Namibia

This article explores the role of National Meteorological and Hydrologic Services (NMHSs) in providing early warnings for severe weather events such as as cyclones and flash floods. While the NMHS is generally the authority solely responsible for issuing

This document serves to outline El Niño’s major implications on food and nutrition security in the southern Africa region and highlights immediate and long-term preparedness requirements. Further, it provides country profiles to give contextual national

This document presents the main results of a project commissioned to evaluate the available information and the current technical and administrative situation regarding the recent floods in the northern regions of Namibia. It particularly focuses on the

This brochure illustrates the USAID's efforts in promoting disaster risk reduction, and in preventing or reducing the damage caused by natural hazards such as earthquakes, floods, droughts, and storms.

It provides examples of specific USAID assistance

This report assesses the content and implementation of Namibia's new national framework for Disaster Risk Management (DRM) and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), and related legislation, which includes the Disaster Risk Management Act (DRMA) of 2012, the

This report provides an assessment of the achievements and progress made in disaster risk reduction (DRR) by Namibia during the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR).

This note looks at ways to integrate volunteerism into the environment and climate change area. It intends to contribute to strengthening of UNV capacity to more effectively engage partners in environmental and climate change activities during its

The purpose of the Disaster Management Act of 2012 is to provide for the establishment of institutions for disaster risk management in Namibia; to provide for an integrated and coordinated disaster management approach that focuses on preventing or