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Ensuring the safety of children against floods is the main message of this case study. In two instances, the Vietnamese government and a collaborating NGO and UN agency conducted an innovative way of instilling children’s preparedness against flood risks which are described in the stud…
This fact sheet presents a project that supports Bangladesh, Cambodia and Sri Lanka in setting up national platforms for disaster reduction.
Bangkok (UN ESCAP Strategic Communications and Advocacy Section) – The 2011 floods that caused unprecedented devastation across South-East Asia have highlighted the need for stepped up investment in disaster risk reduction to protect social and economic assets, top government officials from the subregion agreed at a United Nations forum here today.
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"People are paying attention to disasters. We have to think how to teach our children about the issues," Assoc Prof Jeradechakul, director of the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organisation Secretariat (Seameo), said. "With severe natural disasters affecting many parts of the world, Asean countries and Timor-Leste are being encouraged to provide…
This call for project proposals will support the implementation of the objective of the Fund to build and enhance tsunami, disaster and climate preparedness capacities for early warning for coastal hazards. The purpose of the Fund is to contribute to more resilient coastal communities, and ultimately to save lives and reduce loss and damage. The Fund pr…
This document developed by World Vision International, Asia Pacific Region provides cases studies from 8 different countries in Asia on Safe Schools initiatives. These initiatives are aimed to promote the three pillars of the Comprehensive School Safety Framework (CSSF) as an integrated approach to reduce risk and promote resilience in the education se…
NTS Bulletin February 2015:
This bulletin addresses the progress on DRR of the ASEAN Member States. It is a review of the progress made under the Hyogo Framework and consider the way forward for DRR. This brief review is provided by By Centre for Non-Traditional Security (NTS) Studies S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Singapore.
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This document summarizes the Safe Schools programme implementation in Indonesia, Cambodia and Nepal. This programme uses knowledge, innovation and education to build a culture of safety and resilience through a range of curricular and co-curricular activities in schools and communities, it contributes to the achievement of the HFA Priority for Action 3,…
The report presents the main findings from case studies about resilience assessments that were carried out in five countries through workshops: El Salvador, Bolivia, Haiti, Palestine, and Cambodia. It capitalizes on local knowledge and experience and provides important insights not only on how those most at risk build resilience, but also on how they st…
Senator Loren Legarda, chair of the Senate Committees on Climate Change and Foreign Relations will convene a consultative meeting for Asian parliamentarians to discuss actions that parliamentarians can take and lead in order to increase the resilience of Asian countries to disasters and climate change. With the topic of Disaster Risk Reduction: An Instr…
Space technology has become an important tool in order to protect people from disaster in countries such as Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam which have all been recently affected by floods, according to Irish Weather Online.
"What is changing, to the positive, is that there are more and more local, national and regional actors who have the capacity…
This paper examines the emergence of transformative resilience (i.e., dynamic project capabilities to pursue fundamentally new strategies and practices) when facing external disruptions. A process-orientated case study was conducted within a culturally diverse project network of disaster risk management actors from Sweden and four Asian countries during…
Cambodia: Climate adaptation on the shores of Southeast Asia’s largest lake
Improvements to drainage, flood protection, solid waste management, and community mobilization will help increase resilience for the 100,000 residents living around Tonle sap, southeast Asia’s largest freshwater lake.
The challenge
Severe flooding and poor environmental sanit…
This report examines processes of anticipation in Southeast Asia by analyzing what methods and tools are used to anticipate climate futures and their role in climate policy and decision-making. Despite being most vulnerable to climate change, research into anticipatory climate governance processes in the Global South remains very limited. To unders…
The Cambodia Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) provides analysis and recommendations on how Cambodia can achieve sustained development while responding to climate change and the low-carbon transition. Cambodia has high development aspirations, aiming to become an upper-middle-income country by 2030 and a high-income country by 2050. Achievin…