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The Salween-Mekong basin is one of China’s most climatically, ecologically, and ethnically diverse regions and the headwaters of many of China’s major river systems. The impacts of changes in water supply and climate vary greatly depending on elevation, environmental conditions, and the socioeconomic situation of rural inhabitants. Floods an…
The conference motto for IDRC Davos 2008 is: Public-private partnership – key for integral risk management and climate change adaptation.
IDRC Davos 2008 will address global problems and attract participants from all over the globe. We expect more than 1300 participants from 130 countries.
The conference will take an integrated, multidisciplinary appro…
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Afghanaid is mandated to facilitate and support Afghan women, men and children in their fight against poverty, inequality and vulnerability through a range of interventions, most supporting grass-roots and local level capacity development, facilitating local development processes, and institution building with policy influencing and advocacy…
Première du genre au pays, la journée internationale des catastrophes a été célébrée hier au siège de l’UNFD. L’évènement a consacré le courage des femmes face aux conséquences des aléas climatiques en République de Djibouti. La journée internationale de la prévention des catastrophes a été célébrée hier au siège de l’UNFD en République de Djibouti. Le…
Durban / Nairobi, 6 December 2011 - Women, particularly those living in mountain regions in developing countries, are facing disproportionately high risks to their livelihoods and health from climate change, as well as associated risks such as human trafficking, according to a new report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
Investing i…
Living in dry, desert-like conditions isn’t easy for people in the Mvumi village in the Dodoma Region of Tanzania. Extended periods of drought and limited water sources routinely lead to dry fields, parched plants and poor crop yields, creating hard times for farming families. Fortunately, the beneficiaries of the Feed the Future-supported Mwanzo Bora N…
This publication examines the relationship between droughts and incomes and labor market outcomes in Chile over the period 1990-2017, focusing in particular on indigenous women. The results show that overall indigenous women are the group most severely affected by droughts, decreasing their income, their probability of working in agriculture, and increa…
CAIRO, 23 November 2011 – The League of Arab States (LAS) and UNISDR move one step closer to a plan of action on disaster risk reduction for the Arab region. The action plan is expected to be endorsed at the first-ever Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Arab region planned for 2012.
Holding a series of consultations with disaster risk…
Women’s leadership can strengthen resilience to climate change
By Everjoice Win
Johannesburg - Last year, the planet suffered the terrible impacts of one of the worst drought and hunger crises seen for decades. At the end of 2015, 30 percent of the global land area was in drought conditions, one of the highest figures since modern record keeping beg…
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…
'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…
Gaps that exist in policy, programmes, plans and challenges around decision making at the local and national level are too often related to lack of gender integration and the lack of putting in place systems to support their implementation and monitoring.
Millions of poor women and men have been toiling in the fields for most of their lives and for lon…
• Climate deal in Durban requires a strengthened focus on the people most vulnerable to climate change impacts, especially delivering on adaptation resources.
• Parties must agree on second commitment for Kyoto protocol and a framework for a long-term, legally binding climate change regime.
• Parties must agree and provide sources for new, additional, p…
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…
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The DanChurchAid/Christian Aid Joint Programme in Cambodia invites consultants with relevant experience to submit proposals for a contract to conduct research on disaster resilient livestock on behalf of the Dipecho Consortium in Cambodia entitled: Reducing Multi Hazard Induced Risks and Building Community Resilience to Disas…