Inclusion

The 2015 disaster management policy is based on a review of the 2005 policy, necessitated by the National Disaster Management Act No. 13 of 2010, the paradigm shift from disaster management to disaster risk reduction, climate change and decentralization

The UK international development secretary Justine Greening admits that the government has no specific scheme to introduce a national action plan or taskforce to implement the goals. Instead the government will continue to focus on party manifesto commitments, in the belief that in some way this will contribute to achieving the SDGs, reports the Guardian...

Meltwater is submerging pasture and snowstorms have hit trapped herds in Tibet. The disaster is accelerating with every warm year. Due to climate change, more and more meltwater from shrinking glaciers and defrosting soil is flowing into Siling Co, causing the lake to swell and drown surrounding land. 'More pasture got flooded every year and, eventually, we had to entirely abandon our house and land in 2011,' Bumtar says...

Head of world humanitarian summit urges greater role for local groups and warns against any politicisation of aid, reports the Guardian. Among the priorities for the world humanitarian summit are building resilience in an increasingly fragile world, better preparation for disasters, and giving a bigger role to local NGOs and the private sector...

The reconstruction of houses destroyed in Nepal’s devastating earthquakes last year will not begin until April, a year after the first tremors hit, the newly appointed head of Nepal’s Reconstruction Authority has said, according to a report by New York Times. The government has allocated nearly $700 million for the reconstruction...

Much—perhaps too much—has been made of Filipino resiliency. While government programs are important for redrawing the conditions under which they labor, their success hinge precisely on people’s ability to respond to and recuperate from their misfortune.

This study aimed to explore the existing body of knowledge with regards to resilient techniques in water supply where water availability is limited – in particular drought-prone areas – and to prepare the technical basis for the evaluation of WASH

Nigel Timmins, Oxfam International’s Humanitarian Director, said: 'If the world acts now, we can help prevent disaster and suffering for millions of people – rather than waiting for people to start dying. The aid community has helped communities to avoid the worst effects of disasters linked to El Nino on a small scale in countries like Kenya and Malawi, but what is needed now is a combined international effort - we can and need to do this right'...