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Displaying 105 of about 420 resultsKUALA LUMPUR, 16 November 2016 – Asia’s most prolific disaster risk reduction journalist has urged media colleagues from 12 other countries to move beyond simply describing events and instead help their audiences better protect themselves from various hazards.
Thai PBS’s news editor for disaster and weather reporting, Ms. Darin Klong Ugkara, said “it c…
This publication provides children and youth in Asia a platform to report on progress made towards "the need to protect women, children and other vulnerable groups from the disproportionate
impacts of disaster and to empower them to promote resiliency within their communities and workplaces" (as recognized in the declaration adopted in Incheon by the As…
This document reflects the inputs received from an extensive multi-stakeholder consultations process involving governments, organizations and various networks in the Asia-Pacific region from March 2012 to date. At the request of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly, the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) has facilitated consultations wit…
This handbook brings together important information about disaster management and response in Cambodia.
Based on extensive research and analysis of existing plans, policies, and capabilities related to disaster management and risk reduction in Cambodia, it gives an overview of natural and man-made threats most likely to affect Cambodia and proceeds to…
Time8:30 PM EDTRegister hereThis report examines the economic consequences and government responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in six East Asian economies: Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mongolia, the Philippines, and Vietnam. These countries, while geographically close to each other, experienced the crisis differently and implemented a variety of measure…
Mr. Chun Bunlin is an active community member who has been registered with EWS1294 since 2020. His participation highlights the system's grassroots reach and its ability to engage local leaders in disaster preparedness efforts. With Mr. Chun Bunlin's involvement, the EWS demonstrates its effectiveness in bridging the gap between technology and comm…
The CREWS Steering Committee meeting, held in a Least Developed Country for the first time, agreed to provide a potential additional US$ 7 million in funding for Cambodia and Lao PDR, bringing the total CREWS portfolio in the two countries to US$ 12 million.Six of the principal CREWS funding partners recently visited Cambodia and Lao PDR to gain first-h…
About the Asian Disaster Preparedness CenterAsian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC)is an autonomous international organization with a vision to reduce disaster and climate risk impacts on communities and countries in Asia and the Pacific by working with governments, development partners, international organizations, NGOs, civil society, private sector…
This year, humanity came face to face with an ever-worsening climate crisis, as wildfires, storms and floods caused devastation around the world.Countries must dramatically scale up their efforts to adapt to this new climactic normal, say experts. Developing nations alone need $215 billion to $387 billion to contend with the fallout of climate change, f…
SREY SNAM, 26 April - Nineteen year old Ien Sophorn heads a children's council in Cambodia that works with the Srey Snam District Disaster Management Committee to raise awareness on climate change adaptation.
"Since the beginning of the programme we have been planting trees, acting out scenarios to alert our communities about disaster risks and request…
PHNOM PENH, 23 April 2012 - At the start of a week-long trip to Cambodia, the UN's senior official for disaster risk reduction, Margareta Wahlström, met yesterday with a 64-year-old grandmother who saved the lives of her five grandchildren during last year's heavy monsoon rains.
Khut Yoy was looking after her five grandchildren in Yout village in Prey…
At the 23rd Cambodia Disaster Risk Reduction Forum, that was organized by the Cambodia National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) on 21st February 2013 in Siem Reap, Cambodia, a survey and a consultation were undertaken to provide inputs to the post-2015 framework on DRR (HFA2).
Plan International and other members of the DRR Support Group in Ca…
GENEVA, 20 October 2011 - Earlier today, Thailand’s Prime Minister, Yingluck Shinawatra, said it was impossible to protect all of Bangkok from the worst floods in decades, describing the situation as a national crisis.
"We cannot block the water forever. The longer we block the water the higher it gets. We need areas where water can be drained so it ca…
Geneva, 30 September - UNISDR Chief Margareta Wahlström today expressed concern at the great number of people who have lost their lives or have been affected by severe floods currently ravaging many countries across Asia.
Heavy rains due to the monsoon season have already claimed hundreds of lives and adversely affected millions of people in Thailand,…
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is made up of 10 member-states: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR), Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. While ASEAN’s purposes and goals touch on various sectors, such as economics, culture, academic research, and industr…