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Displaying 120 of about 285 resultsGeneva, 9 October 2017 - Visiting hurricane devastated islands in the Caribbean at the weekend, the UN Secretary-General, António Guterres Guterres, stated that “the link between climate change and the devastation we are witnessing is clear, and there is a collective responsibility of the international community to stop this suicidal development.”
“And…
Geneva, 20 September 2017 - Two years ago this month, Tropical Storm Erika, dumped an enormous quantity of rain on the small island of Dominica in the Caribbean.
The night-time event took the country by surprise. There were 31 deaths, and, by one estimate, 200 landslides. The main airport was severely damaged.
The most long-lasting effect on Dominica’…
NAIROBI, 7 June 2017 – Struck three months ago by a cyclone that affected 500,000 of its 24 million people, the climate-vulnerable Indian Ocean nation of Madagascar sees early warning and disaster preparedness as fundamental to its future resilience.
Cyclone Enawo, which made landfall in mid-March, claimed 81 lives and injured more than 250 people, acc…
More than 6,000 students from six continents have enrolled in the first 7 cohorts offered since June 2014.
Registration for the 8th cohort opens from 16 March to 15 September 2018. Upon registration, students are allowed to study the course until 15 October 2018 at their own pace. There is limited quota for enrolment on a first-come-first-served b…
SEEDS India and Humanitarian Aid International (HAI) are organising this event to strengthen the enabling environment for a fruitful engagement of civil society organisations in Government initiatives. The objectives are:
The primary objective of the proposed event is to deliberate and arrive at a roadmap for:
Role of civil society in complemen…
This research study applied participatory action research tools to explore the nature and dimensions of climate change induced loss and damage based on the experience, perception and thoughts of coastal fishers in Bangladesh. The report recommends a combination of individual and institutional supports for fishers, including poverty reduction and insuran…
As exposure to coastal hazards increases there is growing interest in nature-based solutions for risk reduction. This study uses high-resolution flood and loss models to quantify the impacts of coastal wetlands in the northeastern USA on (i) regional flood damages by Hurricane Sandy and (ii) local annual flood losses in Barnegat Bay in Ocean County, New…
This report examines the socio-demographic and environmental circumstances surrounding fatalities from cyclones, earthquakes and severe storms (hail, gusts, lightning, rain and tornados). It is the second major milestone from the Bushfire and Natural Hazards Co-operative Research Centre (BNHCRC) funded project “An analysis of human fatalities and buildi…
Southasiadisasters.net issue no. 159, July 2017
As several parts of India face the fury of floods this year, it is worth examining what are reasons for India's high exposure to flooding and what can be done differently to mitigate the adverse impact of this recurrent catastrophe. There are many mitigation measures that can be adopted to reduce the debi…
This factsheet provides an overview of the role that climate change is playing in influencing tropical cyclones. Future projections indicate that an increase is likely in the proportion of the most intense tropical cyclones, while the total number of tropical cyclones will likely decrease.
Cyclone Debbie, a devastating category 4 storm, ripped through…
Nakamals, nakamal, an indigenous architecture form used by the traditional chiefs for meetings related to governance,
decision making, and teaching in Vanuatu.nakamal, play a significant role in the maintenance of kastom in Vanuatu. They also have an important functional role in Disaster Risk Reduction in rural areas. They are anecdotally known to have…
This disaster risk profile for Mauritius seeks to provide a basis for the future implementation of disaster risk financing through the improved understanding of disaster risks. The risk modelling undertaken focused on three perils: tropical cyclones, floods and earthquakes. In addition, as part of the earthquake risk assessment, tsunami risk zones were…
This disaster risk profile for Zanzibar seeks to provide a basis for the future implementation of disaster risk financing through the improved understanding of disaster risks. The risk modelling undertaken focused on three perils: tropical cyclones, floods and earthquakes. In addition, as part of the earthquake risk assessment, tsunami risk zones were a…
This working paper discusses how current estimates of the effects of typhoons and droughts point to declines in national income compared to predisaster trends, with economic effects likely to persist up to two decades. Using typhoon landfall and damage data in Asia, it analyzes the wind–damage relationship and finds that damages to g…
This document represents an aggregation of the best available disaster damages caused by the 2017 Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico and is an initial assessment of the cost to rebuild a stronger, more resilient Puerto Rico.
Maria represented a “worst case scenario” for Puerto Rico, tracking east-to-west across the island and leaving no one and no thing un…