Search
Results for " climate risk reporting "
Displaying 75 of about 256 results… Mauritius, Reunion, the Comoros and Seychelles – to manage climate change-related issues and disaster risk reduction. Her work as Head of the Environment and Climate Change Department for the Indian Ocean Commission …
… Nonticha says planning for climate disasters like droughts is critical but it has to be … a flexibility to adjust the plan as required,” she says. Climate change is at the center of her work. “Rice production … GIZ and the Rice Department maps drought vulnerability and risk assessment data. Nonticha says 3.6 million households …
… Why social innovations to enhance disaster risk reduction? Between 2000 and 2018, Brazil was hit by 65 … looks at how social innovations could enhance disaster risk reduction (DRR) – and which innovations would be best … natural area conservation and restoration tours of at-risk areas engagement of children and youth evacuation plans …
… and implementing a procedure to manage and minimize risk,” Om says. She has been working towards earthquake risk reduction since 2009. She says the focus of the program … early on that she wanted to work in the field of disaster risk reduction. “We can help communities become earthquake …
… the recently concluded 2017 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in Cancun emphasises the importance of … risk by: Scaling up efforts to reduce disaster and climate risk and strengthening the resilience and adaptive … migration in areas facing high levels of disaster and climate risk and including participatory planned relocation …
… target of having in place national and local disaster risk reduction strategies by 2020. The global ambition to … in 2030 provides governments with the impetus to act. But reporting losses does not outweigh the importance of tracking … areas of disaster risk reduction: ensuring disaster and climate change laws are coherent, linking disaster risk …
… I worked as Concern Worldwide’s disaster risk reduction documentation officer from 2012-2014, and … of a collection of case studies on migration and disaster risk reduction that was launched at the 2017 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction. Pavement dwellers are some of the poorest and …
… aware, on a daily basis, of the impacts that weather and climate can have both locally and globally. It is hard to miss, given our role at the forefront of weather and climate science and services. There is now increasing … manage weather extremes and improve knowledge around the risk of current and future high impact weather events. This …
… Day, the Women’s International Network for Disaster Risk Reduction (WIN DRR) celebrates women leaders across the … tomorrow.” Advancing gender equality in the context of the climate crisis and disaster risk reduction is one of the … and girls as advocates for disaster risk reduction and climate adaptation. Elevate their status and shift the roles …
… the importance of accelerating action on disaster risk reduction (DRR) has never been more acute. But imagine … describing the challenge of addressing disasters and climate change as drivers of conflict and the need for … on the intersection of natural hazard-related disasters, climate change and conflict, her research focuses on disaster …
… meeting in the hospital. They raised the issue of disaster risk management and hospital preparedness, and for Manisha it … Trainings (DAT). Because Nepal ranks 6th in the world in climate-related disasters, she could see that the need for … “There are more challenges added every year because of climate change.” The intensity of the monsoon is increasing …
… A new professional profile is needed: climate science translators who specialize in the brokering, translation and tailoring of climate science data to humanitarian and development decision … in the context of anticipatory action. While disaster risk reduction strategies are evolving to include more …
… are taking direct action themselves to reduce the risk their families and neighbours face. Christina’s journey … the 2011 floods. The experience demanded a new approach to risk management. The introduction of a federal law in 2012 … national government agencies with communities in at-risk areas. Local civil defence centres, known as NUDECs, …
… Muliagatele Filomena Nelson is the Climate Change Adaptation Advisor at the Secretariat of the … become active participants in the process of international climate negotiations. Filomena started her career in disaster … Filomena says it was not easy to be involved in disaster risk reduction because it was dominated by men. “The heads of …
… “If you understand the risk, then you can understand how to cope with it,” Esline … current role (as the Director General of the Ministry of Climate Change Adaptation, Meteorology, Geo-Hazards, … identified varieties of crops that will be resilient to climate change impacts. “We go out to communities and teach …