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Displaying 15 of about 182 resultsOn August 14, 2017, landslides and floods devastated a large cross-section of Freetown, Sierra Leone. An estimated 6,000 people were affected, of which 1,141 have been reported dead or missing. More than 3,000 people lost their homes. Almost every sector of the urban economy was impacted. The livelihood impacts of affected communities were widespread.…
This report reviews the availability of data in Mauritius to report against the indicators recommended to measure the global targets of the Sendai Framework, and identify current gaps.
This study analyzed the effects of earthquakes, floods and space weather on the power grid in the European Union to identify vulnerabilities and to understand how these natural hazards influence the recovery time of electric utilities.
The following recommendations related to policy, hazard mitigation and emergency management emerged from the findings…
This paper shows how single- and multi-hazard damage to energy, transport, industrial, and social critical infrastructures in Europe are likely to develop until the year 2100 under the influence of climate change. Future losses will not be incurred equally across Europe. Southern and south-eastern European countries will be most affected and, as a resul…
This paper compares the strengths and weaknesses between a locally and a nationally managed funds to supporting development and climate change initiatives in Isiolo County, Kenya. Using two case studies of the Isiolo County Climate Change Fund (ICCCF) and the Community Development Trust Fund (CDTF), this working paper compares their degree of alignment…
This document provides a compendium of the main findings and lessons learnt from food security climate analyses undertaken by WFP and partners under the Climate Adaptation Management and Innovation Initiative (C-ADAPT).
This compendium is targeted at government policy makers, humanitarian partners, and technical analysts interested in accessing a snap…
This study of humanitarian preparedness measures focuses on the 2015–2016 El Niño event in five countries: Zambia, Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Malawi. Chapters 2–6 of this study detail country-level measures to prepare for potential El Niño related impacts. Chapter 7, addresses the challenges to and benefits of early action as experienced by two organ…
This brief summarises work conducted by an alliance of government and non-government organisations to increase and channel the flow of international climate adaptation financing to sub-national governments and local communities in East and West Africa. Early results demonstrate the benefits that community-led prioritisation and budgeting for climate res…
This is the 17th issue of the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS) annual report on forest fires for the year 2016. This report is consolidated as documentation of the previous year's forest fires in Europe, Middle East and North Africa. In its different sections, the report includes information on the evolution of fire danger in the Eur…
The guidelines are mainly addressed to national authorities and other actors interested in the elaboration of national risk assessments, including regional and local authorities involved in cross border cooperation. The focus of these guidelines is on the processes and methods of national risk assessments and mapping in the prevention, preparedness and…
This document describes capacity building efforts to implement a Chemical Accident Prevention and Preparedness Programme for Tanzania (CAPP-TZ) based on the Flexible Framework Programme for CAPP developed by UNEP. The National Inception Workshop of the CAPP-TZ project was held in Dar es Salaam on 31 July and 1 August 2013.
The document outli…
This document provides best practice guidance and a harmonised approach to the development and maintenance of inventories of hazardous materials in accordance with Article 5 and Article 12 of the Regulation (EU) 1257/2013 of the European Parliament and the Council on ship recycling (hereinafter referred to as "the Regulation" or as "the SRR"). This docu…
The UN-EU Partnership Report 2014-2015 reflects the humanitarian and development cooperation between the United Nations and the European Union, and their coordinated work on peace and security and human rights. The EU supported many of the country-led, UN-coordinated multi-donor arrangements that enabled – through the hard work of countries, their gover…
This study examines conflict and disaster risk management (CDRM) strategies for the education sector. It describes lessons learned in the process of strengthening central- and district-level educational planning capacities for CDRM.
Through the provision of training and technical assistance, the two districts have developed tools to self-ass…
Why transboundary cooperation matters in preventing industrial accidents
It discusses how the UNECE Industrial Accidents Convention (referred to as The Convention) can help to prevent industrial accidents, especially those with transboundary effects, and to prepare for and respond to such accidents if they occur.
The document prov…