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Displaying 15 of about 513 resultsThis guide covers how to shift from weather forecasts and warnings to multi-hazard impact-based forecast and warning services represents a paradigm shift in service delivery for many National Meteorological and Hydrological Service (NMHS), but one which is entirely consonant with the Implementation Plan for the WMO Strategy for Service Delivery adopted…
This pilot builds on existing disaster risk management capacity of Fiji for tropical cyclones, including well established climate and disaster risk governance, early warning systems and coordination structures. The need for enhanced early warning and response to a range of hazards, including tropical cyclones, has been identified as priority in national…
This report documents an anticipatory action programme in Indonesia's in Nusa Tenggara Timur province, triggered in March 2023, by predictions that the 2023 dry season would arrive earlier, with less much rainfall than usual.Plan Indonesia collected risk information from the 169 communities in three districts in NTT where Plan has been worki…
Ethiopia’s early warning systems, developed over a 50-year span, faced challenges such as fragmentation, inadequate funding, and a lack of proactive measures. The focus on crisis management, rather than anticipatory actions, led to inefficient resource allocation. To address these issues, the Ethiopian Disaster Risk Management Commission (EDRMC) and sta…
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 paper addresses the need for an early warning communication strategy to support flood risk management in Kwale, Kenya. It examines the status of early warning communication without a strategy. To ensure that the early warning triggers appropriate early actions towards risk of a hazard, the warning has to be understood. Therefore, the main objective…
This law makes the Department of Emergency Preparedness responsible for organizing matters related to prevention of natural disasters. The department must prepare and implement measures to prevent natural disasters or reduce the impacts of their aftereffects. Specific disaster risk reductions provisions include: article 4(5) and article 5(12) which deal…
The 'Road map' is a ten year comprehensive programme of action for disaster risk management which has been developed by the Government of Sri Lanka with support from United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
This publication is focused on seven thematic components which are consistent with ongoing and past efforts in the field of disaster risk manag…
These three sectoral reports were produced to complete the Malaysian National slope master plan 2009-2023 with the aim of formulating a detailed, comprehensive and effective framework of policies, strategies and action plans to reduce risks from landslides on slopes nationwide. The plan included activities at the national, state and local levels in both…
This act provides for the functioning and powers of the Department of Disaster Management of British Virgin Islands, and regulates the establishment of National Disaster Management Council, the functioning of emergency operations centres and shelters, the obligations of public officers and other persons, the national alert system and threatened hazard a…
This report provides an assessment of the achievements and progress made in disaster risk reduction (DRR) by Portugal during the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR). It describes country’s recent experience with natural hazards and disasters, such as earthquake, also presents national institutional and legal framework for DRR and…
Working with national governments and humanitarian, development and scientific partners, FAO’s Early Warning Early Action approach monitors risk information systems and translates warnings into anticipatory actions. Every quarter, FAO’s Early Warning Early Action report on food security and agriculture ranks risks by their likelihood and potential impac…
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…
This Annual Report highlights the progress and results achieved during FY18. It provides an overview of grant making activities in six regions and across GFDRR’s eight targeted areas of engagement, and a section of Special Features explores various areas of work in greater depth. The report also provides information on the Facility’s financial health. O…
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is developing innovative early warning systems to anticipate risks and intervene at the right time. The right time is often early – before a crisis becomes a humanitarian disaster. FAO’s approach is shifting from a reactive mind-set to one focused on mitigation and prevention.
When the s…