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Displaying 75 of about 162 resultsThis project identifies and documents the best practices from communities affected by disasters in Nepal, India and Bangladesh with the purpose of capacity strengthening. The DRR related best practices discussed in the document include (i) the establishment of a grain bank in for disaster risk reduction (ii) drought and flood tolerant paddies (iii)disas…
Este documento refleja cuánto se ha llegado a comprender sobre la relación que existe entre el clima, la vulnerabilidad, la adaptación y la gestión del riesgo climático en Bolivia en dos áreas consideradas de alta prioridad como son el agua y la seguridad alimentaria. Sin ser un diagnóstico, este informe permite apreciar el conocimiento acumulado en…
The Status of Science and Technology report is an important step for monitoring the progress in the implementation of the Sendai Framework and an attempt to capture some of the progress across geographies, stakeholders, and disciplines towards the application of science and technology towards risk reduction in Asia-Pacific.
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Climate change, exacerbated by the El Niño phenomenon, has adversely affected the Horn of Africa, causing drought and famine. This also happened in 2011, when a severe drought episode struck the entire East African region, including Kenya, and caused a massive food crisis.
With the aim of reducing drought emergencies, ACTED Kenya has been implementing…
Tongan officials said community projects undertaken by a multinational task group led by the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) were expected to reduce the vulnerability of remote communities to the impact of drought.
The projects, designed to improve water storage in two main islands in Tonga’s Ha’apai island group, were undertaken as part of Exer…
FAO, UNICEF and WFP launch joint resilience strategy to improve well-being of Karimojong
Three United Nations agencies in Uganda are implementing a new multi-year resilience strategy to help transform the lives of vulnerable people in the Karamoja region of North Eastern Uganda.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Un…
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…
A seminar, 'Linking Climate Change to Disaster Risk Reduction', jointly organised by Oxfam and Strengthening Participatory Organisation (SPO) was held in Islamabad yesterday to discuss the nature of disasters in Pakistan and to design risk reduction strategies.
Dakar - Partnerships between aid agencies and climate experts are finally paying off by helping NGOs’ disaster prevention and response, but specialists question why it took so long.
“The question is not why meteorological services and humanitarian organizations are talking to each other today, but why they have not been talking for one-and-a-half centu…
By Tierney Smith
A year on from the Horn of Africa disaster and two good rainy seasons have helped to relieve the pressure and aid recovery in the region.
But there is an underlying feeling of helplessness for communities in the region living at the mercy of possible future dry periods.
With the potential of another dry spell always just around the…
Alertnet reports on the crucial role that mangroves play in reducing the devastation of cyclones in the coastal areas of Viet Nam. Climate change induced rise in the average temperature and extreme weather events facilitate sea level rise, salt water intrusion and drought. Communities actively take part in planting mangroves with the help of non-governm…
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…
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…
The Environmental Disasters Conference will address the increasing occurrence of environmental disasters and the science and decision-making needed to more effectively prepare, respond, and make our communities more resilient. The goal of the conference is to develop actionable outcomes that constructively advance decision-making on environmental disas…
Course contents
• Basic terminology on Disaster Risk Reduction: hazard, disaster, risk, vulnerability, capacity, coping capacity, disaster risk reduction, disaster risk management, mitigation, preparedness, prevention, early warning, recovery, response, emergency management
• Hazards in Bangladesh: Flood, cyclone, tornado, river bank erosion, earthquak…