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Displaying 15 of about 251 resultsThis Executive Action Plan summarizes the initial actions required to achieve the goal of ensuring every person on Earth is protected by early warning systems within five years, and sets out the pathway to implementation. It calls for an estimated new targeted investments of US$3.1 billion over the five years to advance the four mult…
A 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 special water edition of the WMO Bulletin draws attention to the programmes and activities of WMO in helping Member States and Territories to find solutions to the problems they face across the entire water resources value chain. The contents will provide the reader with an appreciation of the depth of commitment being made by WMO hydrological and…
The Rapid Response Research (RRR) project seeks to gather information on households’ perceptions of climate change and its links to resilience. Under the wider Building Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Extremes and Disasters (BRACED) programme, a series of mobile phone surveys were conducted in Hpa-An township, eastern Myanmar. This report lays down…
By 2050, 3.2 million people in urban areas could be at risk from pluvial flooding, an increase of 1.2 million from 2015. It is, thus, imperative to understand existing coping strategies because such strategies play critical roles in developing adaptation strategies to climate change. Current studies demonstrate the role of indigenous knowledge (IK)—gath…
This Modernisation Plan aims to support the development of climate resilience in Honduras by improving climate, meteorological and hydrological services and by strengthening early warning systems regarding hydrometeorological and climate risk and the management of water resources.
The plan is based on an analysis of the gaps that exist between the…
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 the ISDR partnership.
The progress report assesses current national strategic priorities with regard to the implementation of disaster risk reduction actions, and establi…
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…
This bill amends the Disaster Management Act, 2002. The amendments include the following:
clarification of policy focus on rehabilitation and functioning of disaster management centres alignment of the functions of the National Disaster Management Advisory Forum to accommodate the South African National Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction providing f…
This White Paper on the Future of Weather and Climate Forecasting is a collective endeavour of more than 30 lead scientists and experts to analyse trends, challenges and opportunities in a very dynamic environment. The main purpose of the paper is to set directions and recommendations for scheduled progress, avoiding potential disruptions and leveraging…
This paper explores these issues through a critical assessment of the quality of knowledge for adaptation generated from a climate services co-design process in two case studies in Sweden. Despite a strong increase in climate change impact and adaptation research and practice over the past decade, the wealth of knowledge and experience is seldom used to…
This document showcases a wide range of concrete examples over a decade of climate action spurred by the global Partners for Resilience (PfR) alliance. PfR aims to strengthen community resilience by integrating climate change adaptation and ecosystem management and restoration with disaster risk reduction (DRR), which they call Integrated Risk Managemen…
This document describes FAO-Adapt, an organization-wide framework programme that provides general guidance and introduces principles as well as priority themes, actions and implementation support to FAO’s activities for climate change adaptation. The document consists of five main sections. Chapter 1 introduces the background and context of FAO-Adapt. C…
This document describes Save the Children's approach to disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA), classifying DRR and CCA work into five main categories: (i) preparedness activities, (ii) early warning activities, (iii) mitigation activities, (iv) activities to promote resilience, and (v) activities that support communities’ ada…
This report presents an integrated view of development through indicators, including data on environmental hazards, natural or human-made disasters and climate change, with the goal of putting these data in the hands of policymakers, development specialists, students, and the public in a way that makes the data easy to use.
The overall report aims to p…