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Displaying 30 of about 1523 resultsThis is Gambia's Voluntary National Report for the Midterm Review of the Implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 (MTR SF).
The overall objective of the MTR SF is to take stock of the implementation of the Sendai Framework to date, assessing progress made and challenges experienced in preventing and reducing disaster…
This report describes a pilot project using anticipatory action (AA) to mitigate, and to a certain extent prevent, the impact of typhoons on people’s homes and livelihoods, while building on the government’s mandatory pre-emptive evacuation procedures that save lives.
The Philippines was selected as one of the countries to pilot AA through the Central…
This report articulates an alternative approach that addresses pandemic risk at its source and is grounded in One Health strategies of systems thinking, whole-of-society planning, and collaboration across disciplines at the human-animal-ecosystem interfaces as a central path to global health security. The report also outlines an investment framewor…
This is Ethiopia's Voluntary National Report for the Midterm Review of the Implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 (MTR SF).
The overall objective of the MTR SF is to take stock of the implementation of the Sendai Framework to date, assessing progress made and challenges experienced in preventing and reducing disast…
In this study, the researchers build daytime and nighttime high-temperature interpolation models supported by data from 225 meteorological stations in Beijing. Against the background of global climate change, the increasing heat health risk from the combined effect of changes in high temperature, exposure, vulnerability, and other factors has become a g…
This report draws on two comparative case studies in Vanuatu and Solomon Islands, as well as an extensive desk review of documents. It explores the roles and impact of organisations of persons with disabilities (OPDs) in each country and identifies key challenges and enablers affecting OPDs’ contributions to the disaster preparedness and response s…
This learning note provides lessons and recommendations concerning the project design of hydropower and dams. The document includes a case study from Mozambique. The growing impact of climate change on the design and operations of dams and the inherent complexity of dam projects (often multi-purpose) require the capacity to adopt increasingly strict glo…
This issue of Southasiadisasters.net is titled, ‘Co-Creating Transformative Knowledge and Action’ and highlights the links between co-creating knowledge, societal transformations and sustainability. In the field of climate change adaptation and sustainability, co-creating knowledge implies using complementary knowledge systems that promote transformatio…
This article presents a systematic review of quantitative methods proposed in the scientific literature or prescribed by government authorities to assess the hazard associated with natural or anthropic flooding. Flood hazard assessment is a fundamental step in flood risk mapping. Quantitative assessment requires hydrodynamic modelling of the flooding pr…
The report provides a detailed analysis of India’s expertise in establishing well-defined institutional systems, legislative, policy, and planning frameworks, robust search and rescue capabilities, improved early warning systems, technological advancements for disaster risk management, improved emergency communication, expanded disaster resource and kno…
In this paper, the authors present a brief overview of machine learning (ML) techniques, provide a general summary of the landslide studies conducted, in recent years, in the three above-mentioned categories, and make an attempt to critically evaluate the use of ML methods to model landslide processes. Upon the introduction of machine learning (ML)…
The report assess the priorities, resource needs and current resource flows for adaptation in South Africa, and the nature of current gaps and barriers to access at subnational level. This study takes a mixed method approach, including desktop analysis and literature review, interviews with stakeholders working on finance for climate objectives wit…
In this paper, the author summarizes the lessons learned from the social protection and wider disaster recovery in the 2010 floods in Pakistan and discusses how they can benefit from ongoing efforts to recover from the floods in the country in 2022, and other settings. As climate change results in recurrent and more frequent natural disasters, each cala…
This policy brief explores challenges faced in the integration of risk considerations in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Risk mirrors today’s interconnected world, increasingly assuming a systemic nature, as demonstrated by the COVID-19 pandemic and the climate emergency. Actions in one system can create or reduce risk for another…
A new report by Christian Aid, Counting the cost 2022: a year of climate breakdown identifies 20 of the most destructive climate disasters of the year. The ten most financially costly events all had an impact of $3 billion or more. Most of these estimates are based only on insured losses, meaning the true financial costs are likely to be even…