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Displaying 15 of about 419 resultsThe 2011 Global Assesment Report, entitled 'Revealing Risk, Redefining Development', is the leading UN publication on the status of global disaster risk today. The relevance of the Global Assessment Report has become painfully clear, against the backdrop of a number of major disasters, it provides an innovative analysis of the economic cost of such disa…
This seismic risk profile of Cambodia, produced by the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation summarizes key metrics of seismic risk, allowing stakeholders in risk management to get an overview of the risk in the country.The profile presents the following relevant information:Social indicators, which provide context to the region in question;Risk indi…
GENEVA, 13 August 2012 - A new study by UNICEF and UNESCO is a timely assessment of just how some countries are faring, or not, with the implementation of disaster risk reduction education seven years after such education was requested by the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA).
The HFA - the 10-year global disaster risk reduction action plan agreed upon…
Geneva, 3 July 2012 – The United Nations office for disaster risk reduction, UNISDR, today officially welcomed five members of parliament from Bangladesh, Uganda, Cambodia, Senegal and the East African Legislative Assembly as parliamentary champions committed to promoting legislation for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation.
This month…
This synthesis report presents an updated analysis of the social protection landscape in Asia and the Pacific and identifies priorities for enhancing both food security and nutrition and improving responses to risks and shocks.It draws on scoping studies commissioned by WFP exploring social protection in eight countries (Cambodia, Lao PDR, Nepal, Pakist…
To put in place inclusive strategies that increase the resilience of women and men in all their diversity, there is an urgent need to better understand the gendered effects of climate change across countries. To achieve this, this paper explores the connections between phenomena related to climate change and gender related outcomes in Ban…
Climate change is going just as badly for cities as we have been warned it would. Extreme weather is increasingly common and severe globally. Australian cities have endured a number of recent disastrous events.
It’ll get worse, too. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) factsheet outlining impacts on human settlements is a very sobering…
This is Cambodia'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 d…
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Plan has received funding from Sida to implement “Strengthening Children’s Voices in Promoting Safe School project” from November 2011 – December 2013 in three countries. The project goal is “Children in the most at-risk communities in Cambodia, China, Indonesia have access to safer education through duty bearers minimizing the impact of di…
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Cambodia is among the countries in South East Asia most vulnerable to extreme events, particularly to tropical cyclones and heavy monsoon rains, usually resulting in annual flooding. It is also prone to periodic droughts. Its vulnerability is exacerbated by the large proportion of the population affected by climate risks due to their depende…
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UNDP-GEF funded project “Enabling Activities for the Preparation of the Kingdom of Cambodia’s Second National Communication to the UNFCCC” will enable the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) to prepare its Second National Communication (SNC) to the Conference of the Parties (CoP) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (U…
Marching around the provincial town and perform 'Blessing Dance' from provincial art team
Activities on that day will include:
- Speech of community-rep in resilience
- 2 Songs on DRR, Drama performed by youth group
- Forum (from communities-Older person group and youth)
- Quiz
- Exhibition / video / media / Drawing / Press release/Press conference
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The Economic and Social Commission of Asia Pacific (ESCAP) will organize a regional meeting of Least Developed Countries (LDCs) in the region to discuss the implementation of the Istanbul Programme of Action for the LDCs. An important area of the Instanbul Programme of Action is the reduction of vulnerabilities, including to disasters. The meeting will…
A declaration made by the Mekong River Commission (MRC) including heads of the Governments of the Kingdom of Cambodia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, the Kingdom of Thailand, and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, at the First Summit of the Mekong River Commission (MRC) in Hua Hin, Thailand, on the occasion of its 15th Anniversary.
This report summarizes the outcomes of the fourth Nansen Initiative Regional Consultation, which was hosted by the Government of the Philippines in Manila from 15 – 17 October 2014 to discuss “Human Mobility in the Context of Disasters and Climate Change in Southeast Asia.”
The overall objectives of the Nansen Initiative Southeast Asian Regional Consul…