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Displaying 507 of about 507 resultsThis publication seeks to highlight initiatives that have successfully linked poverty reduction and disaster risk reduction in various parts of the world. It features several projects and initiatives that show how DRR can be integrated into poverty reduction (or vice-versa) to help reduce the vulnerability of the poor and protect their livelihoods and d…
This assessment reviewed forecasts and impacts of the 1997-98 El Niño, as well as the climate-related early warning and natural disaster preparedness systems in the following locations in order to improve their ENSO (El Niño-Southern Oscillation) and other climate-related coping mechanisms; Cuba, Costa Rica, Panama Canal, Ecuador, Peru, Paraguay, Ethiop…
Peru's President Ollanta Humala launched the program "Machines for Development" aimed at executing disaster prevention and mitigation actions across all regions of the country facing risk posed by potential natural calamities.
"The program will allow the government developing a better coordination with municipalities for any eventuality, thus supportin…
The Government of Peru, through the Ministry of Disaster Risk Management of the Council of Ministers Presidency and representatives from the National Center for Risk Prevention and Disaster Risk Reduction (CENEPRED); from the National Institute of Civil Defense (INDECI) and the National Center for Strategic Planning (CEPLAN), introduced on September 18t…
By Jessica Short
Could a palm-sized $10 computer become a life-saving tool against disasters and climate change? In this blog, Rob Mullins (Raspberry Pi co-founder) and Miguel Arestegui (Disaster Risk Reduction specialist at Practical Action) discuss how the Raspberry Pi micro-computer is building flood resilience in Peru and how it coul…
During the past 70 years, Peruvian engineers virtually eliminated the risks posed by glacial lake floods. But climate change and a political blind eye are increasing the dangers once again
By Jane Palmer
In 1941, an ice avalanche triggered what is known as a glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) from Lake Palcacocha. The lake is located at 4,562-meter al…
By Karen Price Rios, CARE Peru
Karen Price Rios, from CARE Peru, responds to the IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate with insights on the effects of glacier melt in Peru.
Peru and tropical glacier retreat
It is common in Peru to hear scientists and government officials discuss shocking figures about the rat…
By Mariana Iturrizaga
The upcoming Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction and the EU-UNDP-World Bank organized World Reconstruction Conference 4, is an opportunity for us to come together and accelerate our implementation of the Sendai Framework and improve our recovery processes. A common theme running through both of these events is inclusion an…
By Irene Portables González, Ignacio Sánchez D'Ocon, Sofía Guerrero Gámez, Montserrat Bordas Geli
The rains in northern Peru have been 10 times stronger than usual this year, leading to floods, landslides and a declaration of a state of emergency in 10 regions in the country. Together with the human and economic toll, these downpours have inflicted tre…
Small-scale farmers in developing countries are among those most affected by the impacts of climate change. Unpredictable and extreme weather including higher temperatures, reduced rainfall, floods and droughts can dramatically reduce yields and may lead to some regions becoming unsuitable for crops that have grown there for many years, reports The Guar…
Farmers in the Andes are helping save Lima from a future of drought and flooding.
Technology evolves faster than we can adopt it, but old methods -- very old methods -- sometimes are the best solutions. In this case, it's a centuries-old canal system in the mountains surrounding Lima, and it might help save the Peruvian capital a future of drought and…
Forecast-based Action and the use of OpenStreetMap data A huge focus in the humanitarian world over the past months has been on epidemics, in particular the COVID-19 outbreak. As infectious disease modelers and epidemiologists work on forecasting disease outbreaks, not dissimilar to how hydrometeorological hazards are modelled and then used in Fore…