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Cover and source: Global Earthquake Model Foundation
Documents and publications

Congo seismic risk profile

This seismic risk profile of the Congo, produced by the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation summarizes key metrics of seismic risk, allowing stakeholders in risk management to get an overview of the risk in the country.
Women in Rwanda growing coffee to support themselves.
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Republic of Congo: Addressing climate change and building a more resilient economy

The World Bank approved today $82 million to support the Climate-Resilient and Inclusive Livelihoods Project (ProClimat Congo) in the Republic of Congo.
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Social protection provisions to refugees during the Covid-19 pandemic: lessons learned from government and humanitarian responses

This paper reviews the evidence on the inclusion of refugees in government-led social protection responses to Covid-19 in the Republic of Congo and Colombia and the alignment or integration of international humanitarian and development actors’ cash

Group photo of participants at the 2nd World Tsunami Museum Conference
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Tsunami Museums meet in Japan 2018

Japan hosted the 2nd World Tsunami Museum Conference which attracted 156 participants from 17 countries to help raise awareness of tsunami risk.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Asia and Pacific
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Kobe Office
Policies and plans

Republic of the Congo: Programme d’action national de lutte contre la désertification

Le Congo s’est engagé dans le processus de l’élaboration de son programme d’action national (PAN) de lutte contre la désertification par la définition des actions prioritaires.Conformément à l’article 10 de la CCD, le Programme d'Action National de Lutte

Documents and publications

Climate risks in the Central Africa Regional Program for the Environment (CARPE) and Congo Basin

This profile provides an overview of climate risk issues across three Central Africa Regional Program for the Environment (CARPE) countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Republic of the Congo (ROC) and Central African Republic (CAR). This

In June 2015, floods caused by heavy rain in Douala, Cameroon’s economic capital, killed at least four people, displaced some 2,000 people and destroyed the homes and businesses of thousands of others (Photo: Sylvestre Tetchiada/IRIN)
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Central Africa spurs disaster risk reduction

Collective action by regional organisations is a key means to help countries reduce their risk of disasters, and the Economic Community of Central African States is stepping up its efforts to rein in the impact of hazards amid rising pressure from climate change.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Africa
Documents and publications

Effects of drought and land degradation on vegetation losses

This study examines areas in Africa, South America and the Arab region subject to different levels of both land degradation (LD) and agricultural drought hazard (ADH). The authors estimate crop losses related to the impacts of drought and land degradation

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