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Displaying 15 of about 32 resultsThis edition of the Australian Journal of Emergency Management focuses on evidence of the science behind disaster mitigation. It also includes research reported at the Fire and Emergency Management Conference (AFAC18); the impacts of disasters on the homeless; and how pets and farm stock can be included in emergency plans.
AJEM focuses on bo…
The preparation of this Local Progress Report has been undertaken within the framework of the biennial 2011-2013 Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) Monitoring and Progress Review process, facilitated by UNISDR and the ISDR partnership.The progress report mainly assesses the trans-boundary issues and the status and progress in the implementation of disast…
This report also demonstrates the impact of this warming, both on the planet’s ecosystems and on individuals and communities, through superstorms, flooding, heatwaves, droughts and wildfires.It highlights the following:
Concentrations of the major greenhouse gases, CO2, CH4, and N2O, continued to increase despite the temporary reduction in emissions…
This report offers an assessment of the extent to which the EU-Budget is currently contributing to tackling the challenges of climate change, biodiversity loss and resource overconsumption. It considers resilience to fire and floods and other natural hazards as well as ecosystem resilience in the face of climate change as part of the most important publ…
This report presents an overview of what adaptation to climate change might mean for Eastern Europe and Cental Asia, in terms of vulnerability to a changing hydrology and more extreme droughts, floods, heat waves, windstorms, and forest fires, and in terms of the frequency and cost of natural disasters.
It starts with a discussion of emerging best prac…
A glance at urban interventions by Red Cross Societies in Latin America and the Caribbean:
This publication was developed in an effort to complement and inform the internal process of defining urban intervention strategies in the Americas in order to manage urban risk related to health and sanitation; food security and nutrition; road safety; social, e…
This booklet reveals and explains the linkages between people and the environment in the Balkans. As part of the present risks intensified by climate warming, it considers forest fires, desertification, drought and heat waves, decreasing farming productivity, sea level rise impacts on coastal erosion and salt water intrusion, and floods; and addresses a…
This policy brief addresses the significant and emerging threat of climate change to public health and the risks posed by the continuing loss of biodiversity and the global degradation of ecosystems to our long-term good health. It warns for disaster risk, and especially those triggered by weather-related events such as floods, landslides, droughts, hea…
This policy seeks to establish the guiding principles and architecture for disaster risk management (DRM) in Rwanda by presenting the institutional structures, roles, responsibilities, authorities and key processes, with the ultimate goal being to increase the resilience of vulnerable groups to disasters (the main natural hazards in Rwanda identified by…
This report examines four topics: (i) disasters in 2012, with a focus on recurring disasters; (ii) the role of regional organizations in disaster risk management; (iii) wildfires; and (iv) the important role of women in disaster risk management. It highlights the value given by governments and other actors in working together to prevent disasters and, t…
This is the first of a series of monitoring bulletins on the impact of weather extremes on food security and seasonal topics related to food security in Indonesia in 2018. The first section of this issue presents an update on climate, crops and disasters in the first months of 2018. The second section focuses on the climate outlook for May to July 2018.…
This publication reports on how climate change is going to trigger more frequent and fiercer storms, floods, landslides, forest fires, extreme temperatures and drought, and developing countries will bear the brunt of these blows. These countries are home to poor populations who live and work in floodplains, mountainsides and deltas and when disaster str…
This abstract book of the Second World Landslide Forum reviews 29 sessions addressing: landslides and land-use systems, food security, wild fires, extreme weather, GIS applications developments, socio-economic impact, transportation network and lifelines, policies, urban risk reduction, early warnings and emergency plans, training and capacity developme…
This report provides a review and synthesis of the economic impacts of the 2019-2020 bushfires on agriculture and the wider food system. Of the more than 10 million hectares burnt in south-eastern Australia during the 2019-2020 fire season, around one-quarter was agricultural land. To assess this impact in economic terms, the researchers investigated th…
This study examines six projects under the International Fund for Agricultural Development's (IFAD) Adaptation for Smallholder Agriculture Program (ASAP), in three principal ecosystems of the Asia and Pacific region: a mountainous region, wetlands and a river delta. It derived four main recommendations for improving the design and effectiveness of adapt…