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The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific's (ESCAP) has created a climate risk communication platform for improved understanding of climate outlooks and seasonal forecasts in high risk-low capacity countries. ESCAP will tap into Thailand's experience and knowledge in short- and medium-range forecasts and early warning communication systems.
Major General Asghar Nawaz, Chairman National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has emphasised the need for further strengthening integrated disaster management system and co-ordination mechanism amongst all relevant stakeholders to ensure better preparedness to face the natural calamities, reports the Business Recorder...
Pakistani Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif said the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) agenda complemented Pakistan's 'Vision 2025' which was reflective of the country's development needs and priorities. The key development priorities, include disaster risk-reduction and governance and the need to make these available to a larger proportion of the population, reports Business Recorder...
'Through this Balochistan Multi Donor Trust Fund Grant, the institutional capacity of Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) Balochistan will be strengthened, and the awareness and resilience of the communities of Balochistan to hazards and disasters would be enhanced,' stated Rachid Benmessaoud of the World Bank...
'Does it have to take a hat-trick of floods for the citizens and government to realise that lightning can and does strike at the same place more than twice in Pakistan?' asks the Business Recorder, recalling the recurrence of last year's floods. 'While the realisation may be hitting in, theres still a lot that needs to be done...'
An 'Android-based data entry application has been developed to help conduct socio-economic and vulnerability assessment', said the Director-General of the Provincial DMA - who emphasized 'local people were usually aware of vulnerable spots and they could be a good source of information about risky areas'...
At a seminar 'Role of Media in Disaster Management,' speakers highlighted the role of Pakistani media in disaster management and mitigation, reducing the sufferings of the affected people...
The Business Recorder describes the vulnerabilities faced by Pakistan, ranging from earthquakes, floods, droughts, cyclones, landslides and sea-based hazards, and calls for the establishment of a disaster management structure with a mitigation policy...
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