Search
Results for " "
Displaying 60 of about 268 resultsThe International News reports that the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) is approaching foreign donors and local organisations to work together to reduce loss due to natural hazards affecting the country such as drought, desertification, cyclones and tsunamis.
This city profile of Metro Manila, the capital of the Philippines, assesses the current level of climate disaster resilience under the Climate and Disaster Resilience Initiative (CDRI) using a survey among planning officers of the Metro Manila - one of the largest urban agglomerations in the world with its 16 cities and 1 municipality.
It highlights t…
This policy brief addresses the significant and emerging threat of climate change to public health and the risks posed by the continuing loss of biodiversity and the global degradation of ecosystems to our long-term good health. It warns for disaster risk, and especially those triggered by weather-related events such as floods, landslides, droughts, hea…
Malawi delivered a strong message during the Cancun climate change conference, showcasing community projects funded by Tearfund and DFID that included disaster risk reduction (DRR), risk assessment, awareness and education, risk reduction through crop diversification and capacity building in DRR, teaching citizens at grass roots level to adapt to the n…
Vacancy number: ISDR/C/08/2010
Background
The International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) is a multi-disciplinary and multi-stakeholder platform to enable societies to increase their resilience to natural, technological and environmental disasters and to reduce associated environmental, human and economic and social risk and losses. A range o…
The one-day meeting will be held at ICARDA headquarters in Aleppo on the 8th of August 2010. The meeting will have participation from national and international research leaders, representatives of NGOs, private sector, donors and farmers organizations in addition to scientists form the CGIAR and ICARDA.
The development of Mega Programs, as a platform…
The Australia - New Zealand Climate Forum (ANZCF) has been held every 18 months or so since 1986. The 2010 meeting will the 18th.
The themes of the Australia - New Zealand Climate Forum 2010 are:
The living planet - Southern Hemisphere Climate: ecology
modelling of ecology
physical and biological links
climate change and its impact on ec…
The Directors General of the National Civil Protection Authorities of the 27 EU Member States and the 14 Mediterranean and Balkan partner countries will meet for the first time in Brussels, on 23 October 2009, in a Steering Committee meeting within the 5 million EU-funded Euro-Mediterranean Programme on Prevention, Preparedness and Response to Natural a…
In French:
Appel à Manifestation d’Intérêt : n° 002/SEEE/PNUD/Vul/2010
1. Les oasis du Maroc connaissent une situation de dégradation, exacerbée par les effets additionnels du changement climatique qui préfigurent une accélération considérable de la désertification avec comme corolaire l’abandon et la perte des ces écosystèmes productifs dont le rôle…
The objective of this Convention is to combat desertification and mitigate the effects of drought in countries experiencing serious drought and/or desertification around the world, particularly in Africa, through effective action at all levels, supported by international cooperation and partnership arrangements, in the framework of an integr…
Background
The internship is foreseen in the framework of the tasks of the Civil Society Organisations (CSO) office under the Facilitation, Coordination and Monitoring of Implementation (FCMI) Unit of the secretariat.
The aim of the CSO office is to facilitate the participation of CSOs in the intergovernmental process under the Convention and suppor…
(In French): Objectif général de la mission d’évaluation
L’évaluation a pour objet l’élaboration d’une concept note et d’une proposition de projet dans le cadre de la réponse à la Décision de financement Régionale « Préparation à la Sécheresse pour la Grande Corne de l’Afrique » qui sera approuvée par la Commission Européenne et qui doit être mise en…
Q+A on Disaster Risk Reduction
Extreme poverty and frequent natural disasters are a constant feature of life in northern Kenya and across the Horn of Africa. But continuous poor development and local conflict are worsening the already grim situation. Natural hazards such as droughts and floods continue to pose life-threatening challenges to the commun…
'You can now know the weather in Swaziland by dialling 4045655', announced the Minister for Tourism and Environmental Affairs, Macford Sibandze during the launch of the new weather equipment and nationwide campaign on climate change.
The launch of the nationwide campaign on climate change comes at a time where the country is feeling the effects of clim…
'Almost half of the countries borrowing from the World Bank for disaster response did not mention disaster prevention in their development plans, report Vinod Thomas, Director-General and Senior Vice-President of the Independent Evaluation Group an an editorial for The Huffington Post.