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Displaying 30 of about 397 resultsThis briefing paper addresses the key obstacles to development and economic growth Myanmar faces, between conflict and the threat of disasters from natural hazards, and the sufficient levels of predictable, good-quality aid it requires to meet immediate humanitarian needs and to build resilience. The paper explores what good-quality aid should look like…
… Learnt from Community Exercise of Indian Ocean Tsunami Wave Exercise (IOWave16) and additional workgroup meetings … their stories and experiences from the Indian Ocean Wave Tsunami Exercise, mock tsunami drills carried out to … Learnt from Community Exercise of Indian Ocean Tsunami Wave Exercise (IOWave16) and additional workgroup meetings …
… Brutal temperatures rage across South Asia as heat resilience expands to new cities and states A pioneering strategy to protect people from killer heat waves is rapidly catching on across India and beyond, as … Disaster Management Authority has notified 23 heat wave-prone states to develop similar heat protection plans …
BANGKOK, 23 August 2016 - Scientists and researchers were today urged to provide "solutions and guidance" so that policymakers are able to effectively address the challenge of escalating disaster risk.
The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General (SRSG) for Disaster Risk Reduction, Mr Robert Glasser, said successive record-br…
… This brief describes the details of heat action plans launched in 2016 in Nagpur, Odisha and … coordination to reduce the health impacts of extreme heat on vulnerable populations. Cities and regions across … 2013, Ahmedabad became the first city to implement a heat wave early warning system and preparedness plan in South …
… there is need for urgent action to combat debilitating heat stress and to build climate-resilient infrastructure … to 450 million is likely to be exposed to the risk of heat stress. India must gear up for this emerging public … on smaller towns and villages. For instance, the 2015 heat wave resulted in over 2,000 deaths in rural Andhra Pradesh. …
… not only the incidences and impacts of heat waves in Asia but also all the scientific and governance … designed to mitigate their damage. While instances of heat waves are on the rise across the world, Asia in particular seems to be reeling under an intense heat wave. According to the meteorologist Etienne Kapikian, at …
… to integrate future climate trends in its projection of heat risk under different geographic conditions. Cooling … data to produce vulnerability maps that corelate urban heat islands with depleted tree covers, under different … regulations towards climate sensitive urban development. Heat vulnerability maps under different climate scenarios can …
… 43°C (109°F) . Ahmedabad is no stranger to extreme heat. The city is responding to strengthen resilience by releasing and implementing the sixth annual Heat Action Plan: Guide to Extreme Heat Planning. The heat … Ahmedabad 2018 Heat Action Plan After a devastating heat wave hit Ahmedabad in 2010, experts determined that extreme …
… has developed the training module on the subject “Extreme Heat Prevention and Management” to help the trainers use it … role in protecting the health of people from extreme heat during summers. This module will work as the guide for … in reality, they are not the same. While all the heatwave wave events are extreme heat events, not all extreme heat …
… As the inaugural global forum of the Global Heat Health Information Network, this event will feature talks from leading experts on heat health science and action, and will include a regional … will be the focus of GHHIN through 2020. Forum aims The heat health forum serves as an international platform to …
… and Prima Madan India, currently battling a severe second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, is facing multiple climate … Most of the country is already facing peak summer heat , and this week, many coastal states are also dealing … pandemic and persistent climate stressors such as extreme heat. Fortunately, many states and cities are taking action. …
… The number of heat-related deaths have fallen to almost a fifth between … deaths are significantly lower than 2,040 deaths from heat stress in 2015. Considering the average temperatures, … summer temperature outlooks and releases updates on heat wave hotspots on a weekly basis. Location specific heat index …
… and rapid concretisation exacerbating the urban heat island effect, it has become important to develop adaptation strategies to reduce and combat heat stress. The issue was prominent at the recent World … discussions on declining liveability in the cities due to heat stress and the need for appropriate policies to cope …
… Bihar’s heat action plan contains important strategies but is … Indian states’ responses to the growing problem of extreme heat, experts say Irshad Ahmad, a shopkeeper in the city of … He had a stark choice: lose his income or be exposed to heat that can cause serious health issues – and even death. …