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Displaying 60 of about 156 resultsAbout 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 secto…
Festo Francis Mgina navigates challenges posed by heavy rainfall in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Leveraging the DARAJA project's SMS alerts and community boards, residents can adapt to weather-related risks, fostering resilience and enhancing economic development. This story is part of a series celebrating the locally-led solutions supported by the UNDP imp…
Listen to the podcastA project is helping people in Solomon Islands to take care of finances in case of natural disasters, particularly aimed at women in the community. Also, how the weather service in Tonga has been including traditional knowledge into forecasts and how that’s been received by the community.And, Tuvalu has seen some extreme high t…
The role of the private sector in disaster risk reductionThe private sector is critical in balancing the supply and demand of services, goods, and solutions in flood resilience building and to provide resources to meet global environmental challenges such as climate change. It plays a crucial role in disaster risk reduction, as highlighted through the a…
Extreme rainfall events and flooding are devastating hazards in Burundi. Rain falls on the country's densely populated hills and in the Lake Tanganyika basin, leading to flooding that causes loss of life for people and animals unable to escape, and damage to homes, infrastructure, and crops. Further impacts include outbreaks of water-borne diseases…
This early action plan has been closely monitoring the climate situation in Afghanistan since January 2024 to assess the risk of drought conditions. Afghanistan remains one of the world’s most vulnerable countries to the effects of climate change. Between 1951 and 2010, Afghanistan’s mean annual temperature increased by some 1.8°C - nearly twice t…
To estimate the economic risks caused by future debris flows, a machine learning-based method was proposed to generate an economic risk map by multiplying a debris-flow hazard map and an economic vulnerability map. The authors selected the Gyirong Zangbo Basin as the study area because frequent severe debris flows impact the area every year. The debris-…
Cette étude analyse les lacunes du financement climatique dans l'Union économique et monétaire ouest-africaine, région très exposée aux impacts climatiques, et présente les implications politiques. Les pays de l'Union économique et monétaire ouest-africaine (UEMOA) - Bénin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinée-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Sénégal et Togo - reste…
This Climate Risk Profile provides an overview of climate risks to food security and resilience in Somalia, including an overview of current and projected climate change impacts to agriculture, livestock, fisheries, water resources, and human health. The Profile is focused on USAID Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA) priority food security investme…
With this year’s freeze harsher than ever, the call for climate risk solutions that are big and bold enough to save Mongolia’s lands and livestock are more pressing than ever.When the earth freezes in Mongolia, a large part of the economy freezes with it. In this agrarian society where livestock outnumbers humans twenty to one, the winter disaster known…
This briefing note presents summary findings from the crisis preparedness gap analysis (CPGA) in Nepal. The CPGA provides a shock-agnostic assessment of Nepal’s capacity to deal with crisis events whether driven by natural hazards, food insecurity, disease outbreaks, or other threats. Following a brief description of the CPGA methodology and an overview…
The haunting aftermath of the catastrophic floods of 2000 still grips Chókwè, serving as a stark reminder of its vulnerability to natural disasters. Nestled in a low-lying terrain, the city grapples with its coping capacity as it confronts recurrent flooding during the rainy season.Nevertheless, amidst these challenges, Chókwè has made significant progr…
The Bangladesh Red Crescent Society last Sunday for the first time activated its early action protocol for heatwave, enabling anticipatory actions in the capital, Dhaka, before the worst impacts of the current extreme heat were likely to be felt by people at heightened risk.Bangladesh Meteorological Department data shows a “severe-to-very-severe” heatwa…
A. About Asian Disaster Preparedness CenterADPC 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, media, and other key stakeholders.E…
In the factory where Aysha Talukder Tanisa stitches jeans and children's clothes for Western brands, the cooling system has been no match for Bangladesh's longest heatwave in 70 years.[...]Temperatures soared to more than 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in late April, taking a particularly heavy toll on factory workers including most of Bangladesh's…