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Displaying 60 of about 4993 resultsThe United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), the Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt, the South Sinai Governorate and the League of Arab States (LAS) are organizing the 2nd Arab Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction which will take place in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, from 14-16 September 2014.
Adhering to the outcomes of the first…
This policy brief synthesizes the key findings of the Climate Vulnerability Assessment on the Filipino Deaf community conducted under Project SIGND, highlighting challenges faced by the Deaf in the context of climate change including those relating to accessibility, education, health, and livelihood. The brief presents policy recommendations to address…
The high-impact weather in the second half of April underlines yet again the vulnerability of society to weather, water and climate-related hazards and the need for Early Warnings For All.The waning El Niño event, alongside a phenomenon known as the Indian Ocean Dipole, is playing a role, notably in the floods in East Africa and drought in Southern Afri…
The extreme rainfall event was associated with a low-pressure system, initially originating from mid latitude Eastern Europe, that induced violent storms, also bringing heavy rainfall to other parts of Asia. In Dubai, most of the rain fell on Monday 15th of April and exceeded all previous records of daily rainfall in the last 75 years, when r…
A. About Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC)ADPC is an autonomous international organization with a vision to reducing disaster and climate risk impacts on communities and countries in Asia and the Pacific region by working with governments, development partners, international organizations, NGOs, civil society, private sector, media, and other ke…
This Regional Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2023: Europe and Central Asia proposes that three broad, interconnected risk drivers characterize the complexity of managing risk in the region: climate change and environmental degradation; interconnected and complex economies, societies and infrastructure; and changing demographics. These…
Following a record hot June, large areas of the US and Mexico, Southern Europe and China experienced extreme heat in July 2023, breaking many local high temperature records.July 2023 saw extreme heatwaves in several parts of the Northern Hemisphere, including the Southwest of the US and Mexico, Southern Europe and China. Temperatures exceeded 50C on the…
Extreme weather and climate events, such as droughts, heat waves, and rainstorms, pose serious threats to human health, agricultural production, and energy supplies. These events often occur at the same time, and such "compound extreme events" can cause far more damage than any one single event.Climate scientists from the research group of Prof. Aihui W…
A new University of Michigan-led study finds that farmers in India have adapted to warming temperatures by intensifying the withdrawal of groundwater used for irrigation. If the trend continues, the rate of groundwater loss could triple by 2080, further threatening India’s food and water security.Reduced water availability in India due to groundwater de…
This paper is based on the experience of peace and climate change programming in the Bangsamoro, in the Philippines, Karamoja in Uganda, and Kashmir. Examples of interventions from these three contexts illustrate how peacebuilders can support better coordination and collaboration among governments and communities, drawing on local knowledge and ex…
The paper studies the phenomenon of “post disaster reconstruction in” Pakistan in the wake of climate change-induced floods of 2022 from the “precarity and possibility” lenses as a global emergency with the help of qualitative field data collected from the affected communities, IR donors and partners, relief workers from different organisations and thro…
This report provides notes from the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change on a visit to Bangladesh from 4 to 15 September 2022, at the invitation of the Government. During the two-week visit, the Special Rapporteur met with various government officials, United Nations agencies, civil so…
To put in place inclusive strategies that increase the resilience of women and men in all their diversity, there is an urgent need to better understand the gendered effects of climate change across countries. To achieve this, this paper explores the connections between phenomena related to climate change and gender related outcomes in Ban…
In Merak, Bhutan, we meet Ms. Pema Wangmo, who, with the help of her community, worked to restore greenhouses destroyed by climate change-induced snow fall. This is the fifth of the “Voices from the Frontline (Phase III)” stories by GRP and ICCCAD supported by Irish Aid.In the Merak community of Bhutan, we meet Ms. Pema Wangmo, who despite facing challe…
Use of air-conditioning could double in Europe and grow fourfold in India by 2050. In a scenario of +2-3°C warming, this is bound to exacerbate climate change. A new study by CMCC@Ca’Foscari, strategic partnership between the CMCC Foundation and Ca’ Foscari University of Venice.Between now and 2050 the use of air conditioners to cope with rising tempera…