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A meeting of the national working group on disaster risk reduction (DRR) held this week highlighted progress made by ministries involved. DRR cells have been created to facilitate the implementation of the DRR mainstreaming initiative and capacity building activities held...
According to the Pakistan-based International News, risk reduction and mitigation approaches have now been incorporated in the existing and future health programmes of the National Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Centre (NHEPR), inaugurated this week...
'The funding is now available on adaptation projects and the Adaptation Fund is ready to provide a direct access to Pakistan, as long as the resources are accessed through a National Implementation Entity (NIE),' said Dr Aurangzeb, Chief of the Environmental Programme at Planning Commission...
The Islamabad Handicap International (Pakistan) hosted a meeting with organizations working for the disabled this week in order to review the national plan of action and priority agenda for 2010-2012. This included a section on disability and disaster risk reduction...
Five more federal ministries joined the National Working Group (NWG) to ensure mainstreaming of disaster risk reduction into the development programmes and projects of selected ministries and donors...
A recent study carried out by Oxfam, ‘Climate Change, Poverty & Environmental Crisis in the Disaster Prone Areas of Pakistan’ stresses the importance of adaptation to climate change to help people secure their lives and livelihoods...
At a recent event announcing the launch of the Provincial Disaster Risk Management Plan was launched by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA), a call 'to improve capacity to minimize risk'...
An increase in flash floods, due to climate change, may increase the risk of droughts in Pakistan stated Federal Minister of the Environment, Hameed Ullah Jan Afridi...
Voluntary Commitments
The organization has no registered commitments.
The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.