a particular focus on the structural vulnerability.

Three kinds of vulnerability have been considered for each country: economic, climatic

Taking into account the tremendous role of women in mountains towards climate change adaptation measures, opportunities and challenges, the main finding of the paper it that it is important to initiate and ensure gender-responsive climate financing

This study explores media landscapes to discover whether current reporting in Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, the Maldives and Afghanistan adequately conveys climate change issues. A particular focus was language and how it impacts the quantity

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