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Geneva (United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction) - Children can and should play a crucial role in disaster risk reduction, a panel of children from disaster-prone regions told the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction this afternoon.
Children from Ethiopia, Japan, Viet…
Cambodia aims to lead the way in adaptation planning, through direct access to climate financing.
Cambodia is working to implement their National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process by developing a NAP Readiness proposal for submission to the Green Climate Fund (GCF).
The Cambodia NAP Readiness proposal will fully integrate with development pl…
"The moment calls for a robust response to protect economic growth from the risks of climate change and secure continued progress," says Marshall Island finance minister
By Megan Rowling
BARCELONA - As droughts and floods cut crop harvests and storms tear up buildings and power lines, countries vulnerable to climate change - from Bangladesh to Kenya a…
This study examines in detail the experiences of Cambodia, Nepal, and Tajikistan with adaptation funding for Strategic Program for Climate Resilience (SPCR) preparation. It documents the contributions of the Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (PPCR) to country readiness for adaptation planning and climate finance, and identifies so…
Community, environment and disaster risk management, volume 8:
This book outlines the characteristics and challenges of the Asian monsoon drought and highlights solutions and approaches undertaken in different parts of the region. It combines academic research and field practices, and builds on actual implementation experiences of drought risk reductio…
Istanbul – The Climate Investment Funds (CIF) wrapped up week-long meetings with more than $160 million allocated for developing countries in Asia and the Pacific to expand access to renewable energy, manage forests to conserve their carbon, and build resilience to the adverse impacts of climate change.
“At a time when demand for climate change financi…
Today the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) launched in Beijing an initiative to enhance disaster reduction and response capacity for countries along the Belt and Road. This initiative, led by China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) with technical guidance from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), is a concrete foll…
In Cambodia’s Koh Kong and Sihanoukville Provinces, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and NGO People in Need are preparing to extend an early warning system using SMS-based technology linked with data from recently installed automatic weather and hydrological stations, and the existing platform of EWS1294. The initiative will expand the…
The purpose of this paper is to initiate a conversation about how to expand access to financing for adaptation efforts that strengthen the resilience of local communities and households to increasing climate threats in the Lower Mekong Basin (LMB). This analysis highlights the obstacles that national governments in the LMB face in both ac…
This assessment aims to inform the SERVIR-Mekong program’s strategic focus as well as provide a resource for other stakeholders seeking to improve the effective application of geospatial data and technologies in the Lower Mekong Region (LMR).
This report identifies geospatial data and technology needs in the following thematic areas:- Key themes about…
Big economies of the future - Bangladesh, India, Philippines, Vietnam and Pakistan - most at risk from climate change
A new global ranking, calculating the vulnerability of 170 countries to the impacts of climate change over the next 30 years, identifies Bangladesh and India as the two countries facing the greatest risks to their populations, ecosyst…
By Sonia Chand Sandhu and Jeremy Carew-Reid
Rehabilitating natural systems with green infrastructure is key to building sustainability and resilience to climate change in urban areas.
Overview
The sustainability and resilience of urban areas to climate change can be greatly increased by rehabilitating natural systems and integrating nature-based app…
Under an ongoing collaboration between the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and NGO People in Need, Cambodia’s push for nation-wide disaster preparedness has been boosted with the installation of new water-level stations and engagement with communities in the flood-prone coastal provinces of Koh Kong and Sihanoukville.
“Linkin…
In a bid to increase school safety in Cambodia’s most vulnerable communities, UNDP and Save the Children have joined hands in the coastal province of Koh Kong. The collaboration marks a fresh partnership between the two organisations on promoting local school-level disaster preparedness while also supporting the Cambodian Minist…
Stirling, Scotland - thinkWhere, the Scotland based GIS company, is using the latest web based mapping technology to improve disaster management and response in Cambodia. With financial support from the German Federal Foreign Office and the United States Department of Agriculture, and on behalf of a partnership between the United Nations World Food…