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Displaying 75 of about 802 resultsTetra Tech International Development (http://www.tetratech.com/intdev) is currently accepting expressions of interest from qualified candidates for a Sub-Regional Manager position on an anticipated USAID-funded Regional Disaster Assistance Program (RDAP) in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). RDAP’s primary objective is to build disaster manage…
Tetra Tech International Development Services (http://www.tetratech.com/intdev) is currently accepting expressions of interest from qualified candidates for a Curriculum Design Specialist position on an anticipated USAID-funded Regional Disaster Assistance Program (RDAP) in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). RDAP’s primary objective is to buil…
This learning brief summarizes an original research study which was prepared for the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) by Environmental Governance Consulting, Chaguanas, Trinidad and Tobago, during the 2018–2020 period. Saint Lucia has made a commendable effort over the past two decades to prepare for and adapt to the impacts of climate change on…
This study evaluates the economic benefits of the technology use to the farm sector in the Red River of the North Basin (RRB). As part of the Hudson Bay drainage system in North America, the RRB has been subject to Spring River flooding in the past century. Previously, forecast errors had led to inadequate flood preparations that resulted in tremen…
Most scientists researching California's extreme weather events have focused their investigations on the last decade and predict a more tumultuous future. But new UArizona research finds that an increasing trend in extreme weather began half a century ago.
It may seem as if California is always either flooding or on fire. This climatic whiplash is not…
Pre-existing socioeconomic vulnerability of Indigenous communities often due to colonial policies.
Indigenous communities are at higher risk of hardship from climate-change-caused flooding because of pre-existing socioeconomic vulnerability, a new study shows.
The study’s findings also reveal that factors influencing socioeconomic vulnerability in Ind…
Wastewater testing provides a relatively economic method whereby countries in Latin America and the Caribbean can improve their detection, diagnosis, control, and monitoring systems for viruses that cause diseases like COVID-19 and its variants. This tool, which complements clinical studies, allows public policy makers to have a comprehensive, sustainab…
The GEOGLAM Crop Monitor for Early Warning (CM4EW) is an international and transparent multi-source, consensus assessment of the crop growing conditions, status, and agro-climatic conditions that are likely to impact global production. The CM4EW reports on climate hazards, such as drought, flood, and extreme weather, as well as pests and crop diseases,…
Most Australians have known drought in their lifetimes, and have memories of cracked earth and empty streams, paddocks of dust and stories of city reservoirs with only a few weeks’ storage. But our new research finds over the last 1,000 years, Australia has suffered longer, larger and more severe droughts than those recorded over the last century.
Thes…
This plan is the Community Disaster Risk Management (DRM) and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) Plan for the community of Hagley Gap. It is one of several CDRM and CCA Plans that support the formation of the Zonal Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change Adaptation Committees/Plans for St. Thomas. The Hagley Gap Disaster Risk Management and Climate Cha…
This plan is the Community Disaster Risk Management (DRM) and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) Plan for the community of New River. It is one of several CDRM and CCA Plans that support the formation of the Zonal Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change Adaptation Committees/Plans for St. Elizabeth. The New River Disaster Risk Management and Climate Ch…
This plan is the Community Disaster Risk Management (DRM) and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) Plan for the community of Porus. It is one of several CDRM and CCA Plans that support the formation of the Zonal Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change Adaptation Committees/Plans for Manchester. The Porus Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change Adapta…
This position can be based in: Panama, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, or Peru.
Role purpose
The LAC Regional Construction and WASH Adviser will be expected to:
Implement the Construction Policy and Procedure, as per the workplan under the Global Construction Quality Framework, providing input and feedback into the change process through workstre…
This user guide describes the motivation, structure, data, and outputs of Version 1.0 of an interactive website called the Climate Hazard and Mitigation Planning (CHaMP) Tool. CHaMP is designed to provide timely and clearly communicated information on place-specific past and projected climatic trends, weather-related hazards, and extreme events. CHaMP i…
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Local people and organizations who are most directly affected by — and often disproportionately vulnerable to — the impacts of climate change are often left out of critical decision-making processes to address them, such as the design of adaptation programs or plans. These processes tend to be top-down, with more powerful actors like funders…