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Displaying 420 of about 420 resultsNew automatic weather stations advance climate information & early warning in the Kingdom of Cambodia
In a small village approximately four hour’s drive south of Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh, Loas Polyvann, 52, and his wife, Phan Chinda, 46, run a small but successful family business.
Over the years, the couple’s hard work has paid off.…
By Renz Louie Celeridad
A newly developed conceptual framework assesses the climate-smart village approach in Southeast Asia, measuring livelihood strategies and outcomes targeted by the villages.
A study was conducted to present a framework that will evaluate the Climate-Smart Village (CSV) approach developed by the CGIAR Research Program on Clima…
In a leap forward for grassroots and government preparedness for climate change in Cambodia, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has forged a new partnership with the intergovernmental institution Regional Integrated Multi-Hazard Early Warning System for Africa and Asia (RIMES) aimed at enhancing the country’s capacity to produce and act on…
When a disaster strikes, its impacts are not equal -- women, children, the elderly, migrants and the poor are frequently disproportionately affected.
Under the project ''Strengthening Climate Information and Early Warning Systems to Support Climate-Resilient Development' , UNDP Cambodia partnered with Action Aid Cambodia to increase gender equality i…
By Kelsea Clingeleffer, Results Monitoring and Evaluation Consultant
As the floodwaters rise around the base of their houses, grandmothers in rural Cambodia are often forced to remain inside looking after their grandchildren. Their own children have either migrated over the border – to the city or to nearby garment factories for work –…
With new funds provided by the Government of Canada, WMO and its partners are stepping up efforts to support disaster risk reduction in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and Southeast Asia.
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) has allocated CAD 10 million (US$ 7.5 million) to the project entitled “Building Resilience to High-Impact Hydro-me…
Activists say 15 of the capital's 25 lakes have been filled in with others partly filled or earmarked for reclamation
By Rina Chandran
PHNOM PENH - Lay Sremeth and her family have lived on a narrow stretch of land by Phnom Penh's Boeung Tompoun lake for three decades, fishing in its water and growing rice on its bank.
But shortly after authorities ap…
Following on the heels of the Asia Ministerial Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction in Mongolia earlier this month, Cambodia’s National Committee for Disaster Management and the UN Development Programme today hosted consultations on implementation and monitoring of the world’s first major agreement of the post-2015 development agenda, the Sendai Frame…
The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Board of Directors has approved a $90 million loan to help Cambodia strengthen climate resilience and modernize the agriculture sector using advanced technologies.
The Climate-Friendly Agribusiness Value Chains Sector Project will also be funded by an additional $10 million loan and a $30 million grant from the Green…
"With extreme weather events becoming more frequent and erratic, access to real-time, accurate information can help build resilience among vulnerable communities."
By Rina Chandran
PHNOM PENH - Floods in Cambodia in 2011 and 2013 killed more than 400 people, displaced tens of thousands, and destroyed crops, livestock and homes.
This year, despit…
By Paula Uniacke
Last week, heads of state from Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand met for the third Mekong River Commission (MRC) Summit in Siem Reap to discuss the threats to the Mekong River region, among them how to develop effective coping strategies for climate-related vulnerabilities.
Cambodia is already feeling the effects: the co…
By Sayanangshu Modak
As the waters of the flooded Kosi river swirled closer, Rohit Kumar started to pull down his new home in the village of Govindpur, in the eastern Indian state of Bihar, brick by brick.
It was the only way to save the house from being washed away by the floodwaters. All the villagers were doing the same, according to a news report.…
This Disaster Management Reference Handbook is intended to provide decision makers, planners, responders and disaster management practitioners with an overview of the disaster management structure, policies, laws, and plans for each country covered in the series. Natural and man-made threats most likely to affect the country are discussed.
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The Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) report provides a snapshot of the latest DRR progress Cambodia has achieved under the four priorities of the Sendai Framework. It also highlights some of the key challenges surrounding the issue of creating coherence among the key global frameworks at the country level; and makes recommendations for strengthening the ov…
This second edition of Ready for the Dry Years reveals that the severity of two drought events during 2015-2016 and 2018-2020 exceeds anything recorded in the past two decades, since the major El Niño of 1997-1998. Evidence presented in the Report shows that this could be set to continue as the climate warms. The report expands the geographical coverage…