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Displaying 12 of about 12 resultsThe Climate Change Regional Policy Dialogue on "How to Mainstream Climate Change Adaptation into a Country's Priority Sectors of Action" aims at promoting the dialogue and sharing of experiences between experts and practitioners. One of the main topics to be addressed is sea level rise impacts and adaptation measures. This event will be coordinated with…
The fourth Biennial SASDiR Conference will explore practices to 'avoid disaster risk creation' as a compliment to a DRR approach. The aim of the conference is to harness its broad, interdisciplinary expertise on this topic by gathering academics, practitioners and any other stakeholder in disaster risk and disaster-related fields. SASDiR mainly foc…
InterMET Asia brings together the global weather and climate industry and end user community with a senior audience from more than 30 countries under one roof. This is the third edition in the successful annual series, and is part of a cooperation framework of the World Bank, Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the World Meteorolog…
Theme: "Innovative and sustainable solutions to climate change"
Singapore is pleased to host the inaugural edition of the World Engineers Summit (WES) come September 2013. Engineers from multiple disciplines and climate change specialists from all over the world will congregate to share ideas and insights on climate change.
The week-long event will in…
This meeting will bring together technical experts together with Government representatives of the 16 countries within CARIFORUM, including Cuba in the field of climate change and will provide a forum in which international consultants who have been recruited to conduct assessments of the economic and social impacts of climate change on the agriculture,…
The workshop is part of the Caribbean Weather Impacts Group (CARIWIG)’s effort to initiate and sustain consultations to determine community needs for the generation of quantitative climate information for climate impact assessments and the broader decision-making process in the Caribbean.
The stakeholder consultation will focus on some of the region’s…
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While another active and likely severe Hurricane season is approaching, different countries in the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region, particularly in the Caribbean, continue to slowly recover from the impacts caused by the catastrophic Irma and Maria events of last year. At the same time,…
Theme 1: Scientific evidence
What is evidence is there of climate change?
Paleoclimatology: The earth’s climate in a long view
Climate change today: Examining the data
Ice cap reduction and glacial melt
Sea level change
Floods, drought, forest fires, hurricanes and other sporadic events
Albedo or measuring the earth’s reflectiveness
Meteorolog…
Women market vendors overnight accommodation will be officially opened in Rakiraki, Fiji, by the Minister for Local Government, Urban Development, Housing & Environment. The event will also celebrate the inter-related UN observation days in October: International Day for Disaster Reduction, International Day for Rural Women, International World Food…
Background
Disasters cause loss of productive assets and disruption of markets, affecting availability and access to food and thwarting people’s efforts to build sustainable livelihoods. Living with high levels of risk undermines Caribbean people’s ability to develop their livelihoods greatly. Predominantly, disasters tend to have the most severe conseq…
Consolider la résilience des communautés en renforçant les capacités productives, financières et sociales des ménages à travers une approche intégrée.
Contexte
Le développement durable ne peut être atteint sans moyens d’existence résilients. Partout dans le monde, les populations vulnérables sont de plus en plus exposées aux aléas naturels et aux…
Asia faces serious challenges to its food security and ICAFS 2014 will be a key forum to meet and discuss its issues and drivers. The conference will focus on Asia’s response towards the thinking horizon of 2025.