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Displaying 60 of about 306 resultsAmid the COVID-19 pandemic, when constraints were at their highest, Cabo Verde was able to access immediate liquidity through the Disaster Risk Management Development Policy Financing with Catastrophe Deferred Drawdown Option (Cat DDO) Project. These resources were critical to supporting the government’s early response to the pandemic. Simultaneously, t…
CAIRO, 23 November 2011 – The League of Arab States (LAS) and UNISDR move one step closer to a plan of action on disaster risk reduction for the Arab region. The action plan is expected to be endorsed at the first-ever Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Arab region planned for 2012.
Holding a series of consultations with disaster risk…
The Regional Office for Arab States of the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction secretariat (UNISDR), The World Bank, The League of Arab States and the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport of the League of Arab States, are co-organizing a Regional Workshop on Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction: "Cha…
This Adaptation Communication (ADCOM) is Antigua and Barbuda’s first ADCOM to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and is being submitted in compliance with the
reporting requirements under the Paris Agreement and its Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF). It captures information on the key climatic drivers and their impact…
This WHO UNFCCC health and climate change country profile for Antigua and Barbuda provides a summary of available evidence on climate hazards, health vulnerabilities, health impacts and progress to date in health sector efforts to realize a climate-resilient health system. The WHO and UNFCCC Health and Climate Change Country Profile Project monitors the…
This WHO UNFCCC health and climate change country profile for Guyana provides a summary of available evidence on climate hazards, health vulnerabilities, health impacts and progress to date in health sector efforts to realize a climate-resilient health system.
The WHO and UNFCCC Health and Climate Change Country Profile Project…
This document outlines a project led by the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office to support the OECS to develop, prepare to implement, and finance an Eastern Caribbean Climate Change Implementation Plan. The project considers both mitigation and adaptation measures to support large scale emission reductions and improved climate resilience across OECS Memb…
Vision
For 2030 the Dominican Republic to have improved the quality of life of human beings and to improve the health of ecosystems and their capacity to adapt to climate change. This will reduce vulnerability and contribute to the stabilization of greenhouse gases, without compromising their efforts to fight poverty and its sustainable development, p…
AASTMT and GFDRR are offering the Comprehensive Disaster Risk Management Framework (CDRMF) on-line course for development practitioners, central, state and local government officials, NGO representatives, community leaders and others interested in challenges and issues related to disaster risk reduction and management. The course is offered to participa…
Los Talleres Internacionales de Ingeniería y Arquitectura para la Reducción de Desastres (TIARD), los que ya van a su Quinta Edición en el 2010, serán convocado por el Centro Nacional de Referencia para la Prevención y Mitigación de Desastres (PREMIDES).
En el marco de la 15 Convención Científica de Ingeniería y Arquitectura (CCIA 15), convoca desde el…
The event will discuss climate change mitigation and adaptation activities in the Carribean.
This three-day international expert meeting focuses on the challenges that climate change poses to education systems in Small Island Developing States (SIDS). SIDS are among the most vulnerable countries with regard to climate change and are already confronted with its effects, including rising sea levels and changes in climate extremes such as droughts…
Please note: Applicants should be based in the region.
Background
DARA is an independent organization, based in Madrid, Spain, committed to improving the quality and effectiveness of aid for vulnerable populations suffering from conflict, disasters and climate change. DARA’s Risk Reduction Index (RRI) provides an analysis of the conditions and capacit…
Main duties
1. Strategic programme advice
-Provide strategic advice on CPR issues and programming to UNDP Barbados and the OECS Sub-regional Office (SRO)
-Provide strategic planning and programme support to SRO, through provision of guidance and technical assistance.
-Coordinate within BCPR and between BCPR and the Regional Bureau on-going programme ma…
Background
Guyana, located on the north coast of South America, is subject to Atlantic swells and high intensity seasonal rainfall. The coastal zone lies near or below sea level, supports 90% of the population and is the administrative, agricultural, commercial and industrial center of the country. The agriculture sector contributes 32% to the GDP. As…