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Displaying 60 of about 73 resultsThe State of Finance for Nature in the G20 report attempts to capture the complete amount and future need for G20 country spending on nature-based solutions assets and activities. It reveals that current G20 investments in nature-based solutions are insufficient, at USD 120 billion/year, and G20 Official Development Assistance and private sect…
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In view of recovery of the livelihood and equitable regional development as well as the anticipated disasters due to flood and mudflow, the Government of the Philippines (GOP) requested a technical assistance to the Government of Japan (GOJ) to conduct a master plan formulation and feasibility study (the study) for sabo and flood control in the western…
… accessible about four weeks later, there was a second wave of people reaching hospitals with injuries. As local …
… were located in areas subject to coastal erosion and wave surge, while others were located in areas susceptible to … to coastlines that are vulnerable to coastal erosion and wave surges. Other schools in valleys, on slopes or hills, or … cation and coral bleaching • Decrease in wet season wave heights and periods • Less frequent but more intense …
… ceramic ma- terials that are made rigid by exposure to heat in non-industrial ovens, is part of an ancient tradi- …
… 2017, 2018). This paper summarizes Google Trends’ search heat of DT over the past decade, as shown in Fig. 2. The …
… Houses with small openings to control exposure to extreme heat and wind Plains, tropical and humid Traditional … small windows and wooden shutters. Large windows lead to heat loss. Technologies (new buildings): Reconstruction …
… percent of the seedlings planted survived the dry season heat and lahar flow in 1992. There were 48 farmers' …
The catastrophic 1991 eruption of Mt. Pinatubo in the Philippines inflicted severe damages to agriculture. It blanketed the landscape with a thick layer of unconsolidated silica-rich tephra. The remobilization of this material by rain produced debris flows (or lahars) that flooded and buried the lowland soils. Nearly three decades after this catastrophi…
This document presents the experience and lessons learned from the implementation of the Earthquake and Tsunami Emergency Support Project (ETESP) housing program carried out by the Asian Development Bank in Indonesia.
On 7 April 2005, the Board of Directors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved the Earthquake and Tsunami Emergency Support Projec…
… over longer hurricane seasons,1 hotter and more frequent heat waves, an increase in storms that bring flooding rains, …
… decades. Croatia is also exposed to extremes of both heat and cold. The 2019 heatwave brought temperatures in …
… of the population and mitigate the risks of a second wave of infection by focusing on essential health services, …
… of weather- related events are expected to increase, with heat waves, drought, flooding, cyclones and wildfires …