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Displaying 90 of about 420 resultsTo mark the closing of ADB's Integrated Disaster Risk Management Fund, an interactive webinar will bring together experts from across Southeast Asia to look at the Fund’s contribution and to exchange views and ideas on advancing integrated disaster risk management.
If efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are to succeed, undertaki…
This publication reviews a project aimed at supporting the immediate life-saving basic needs of 3,667 Cambodian households through the provision of unconditional cash transfers, improved access to safe drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene practices, as well as reestablishing a decent, clean, and safe learning environment for boys and girls…
Open to Cambodian Nationals Only.
Purpose and Objectives
With increases in frequency of weather extremes, countries in the Lower Mekong such as Lao PDR and Cambodia demand more accurate, timely and effective weather forecasts and their impact information in order to take actions to minimize the impact to lives and properties. The national hydrological…
MANILA, PHILIPPINES — A six-year, pioneering regional technical assistance initiative has boosted the capacity of health systems in Cambodia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), and Viet Nam to respond to climate-induced health threats amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) announced today.
The St…
The seminar is hosted by Government of Cambodia under the theme of "Roles of National Disaster Management Offices (NDMO) in promoting cooperation and coordination and addressing challenges and recommendations". It is aimed to provide platform for government officials and experts for all ASEAN Member States, China, ASEAN Secretariat and international org…
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The Mekong River Commission (MRC), an intergovernmental organisation set up to jointly manage water resources, confirmed that the water level in many stretches,including at Chiang Khan, Chiang Sean and Vientiane, had dropped below the historic rainy season low of 1992.
During the worst period in mid July, the water at Chiang Khan was four metres…
ESCAP is calling for project proposals to build and enhance tsunami, disaster and climate preparedness capacities, particularly in end-to-end early warning for coastal hazards.
Deadline:
28 February 2014 (extended)
Organizations that can apply:
- Governments
- Intergovernmental organizations
- UN agencies, funds and programmes
- Academic institutions…
Kampong Thom, Cambodia - IUCN Cambodia, through its Mekong Water Dialogues project, conducted a Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment in order to understand the climate and non-climate change factors affecting livelihoods in local communities, natural resources, ecosystems, land use and infrastructure at the Boeung Chhmar Ramsar Site, Kampong Thom Provi…
Named after the government-supported mobile short code ‘1294’, EWS1294 is a free mobile phone service developed by NGO People in Need in Cambodia following severe flooding in 2013. The service is a practical means for Cambodians to receive early warning messages. According to a 2016 study, more than 96% of Cambodians report owning a phone, and more th…
Southeast Asia is one of the most hazard-prone regions in Asia and the Pacific. The region suffered $91 billion in financial losses in 2004–2014 from the impacts of typhoons, storm surges, floods, drought, and earthquakes. Southeast Asia’s poor and vulnerable are also the ones most likely to be adversely affected when disasters strike.
To advance…
By Kelsea Clingeleffer, Results Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Consultant; Muhibuddin Usamah, Early Warning System Project Manager, UNDP Cambodia; and Kate Jean Smith, Communication Consultant.
It’s the word of the month, and quite likely the decade – COVID-19. It’s a health crisis on the scale never before seen by our generation – a crisis…
As climate change drives more extreme weather across Cambodia, more monitoring infrastructure enables improved adaptation to climate change
As climate change drives more disruptive and destructive weather around the world, Cambodia has advanced its climate infrastructure with modernised climate information and early warning systems. The conclusion of t…
by Kelsea Clingeleffer
This October marked the end of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)-supported ‘Strengthening Climate Information and Early Warning Systems in Cambodia’ project. A number of milestones have been achieved by the GEF-LDCF funded project, including installation of 53 automatic weather and hydr…
By Mariana Simões and Mashida Rashid
It is hard to believe that in a few short months, it will be a year since we were first introduced to COVID-19. What started as a strange acronym for us all, is now a part of our everyday lives as we take measures to keep ourselves and others safe.
From the early days of the pandemic, we can recall con…
WAKAYAMA, 5 November, 2018 - This year’s High School Students Summit for World Tsunami Awareness Day attracted 379 students from 48 countries to Japan, a country renowned for its disaster risk management and expertise on tsunami risk.
The Summit brought together 244 overseas students and 135 students from Japan in the location where on November 5,…