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Displaying 15 of about 858 resultsThis report issues recommendations to guide the implementation and operation of a new international Loss and Damage fund from the perspective of the intended recipients and beneficiaries who are vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. This report highlights the insights that emerged from a series of focus groups held with those representing and wor…
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…
On August 14, 2017, landslides and floods devastated a large cross-section of Freetown, Sierra Leone. An estimated 6,000 people were affected, of which 1,141 have been reported dead or missing. More than 3,000 people lost their homes. Almost every sector of the urban economy was impacted. The livelihood impacts of affected communities were widespread.…
Historically, the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) has faced significant challenges with its water supply. During 2015 and 2016, extremely low precipitation and an especially intense El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) resulted in a severe drought. By May 2016, 21,000 people in RMI were affected – 1,257 households on the outer islands and 5,195 ho…
Between March 12 and 14, 2015, Tropical Cyclone Pam struck Vanuatu as an extremely destructive Category 5 cyclone. Eleven fatalities were subsequently confirmed in Tafea and Shefa Provinces. An estimated 65,000 people were displaced from their homes. Approximately 17,000 buildings were damaged or destroyed, including houses, schools, clinics, and other…
From January to April 2015, Mozambique experienced prolonged heavy rain, which contributed to the rising of water levels in the Zambezi, Licungo and Shire River basins, exposing the population to flooding. Factors which contributed to the high level of flooding are: (i) heavy rainfall; (ii) flat terrain; (iii) high tide; and (iv) inappropriate drainage…
During the night of 13-14 June 2015, heavy rainfall over the Vere River basin led to flash floods that struck the Vake and Saburtalo neighbourhoods of Georgia’s capital, Tbilisi, as well as other areas of the city along the right bank of the river Mtkvari. The Lisi, Tsodoreti, Napetvrebi, Bevreti, Tskhaldidi, Betania and Tskhneti areas around Tbil…
A slow-moving tropical depression caused persistent heavy rains in the Solomon Islands between April 1 and April 4, 2014. The rains caused flash flooding in Honiara, Guadalcanal, Isabel, Malaita,and Makira-Ulawa. The flooding was the worst in living memory in some locations. It caused 22 fatalities across the country, internally displaced some 10,000 pe…
In January 2012, the area of Traditional Authority Mlolo in Nsanje District was hit by two floods after heavy rain led to the swelling of Ruo and Shire Rivers. The floods affected 10,376 people, out of which 6,159 were displaced. The most affected sectors were housing, water and sanitation, and agriculture.
This assessment provides the recovery, reco…
In 2010 and 2011, parts of Uganda experienced rainfall deficits, affecting the country in agricultural, hydrological, and socioeconomic terms. Rainfall deficits did not occur across the entire country, and the level of deficiency varied in different locations. Uganda was not as seriously affected in comparison to other countries in the Great Horn of Afr…
The present systematization carried out by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) compiles Good Practices in Post-disaster Recovery in Latin America and the Caribbean, with the aim of spreading and highlighting the work and recovery processes that are coming taking place in different countries of the region. This systematization compiles some goo…
This report is about the degree to which companies had disclosed taking climate risks into account within financial statements, and auditors in their audits thereof. The report includes whether the assumptions and estimates that companies used were transparent and consistent with other aspects of reports. So far, there has been a growth in net…
In response to the growing recognition that measuring inputs, such as climate finance, is not enough to capture the impacts of investments, the World Bank Group developed the Resilience Rating System (RRS). Developed over a two-year,multi-sectoral consultative process through close collaboration with internal and external actors, the RRS methodology aim…
The seventh edition of the UNEP Adaptation Gap Report 2022: Too Little, Too Slow looks at progress in planning, financing and implementing adaptation actions. At least 84 per cent of Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) have established adaptation plans, strategies, laws and policies – up 5 per cent from the previo…
This 2021 UN Plan of Action Progress Report presents the summary of progress with regard to the three Commitments of the UN Plan of Action, based on the Results Framework, as reported by UN organizations for the year 2021. The UN Plan of Action is an important tool to maximize the joint impact of UN System action in support of countries to strengthen di…