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Displaying 8 of about 8 resultsWashington – Following floods that devastated Malawi in January 2015, the World Bank Group’s Board of Executive Directors today approved US$80 million to help the country reconstruct critical public infrastructure, restore agricultural livelihoods, enhance food security, and improve the Government of Malawi’s disaster response and recovery capacities.…
Dar es Salaam - In the face of a growing threat from extreme weather, Tanzania's parliament has adopted a law to help authorities cope with emergencies and shield vulnerable communities from disaster risks.
The new legislation, which tries to bridge gaps in the country's ability to deal with both natural and human-made disasters, creates a new agency t…
This policy document presents JICA’s international cooperation programmes and engagements with developing countries specifically aimed at making them more disaster resilience, and includes examples. It outlines how JICA is enhancing the capacity to cope with disasters according to its development strategy goals: i) prevention phase, development of disas…
By Colin Quinn
The first time I visited Pemba, Mozambique to begin a project that would help the port city adapt to climate change, I was not prepared for what I saw.
After a few days of severe rain last year, neighborhoods resembled wetlands, streets had turned into rivers, and a large piece of the main coastal road had fallen into the ocean. Reside…
This paper is part of a series highlighting the World Bank's achievements in disaster risk management initiatives. It presents the Safer Schools Initiative as part of Mozambique government’s efforts to develop school safety guidelines for classroom facilities across the country and to ensure that Mozambique’s schools are able to withstand large-scale da…
Africa remains vulnerable in the face of natural hazards mainly due to man-made factors, reports AFP in the Mail and Guardian. This is according to experts at the African Ministerial Conference on Meteorology held in Praia, Cabo Verde from 10 - 14 February 2015.
According to Andre Kamga Foamouhoue, African Centre of Meteorological Applications for Deve…
GENEVA, 18 August 2015 – UNISDR has added new momentum to the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, a 15-year international plan to curb deaths and economic damage caused by natural and man-made hazards.
The 'Words into Action' process, launched today, will gather experts from around the globe to shape by the end of 2016 a…
Pacific developing member countries of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) continue to deal with the effects of recurrent disasters, some of which have been exacerbated by climate change, reports Fiji Times. ADB president Takehiko Nakao said one of their focus areas for the Pacific was managing risk from natural disasters, climate change and global economi…