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The report reflects the outcomes of a 2.5-day Regional Lessons Learned Workshop in Almaty, Kazakhstan, held from 19-21 July 2023 on disaster risk reduction in relation to women and children.
Cover and source: Global Earthquake Model Foundation
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This seismic risk profile of Turkmenistan, 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.
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This assessment aims at the delivery of a probabilistic risk assessment of floods and earthquakes, as well as assessment of landslide susceptibility and selected land-slide scenarios, and their impact on multiple asset types.
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This note describes the role of the World Bank's SFRARR Program in resilience building in Central Asia through quantifying disaster risks, exposure mapping, and establishing fundamental awareness and capacities around disaster risk management and finance.
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Policies and plans
Turkmenistan’s revised nationally determined contribution covers adaptation priorities with a focus on health, agriculture, water, soil and land, forestry, and ecosystems.
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Hydrometeorological Service under the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment Protection of Turkmenistan is a key organization that provides support in adaptation planning of very important but vulnerable to climate change sectors of the national economy.
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
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This publication examines risks from flooding and earthquakes in the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) region. It assesses the protection gap and identifies ways of strengthening financing.
Cover and source: Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation
Documents and publications
This disaster risk profile for Turkmenistan collats information on flood, earthquake and infectious disease exposure, hazards, physical and social vulnerability, coping capacity, historical losses and impacts, and risk analysis.

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