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Displaying 45 of about 420 resultsCurriculum on disaster management for primary school students (grade 5).
In French
Objectifs
Evaluer la situation et les besoins des populations les plus vulnérables face aux risques de catastrophes naturelles, définir des axes d’intervention et élaborer une proposition de projet incluant une approche communautaire.
L’objectif spécifique de cette mission est de définir avec les Croix-Rouge cambodgienne (CRC) et lao (CRL)…
Contract Type
10 months over 2-years
Background
Plan International Cambodia and Australia are preparing for the upcoming Asian Development Bank (ADB) Project in Cambodia on Second Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project from March 2017 to February 2019. The project will support the progressive mainstreaming of climate change adapta…
This learning report was developed at the conclusion of the UNDP-supported ‘Strengthening Climate Information and Early Warning Systems in Cambodia to Support Climate Resilient Development and Adaptation to Climate Change’ project (known herein as ‘the project’), financed by the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) component of the Global Environment F…
This paper presents a multi-method approach to understand how local knowledge of the spatial and temporal patterns of floods, droughts, and rainfall can be integrated with scientific information along a flood-prone section of the lower Mekong River in Kratie Province, Cambodia. Participatory hazard mapping of community members’ knowledge of the movement…
Across the world, flooding remains the most frequent and most damaging natural risk. This technical report begins by exploring the reasons for this state of affairs: hydrological regimes, the existence of extreme events as part of a continuous distribution of possibilities, and the concepts of hazard and vulnerability. It then moves on to describe the c…
Southeast Asia is home to an estimated 36 million people living below the international poverty line, about 5% of the global total. If efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals in this region are to succeed, undertaking disaster risk-informed developments is not a choice, but a necessity. Natural hazards impact large areas throughout the…
The report aims to provide a better understanding for policy makers in Asia about what focusing on human rights and gender equality in the context of climate change entails in practice. By synthesising evidence from literature across 10 different sectors (agriculture and forestry, fisheries, mining, construction, energy, manufacturing, wholesale and ret…
This paper addresses a need for a paradigm shift towards more proactive and adaptive drought management across South-East Asia. The report provides the evidence base for these interventions, including the recently adopted ASEAN Declaration on the Strengthening of Adaptation to Drought.
The report presents three policy tracks: i) reduce and prevent; ii)…
This book is a compilation of six country case studies that discusses the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Safe Schools Initiative's (ASSI) best practices and key learnings from the implementation of comprehensive school safety frameworks.
The first phase of ASSI involved a series of consultations in nine of the member States w…
This publication discusses the need to rehabilitate natural systems with nature-based solutions as key for building sustainability and resilience in urban areas. It summarizes in case studies the experience of three Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) towns—Battambang, Dong Ha, and Kaysone Phomvihane.
In this context, green infrastructure is understood as n…
This document provides a compendium of the main findings and lessons learnt from food security climate analyses undertaken by WFP and partners under the Climate Adaptation Management and Innovation Initiative (C-ADAPT).
This compendium is targeted at government policy makers, humanitarian partners, and technical analysts interested in accessing a snap…
This note looks at ways to integrate volunteerism into the environment and climate change area. It intends to contribute to strengthening of UNV capacity to more effectively engage partners in environmental and climate change activities during its advocacy and programming work. It presents relevant background information and basic concepts related to na…
This briefing paper addresses the governance of funding for climate change adaptation in developing countries at the global and country level in order for the needs of the most vulnerable to be met. It particularly considers country-level ownership of adaptation finance and advocates for climate funding to prioritize and clearly provide resource allocat…
This manual provides basic understanding and describes implementation arrangements required for flood preparedness planning. It is expected to be beneficial, in particular, to the countries of the Lower Mekong Basin and can also be adapted to incorporate the needs and situation of other countries in the region, including Thailand.
It was developed base…