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Displaying 75 of about 80 resultsThis new publication from the World Meteorological Organization provides a wide-ranging description of how small island States and territories in the Caribbean, Indian Ocean and Pacific regions are using seasonal predictions and other climate information to improve their economies and better manage their resources.
A growing number of businesses a…
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today stressed that disaster risk reduction should be a daily concern for everyone, noting that vulnerability to catastrophes is growing faster than the world’s capacity to strengthen resilience, as evidenced by the devastation wrought by the recent series of floods, earthquakes, tsunamis and droughts.
“The good news is th…
Un proyecto conjunto permitirá a los países de la región aumentar la resiliencia del Corredor Seco de Centroamérica y las zonas áridas de la República de República Dominicana, afectadas por el cambio climático. La adaptación consiste en aprovechar la biodiversidad y los servicios ecosistémicos para reducir la vulnerabilidad de las comunidades y aumentar…
This project targets female farmers to meet their needs in preparation, adaptation and mitigation of disasters as they are usually first respondents during disasters
Female farmers in Dominica are receiving much needed support through one of the microfinance initiatives under the Strengthening Disaster Management Capacity of Women in the Coop…
GENEVA, 22 March, 2018 - A comprehensive review on how early warning systems performed in the Caribbean during the record-breaking 2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season will highlight in particular how men and women were affected differently by events.
The report will be launched at the Americas Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in Cartagena, Colo…
In the popular imagination, the Caribbean is paradise, an exotic place to escape to. But behind the images of balmy beaches and lush hotel grounds lies a crisis, the likes of which its residents have never experienced.Caribbean islands are in a water crisis, and their governments have warned that water scarcity may become the new norm.Within t…
'Everyday Stories of Climate Change', is a comic that threads together qualitative research about low-income families' experiences and adaptation to climate change across five countries. Readers will start in Australia and then head to Bangladesh where sea-level rise impacts women’s domestic duties. Next, they will travel to South Africa, where drought…
The National Action Plan: Combatting Desertification, Land Degradation & Drought (DLDD) is a result of collaboration between local agencies and stakeholders to craft a national response by the Government and people of Antigua and Barbuda to the UNCCD and the wider international community to devise a national desertification, land degradation and dro…
This publication aims to provide a brief overview of the disaster risk management (DRM) strides made in several Latin America and the Caribbean Region countries to date. It includes a set of country notes organised by country priority levels determined by the GFDRR. It first focus on the two GFDRR Priority Countries (Haiti and Panama), then the four Don…
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Ce guide d’information fournit des méthodes visant à réduire la vulnérabilité des populations face aux risques et aux conséquences des catastrophes naturelles dans la zone Sud-Ouest de l’Océan Indien. Plusieurs informations de base sont abordées sur les risques relatifs aux catastrophes particulièrement fréquentes dans la région: cyclones, s…
This report summarizes the key outcomes of a three-day meeting which discussed and reflected on the challenges that climate change poses to education systems in Small Island Developing States (SIDS), and on the role that education must play in adaptation to climate change. Acknowledging that SIDS are already confronted with the effects of climate change…
Le présent Plan d’Action National de Lutte contre la désertification se conforme à la vision de la Convention des Nations Unies sur la lutte contre la Désertification (CLD).
Ce Plan d’Action s’inscrit par ailleurs dans la droite ligne de la déclaration finale de la conférence de « Rio+20 » qui stipule que : « la désertification, la dégradation de…
This document provides broad generic steps for mainstreaming environment and drylands issues into national development frameworks, as well lessons drawn from various countries on environment and drylands mainstreaming. It demonstrates that by prioritizing Millennium Development Goal 7 (MDG 7), aimed at ensuring environmental sustainability, countries wo…
This report reviews the progress made in addressing the vulnerabilities of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) through the implementation of the Mauritius Strategy, which includes natural and environmental disasters as one of its themes and means of implementation. It addresses their increased vulnerability due to climate change, the global financial…
Geneva, 12 October 2011 (WMO) – A four-year pilot project involving 15 West African countries has trained 5 700 subsistence farmers – including 1 000 rural women - in how to access and use weather and climate information to maximize yields and minimize risks.
The project, known as METAGRI, organized 146 roving seminars to increase the interaction betwe…