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Displaying 15 of about 43 resultsThis policy paper comprises an issue brief and background report prepared by the OECD for the G7 Environment, Energy and Oceans Ministers. It outlines the rising risks faced by coastal communities, which are being exacerbated by climate change. It shows how governments can harness innovation in information, planning, financing and monitoring to help imp…
This policy brief provides an overview of three approaches to leveraging public finance for coastal adaptation: 1) generating revenues through market transactions; 2) generating revenues through taxes; and 3) improving efficiency of project implementation. These approaches help public authorities that want to invest in coastal adaptation overcome financ…
Environmental Emergencies News: Issue 6, April 2007, pages 2-3:
This article presents examples of indigenous disaster early warning, preparedness, and response including: mitigation efforts of the Banyala community in Budalang’I, Kenya; prediction of drought and floods in Swaziland, and drought and famine in Tanzania; disaster early warning of the Nene…
Analysis from the East-West Center, no. 96:
This paper addresses Asia's coastal megacities increasing vulnerability to flooding disasters resulting from the combined effects of climate change (manifested as sea level rise, intensified storms, and storm surges), land subsidence and rapid urban growth. It recognizes the urgent need in all these cities:…
Exploration of innovative measures for the Netherlands' adaptation policy inspired by experiences from abroad:
This interim report adds to the vast pool of knowledge on the subject of climate-change proof flood risk management and co-operate with the many research groups involved with low-lying deltaic areas. It tries to reconcile two competing definit…
This report presents seven case studies compiled by researchers and practitioners. These case studies from different countries cover a range of topics in the Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction (Eco-DRR) context, and are as follows:
Landslide hazard regulation and mitigation: Creating Resilient Landscapes in the Serrana region of Rio de…
This book was produced to mark the end of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR), a United Nations initiative to reduce the negative effects of natural disasters.
This volume communicates solutions to the problems associated with natural disasters, stimulating discussion and improvements in methods of protecting people and prop…
This review assesses how United Kingdom can be better protected from future flooding and increasingly extreme weather events. It focuses on four key areas: 1) updating the country's climate modelling and stress-testing its resilience to flood risk; 2) assessing the resilience of important infrastructure like electricity substations; 3) temporary de…
Global models of tide, storm surge, and wave setup are used to obtain projections of episodic coastal fooding over the coming century. The models are extensively validated against tide gauge data and the impact of uncertainties and assumptions on projections estimated in detail. Global “hotspots” where there is projected to be a signifcant change in epi…
This document presents the Netherlands storm surge warning service (SVSD), intended to monitor, inform, forecast and issue warnings for high water levels as part of the coastal defence system. It includes a presentation of its structure, organization, functions and the challenges it is facing.
This document gives an overview of FAO’s work with regard to natural and human-induced disasters in the fisheries and aquaculture sectors, together with the lessons learned and experience gained on how to improve disaster response, preparedness, and prevention in these sectors.
Risk assessment and mitigation measures for natural and conflict-related hazards in Asia-Pacific:
This report presents the results of a study that aimed to quantify the risk posed by earthquake, flood (and storm surge), landslide, cyclone and tropical storm, tsunami, drought, and social unrest in form of intrastate armed conflict in the Asia-Pacific co…
This report is designed to raise awareness of climate change related risks to port infrastructure in Asia, quantifying the potential costs to rebuild and adapt ports to climate change. The objective is to encourage port owners and operators and the banks and investors that finance them to factor the long-term implications of climate change into decision…
The ENHANCE project (Enhancing risk management partnerships for catastrophic natural disasters in Europe) analyses and develops new multi-sector partnernsips (MSPs) between public and private sectors, with emphasis on the financial sector. Analysing existing MSPs in ten case studies across Europe, ENHANCE explores the roles of actors and stake…
This publication is the progress report produced by the Port of Felixstowe (United Kingdom) on their climate change adaptations. It sets out their progress in adapting to the current and future predicted effects of climate change on their organisation.
The adaptation measures undertaken by the Port are the following, among other (pp. 26-30):
The por…