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Displaying 8 of about 8 resultsThis DRR Tool Kit for Constituent Assembly members is produced jointly by the following organizations, with funding support of the European Commission Humanitarian Aid department (through DIPECHO V partners–ActionAid with AusAID co-finance, Care Nepal, Handicap International, Mercy Corps, Practical Action and UNDP–BPCR South and South–West Asia), Oxfam…
This edition analyses the 2009 disaster figures based on the EM-DAT database, with comparisons to previous years, providing an evidence base to the international community on the burden of disease and related health issues due to disasters and conflicts, in order (i) to assist humanitarian action at both national and international levels; (ii) to ration…
Trimester report, period November 2009 – January 2010:
This report highlights the issues and progress in the execution of the Nepal Hazard Risk Assessment (NHRA) project. It summarises the activities carried out in terms of data collection, generation and preparation. It also reports on the workshops conducted on hazard assessment methodology for eart…
This report, produced by the Nepal Climate Vulnerability Study Team (NCVST), provides a scenario of climate change, adaptation options and vulnerability in Nepal. It aims to synthesise existing scientific and socio-economic information on the likely impacts of climate change in the Nepal Himalaya and to assess the complex patterns of vulnerability such…
This study presents a rapid disaster risk assessment carried out in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, to: (i) identify major hazards, assess vulnerabilities and analyze risks of future disasters, and (ii) recommend key mitigating measures to make prospective communities in Mutiara village resilient to disasters.
It reveals that earthquake, tsunami, flooding, inund…
This multisectoral assessment report was carried out to determine the impact of the adverse rainfall and/or dry spell on different sectors and recommended appropriate action for mitigation and response. The document was compiled by the Zambia Vulnerability Assessment Committee, which is a technical committee in charge of carrying out Assessment. Its mem…
Discussion paper number 11:
This paper is one component of a global study on the Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change (EACC) in developing countries. It focuses on the main human health impacts of climate change, which include injuries and deaths from extreme weather events (flooding), heat- and cold-related deaths, water-borne disease (diarrhea)…
This report explores a set of risks that share a potential for wider systemic impact and are strongly linked to a number of significant, long-term trends. Those include: (i) economic risks; (ii) geopolitical risks; (iii) environmental risks, from extreme weather, drought, cyclone, earthquake, flood, to pollution and biodiversity loss; (iv) societal risk…