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Displaying 15 of about 492 resultsThis plan was developed with the guidance and assistance of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) and the Clarendon Parish Council. Under the Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management Act 1993, ODPEM has the responsibility for ensuring development of hazard management plans.This plan aims to provide residents with a w…
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En estos momentos se está organizando la Cumbre Mundial Humanitaria, a llevarse a cabo en Estambul, Turquía durante el primer semestre del 2016, para ello entre 2014 y 2015 se ha estado llevando a cabo consultas en todas las regiones del mundo. En estas consultas se promueve la participación de representantes de comunidades afectadas, orga…
Capacity building is critical to disaster preparedness, response and sustainable post-disaster reconstruction programs. Hence, the central aim of this conference is to provide a forum for a critical examination of the efficacy of national strategies for capacity building measures globally with a focus on cross- and multi-disciplinary training efforts, e…
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The Climate Leadership Conference is the annual exchange for addressing global climate change through policy, innovation, and business solutions.
Forward-thinking leaders from business, government, academia, and the non-profit community convene to explore market transformation, share energy and clima…
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, MD is hosting the fourth in a series of workshops on Disaster Resilience of Communities on February 18-19, 2015 at the Hilton San Diego/Del Mar Hotel, in Del Mar, California.
This workshop is an excellent opportunity to contribute to a first generation framework that will provid…
LocationBuenos AiresDescriptionEste curso propone desarrollar una síntesis de las nociones relativas a las cuestiones ambientales y de la crisis de sustentabilidad que actualmente atraviesa el mundo reciente para ofrecer una introducción a dicha temática de modo de situar en ella necesarias reconversiones de la teoría y práctica de la Arquitectura, el D…
LocationSantiago de ChileDegreeDiploma en Gestión para la Reducción del Riesgo de DesastresDescriptionIn Spanish:
En las últimas décadas se han generado significativas transformaciones en el abordaje territorial de los riesgos de desastre y sus metodologías de evaluación, así como también en la forma de abordar de manera interdisciplinaria esta problem…
The preparation of this National Progress Report has been undertaken within the framework of the 2013-15 HFA Monitoring and Progress Review process, facilitated by UNISDR and the ISDR partnership.
The progress report assesses current national strategic priorities with regard to the implementation of disaster risk reduction actions, and establishes base…
This Rapid Damage and Impact Assessment report was prepared by the Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica following the devastating impacts of Tropical Storm Erika on August 27, 2015. It was undertaken jointly with technical support from the World Bank in close conjunction with other development partners and international organizations. …
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Experts are monitoring the development of one of the largest El Niño events of the last 50 years, and notably, the largest since the 1997-98 event that shocked global food, water, health, energy and disaster-response systems. The current El Niño is expected to peak by the end of the calendar year. It offers a unique opportunity for governme…
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The conference program has been structured to provide a forum for the presentation, exchange, and documentation of new information on the seismic evaluation and seismic rehabilitation of existing buildings and other structures, including case studies, new discoveries, innovative use of new technologies and materials, nonstructural component anch…
The 3rd annual Rising Seas Summit brings professionals together to highlight the interrelationships between sea level rise, climate change and extreme events. Last year’s marquee event, held during Climate Week New York, was attended by nearly 300 professionals across sectors. As the recent findings related to the Antarctic ice shelves cast clearer ligh…
El Programa Manejo de Crisis y Construcción de Resiliencia está diseñado para ejecutivos de alto rango dentro de las comunidades de seguridad, emergencia y municipales así como para directores y altos mandos de Protección Civil de México que sean responsables de la planificación, prevención, preparación, administración de crisis y desastres masivos…
The Special Climate Change Program (PECC, for its acronym in Spanish) is based on the National Climate Change Strategy (NCCS) from 2007 and other previous planning efforts. It builds on and develops the elements contained in the Strategy. Through the PECC, the Mexican government sets out to demonstrate that it is possible to mitigate climate change and…
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The Office of US Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) is the office within USAID responsible for facilitating and coordinating US Government (USG) humanitarian assistance overseas. As part of USAID’s Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (DCHA), OFDA provides humanitarian assistance to save lives, alleviate human sufferin…