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Displaying 60 of about 159 resultsThe 1st meeting of the Arab Coordination Mechanism for Disaster Risk Reduction and the implementation of Sendai Framework in 2018 will be held on 23-24 January 2018 in Tunis, Tunisia. This meeting is being organized by UNISDR Regional Office for Arab States in close cooperation with Government of Tunisia and the League of Arab States. The focus of this…
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…
Expert Group Meeting (EGM) organized by UNHABITAT Amman office. The main objective of the EGM is to produce a revised, comprehensive set of indicators to be used as key indicators for Urban Observatories at all levels, by streamlining the available literature on urban indicators through critical overview of several sets of international indicators. The…
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UNDP Country Offices are receiving an increasing number of national requests for assistance with understanding the implications of climate change on national development and preparing integrated strategies and plans to manage anticipated challenges and opportunities. UNDP has played an important role assisting countries to access and d…
The preparation of this National Progress Report has been undertaken within the framework of the biennial 2007-09 HFA Monitoring and Progress Review process, facilitated by UNISDR and ISDR System partners.
The progress report assesses current national strategic priorities with regard to the implementation of disaster risk reduction actions, and establi…
While disasters are common in high-intensity conflict settings owing to high levels of vulnerability, disaster response and disaster risk reduction (DRR) tend to be overshadowed, with more international political and media attention focused on the conflict.
For this reason, DRR in high-intensity conflict settings is often seen as unfeasible. However,…
The Yemen Times highlights the findings of a recent paper “Climate change and floods in Yemen” that assesses the impacts of climate change on the Yemeni economy, agriculture, household income and food security, and highlights solutions and options for adaptation to deal with the probable impacts. "Action to mitigate the negative effects of climate chang…
"I don't see big, shooting wars but I think you will have an increasing frequency of very localised conflicts and tensions"
By Adela Suliman
STOCKHOLM - Social and political tensions fuelled by climate change have yet to translate into international military confrontations, but local conflicts are heating up due to pressures such as drought and water…
Sayuon - Hadramout governorate concluded on Tuesday a workshop on the protection of children and women from natural disasters which lasted for three days.
During the training, the participants were introduced to the principles of the protection of children and women during natural disasters and armed conflicts.
The workshop organized by the office of…
Arab human development report research paper series:
This report aims to present a comprehensive desk review and mapping exercise for an overview of the impact of climate change on the Arab region. It presents an assessment of projected impacts, vulnerability and adaptation of the Arab region in terms of change of (i) temperature and precipitation pat…
Cholera outbreaks continue to take thousands of lives year after year. Using satellite data and specialized algorithms, one group was able to accurately predict an outbreak weeks in advance. This tool could give communities time to prepare.
The outbreak of disease is the life-threatening start of a worst-case scenario, with the potential to become an e…
A high-level conference on climate change assessment and adaptation in the Arab Region has laid the foundations for the establishment of a regular Arab Climate Outlook Forum as well as a regional knowledge hub and support for climate data rescue.
The conference also launched the Arab Climate Change Assessment Report.
The report is the first regional a…
This report presents estimates of the financial impact of major displacement crises in eight countries: the Central African Republic, Haiti, Libya, the Philippines, Somalia, South Sudan, Ukraine and Yemen. Of these countries, Haiti, the Philippines and Somalia experienced displacement as a result of natural hazards. Using publicly available data an…
This discussion paper assesses how far climate change is likely to affect Yemen and thus needs to be considered in future development strategies. It focuses on the impacts of climate change on agriculture and household-level food security (taking economywide effects into consideration) and the effects of rising global food prices between 2011 and 2050.…
This document presents a review of current and planned adaptation action in North Africa, covering the countries of Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia. As adaptation action in West Asia is not being examined within the review, the only least developed country in this region, Yemen, is also included in this regional profile. The review fir…