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Displaying 60 of about 160 resultsUntil the 2018 summer heatwave, the past decade in the UK had so far been defined by flooding. Droughts and floods may feel like polar opposites but they are just two points on a watery continuum. And with climate change, people can - and will - face both at the same time.
This paper highlights 10 principles for communicating drought risks i…
This brief was prepared for a media briefing in Kenya in February 2011 on the impending drought. It states that the response and the media coverage comes too late – after disaster has already struck, when people are hungry and cattle are dying – rather than addressing the issues that make people vulnerable in the first place. Exacerbated by a changing c…
This document contains practical information on preparing and recovery from the effects of disaster events which may affect the British Virgin Islands. It includes hazard-specific safety tips and information on personal, family, business and community preparedness and protection. It considers the following hazards: flood, hurricane, including tides and…
The project brings together 15 participating organisations and 2 associated partners across Europe and beyond, to investigate how social media and crowdsourcing can be used in disaster management processes
LINKS ‘Strengthening links between technologies and society for European disaster resilience’ is a project financed by the European Commission under…
Suva – In light of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with sudden and slow disasters, Fiji, the Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI) and Tuvalu are re-examining how their laws can be updated to better reflect the increasing complexity of disasters.
On top of the COVID-19 pandemic, the countries of the Pacific have had to deal with mult…
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The International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) is a multidisciplinary and multi-stakeholder platform to enable societies to increase their resilience to natural, technological and environmental disasters and to redu…
By Kizito Makoye
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania – Farmers facing long periods of dry weather and floods have expressed hope that a new climate change adaptation initiative being rolled out in Tanzania and Malawi will spell an end to dismal crop yields.
The Climate Services Adaptation Programme launched in November 2013 by the World Meteorological Organizatio…
Johannesburg - In spite of the political and financial turmoil that Zimbabwe faces, the country seems to be on the right track in adopting strategies to address the effects of climate change. But these strategies tend to have a strong rural bias, overlooking the fact that almost half of the country now lives in urban areas, according to a joint review o…
New research lead by a James Cook University researcher shows people with a strong connection to their community have better success in recovering from extreme weather events.
In addition, residents who remained living in a community after a disaster were those who were more likely to be resilient to the disaster’s impacts.
Dr Helen Boon, Senior Lectu…
Makati - Recent natural disasters resulting in high costs to lives and property call for exigent collective measures.
Ms. Margareta Wahlstrom, top UN disaster risk reduction official, said in a press conference this afternoon at the New World Hotel in Makati that, “There is no time to lose as all disaster risk reduction reports indicate that the Philip…
This study presents African experience with disaster risks and natural hazards during the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR) and discusses drought mitigation measures in rural areas and flood risk reduction activities in unplanned urban settlements. It addresses food insecurity, social vulnerability and economic aspects of disas…
Disasters affect men and women differently, and so we will continue to lobby for gender-sensitive vulnerability, risk and capacity assessments. Studies show that women’s vulnerabilities during and after disasters is linked to their role and status in society, making women and children 14 times more likely to die than men during a disaster.
At the same…
World Environment Day (WED) 2024 host, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Nations Environment Programme, (UNEP) have launched campaigns to combat desertification, restore land and build drought resilience ahead of global WED celebrations on 5 June in the country’s capital Riyadh. ”Now is the time to act on commitments to prevent, halt and…
The Arab region joins the rest of the world in facing an increase in natural hazards. The region is characterized by its harsh environment and has limited resilience to natural hazards events, which results in an increase in the number of natural disasters in the region. These disasters result from a group of factors including the increase in population…
Disasters and emergencies have varying impact on communities depending on the level of poverty, number of people vulnerable to the emergency and the available infrastructure and systems for control and protection. The major natural emergencies in Nigeria today are those related to floods and droughts and both are water-related disasters. It is only when…