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Displaying 15 of about 79 resultsThese guidelines aim to improve the way disaster waste (DW) is handled in disasters. They represent much of the best current knowledge and lessons learned on DW management, and provide national authorities and international relief experts alike with sound and practical advice to help them manage DW. They are targeted at implementers of DW management pro…
This document aims to underscore the importance of "good" water-based adaptation for economic sectors that depend upon the availability of water resources. It focuses on the need to consider: (i) the impacts of climate change on water resources and the importance of disaster risk reduction associated with hydro-meteorological phenomena in a changing cli…
This technical report presents a regional study conducted to understand the labour migration process in communities affected by water hazards, such as floods, flash floods, droughts and water shortages, in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan (HKH) region. It highlights some major findings as well as recommendations to support labour migration as a strategy to over…
This report details the activities and the achievements of a course aiming to foster solution-oriented practitioners with solid theoretical and engineering bases who can serve for planning and practices of flood management within the framework of integrated river basin management at all levels from nations to localities.
It reports on the one-year Mast…
This paper presents key messages for policy makers about water and climate change. It urges innovative institutional solutions to be found for closer collaboration with disaster risk reduction efforts. It also advocates for the establishment of "partnerships for adaptation" that empower communities to identify local coping strategies and enable all stak…
This document describes FAO-Adapt, an organization-wide framework programme that provides general guidance and introduces principles as well as priority themes, actions and implementation support to FAO’s activities for climate change adaptation. The document consists of five main sections. Chapter 1 introduces the background and context of FAO-Adapt. C…
This publication is part of an effort to raise awareness of the economic aspects of desertification, land degradation and drought, and of the costs and benefits of sustainable land management (SLM). It contains a summary of the discussions and recommendations from the partnership meeting on the assessment of the 'Economics of Desertification, Land Degra…
Series: Hexagon Series on Human and Environmental Security and Peace, Vol. 1
In this volume security specialists, peace researchers, environmental scholars, demographers as well as climate, desertification, water, food and urbanisation specialists from the Middle East and North Africa, Europe and North America review security and conflict prevention in…
This publication looks at water resources in Mexico which, according to the authors, are threatened by scarcity, pollution and climate change. In two decades water consumption has doubled, producing water stress in dry seasons and semi-arid and arid regions. In seven parts a multidisciplinary team has analyzed hydrological processes in basins and their…
Research brief 3:
The Advanced Centre for Enabling Disaster Risk Reduction (ACEDRR) has supported practitioners to engage in a number of research studies on specific aspects of disaster risk reduction.
This third issue focuses on rainfed farmers in the south of India who are suffering because of the rapid change of long-steady rainfall patterns. The…
Forests and climate change working paper 9:
This study examines the major issues and developments related to climate change impacts and responses in the Near East region as regards forests and highlights related opportunities for regional action to address gaps and needs, including adaptation measures for "resilient landscapes" through the integration…
This booklet describes the acheivements of the ‘Strengthening Voices’ project launched in 2007. It explains How pastoralist communities and local government are shaping strategies for adaptive environmental management and poverty reduction in Tanzania’s drylands. It informs that national politicians, local district officials and community participants h…
This paper concentrates on the drought component where the key strategies for overcoming drought emergencies were, following a summit held in Nairobi on September 8th-9th, 2011 when Governments of East Africa and Horn Africa came together to develop a strategy to end drought emergencies. The strategies proposed include: (i) strengthen adaptive capacity…
This case study presents a flood response initiative led by Oxfam in collaboration with the Colombian Red Cross and ASPROCIG, a local NGO, in 2007. It describes: (i) the integration of disaster risk reduction measures within water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) activities; (ii) the key outcomes; and (iii) the main lessons learned from the initiative.
This report summarises the Council’s activity over 2010. Chapter 2.4 is dedicated to improving response and prevention in the event of water-related natural disasters to limit the number of victims and damage. It reports on the Council's involvement in rescue and reconstruction operations and on the High level expert panel on water and disasters: toward…