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Displaying 15 of about 36 resultsA declaration by the Mayors and Local Government representatives together with National Government Officials emphasizing the importance of reducing disaster risk in Arab cities, in which the participants of the First Arab conference for disaster risk reduction recognize the vulnerability Arab cities and towns to disasters such as earthquakes, volcanoes,…
This study aims to deepen our understanding about local climate change trends, adaptation approaches and strategies of the government, NGOs, and other actors, and emerging adaptation practices in key impacted sectors in the Lower Teesta basin in Bangladesh. This region, regarded as one of the important food baskets of the country, has been experiencing…
This study investigated the existing adaptive capacity for climate change impacts by Small-Scale Farmers Associations (SSFAs) in Swaziland’s sugar industry. The analysis of adaptive capacity considered how the livelihood assets (natural, physical, financial, human and social) as discussed in the Sustainable Livelihoods Framework (SLF) help promote SSFAs…
The preparation of this National Progress Report has been undertaken within the framework of the biennial 2011-13 HFA Monitoring and Progress Review process, facilitated by UNISDR and ISDR System partners.
The progress report assesses current national strategic priorities with regard to the implementation of disaster risk reduction actions, and establi…
Basic principles for core strategic statements and approaches to practical action:
This study explains the global issue of food and nutrition insecurity with the aim of presenting new approaches to practical action which Welthungerhilfe can incorporate into its current climate change adaptation strategy. One key element is the focus on strengthening c…
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Ce document présente les réalisations de l’approche de la Direction Générale de la Protection Civile (DGPC) Malienne en matière de gestion des urgences et catastrophes en 2012, 3 années après la mise en œuvre du projet PRECARICA viant à renforcer les capacités de la DGPC, des structures étatiques et des collectivités locales à mieux préven…
Ensuring the next drought will not cause another humanitarian crisis:
This briefing note addresses the need for the fight against hunger and malnutrition in the Sahel to be fought before, during and after crises. It calls for contingency planning to be systematically included into long-term policies and programmes and considers Disaster Risk Reduction…
This document offers a general overview of the 'natural' sudden climate disasters status in the Arab region (with case studies from several countries under consideration), and provides linkage between disaster reduction and natural resources management, land-use planning, climate change adaptation and environmental protection.
It is intended to be used…
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 report presents a system-level mapping and analysis of the performance of international humanitarian assistance. Section 4.3.2 focuses on preparedness, disaster risk reduction and the rise of resilience. This section highlights positives and negatives, for example:
- Through pooled funds, South Sudan has increased its preparedness capacity, with…
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…
The studies presented in this volume address poverty reduction and risk management aspects related to such disasters in both urban and rural communities in India. It reports on different sub-projects carried out in the states of Gujarat and Tamil Nadu, and addresses questions pertaining to: (i) livelihood security strategies in the informal sector of di…
This document presents lessons from the Somalia Resilience Program (SomReP), a multi-year effort to tackle the challenge of recurrent droughts and the chronic vulnerability that results among pastoralists, agro-pastoralists, and peri-urban households across Somalia. Designed to address communities’ unique needs toward building resilient livelihoods, the…
This publication, prepared in preparation for the Copenhagen UN Conference on Climate Change (2009), includes various national studies about adaptation to climate change. It illustrates the willingness of France to mobilize all actors in society, including scientific, institutions and civil society, in the debate about climate change mitigation and adap…
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…