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The COVID-19 crisis has been a lesson for many cities about planning for the unexpected. Adding to climate and man-made disasters, the pandemic has put high stress in urban systems around the world. Only in the past 6 months, Australian cities have dealt with multiple disasters, from wildfires, flooding, and the recent Coronavirus pandemic.…
BACKGROUND
The spread of COVID-19 worldwide reveals the challenges of managing health risks and effects of all types of emergencies. All countries, regardless of income or level of development, face systemic risks, such as those associated with disease outbreaks, with the potential for very significant health and socio-economic impacts. Beyond the curr…
The School of Environmental Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam is organizing the Disaster, Risk and Vulnerability Conference - 2020 (DRVC 2020). In the present COVID-19 scenario the conference will be conducted through Virtual Mode on focused themes during 9–10 October and 16–17 October 2020.
The conference is in continuation of th…
Objective:
Advocate for the implementation and improvement of early warning, early action in the region, especially as we are preparing for a gradual return to new normality in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Date:
Wednesday, August 12, 2020.
10:00 a.m. (Panama time).
Languages:
English and Spanish (simultaneous trans…
Background
The year 2020 marks the 75th anniversary of the United Nations while the world enters an unprecedented global crisis with severe impacts across the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals. With ten years remaining to achieve the 2030 Agenda in this Decade of Action, the COVID-19 pandemic compels a dua…
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak has been catastrophic for global economies -- shutting down the world and crippling economies in ways that will change the world forever. The pandemic highlights the need for collaborative approaches to managing global crisis and, more significantly, how we need to transition as COVID-19 has rapidly trans…
Background
The COVID-19 situation reveals the challenges of managing health risks while reducing disaster risks. All countries face systemic risks, such as those associated with disease outbreaks, with the potential for very significant socio-economic impacts. A range of international instruments and frameworks exist to support countries in managing th…
By Diya Rijal
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If that happens, the pandemic peak in Nepal could coincide with the monsoon peak which brings with it an increased risk of landslides and floods. This year, unusually heavy early monsoon rains have already triggered landslides across the mid-mountains, causing at least 36 deaths.
The Department of Hydrology and Meteorol…
Almost three months after the COVID-19 pandemic hit the Americas and the Caribbean, data is showing how deeply the private sector has been affected, as some businesses are being forced to close while others are struggling to continue operating due to limitations in markets and supply chains.
Whilst the economic impact of the crisis is still…
As COVID-19 takes hold in countries around the world, we are being challenged to respond to a global pandemic in poorer urban communities already facing multiple risks – reports CDKN’s Lisa McNamara. Much like the climate crisis, COVID-19 is a risk multiplier, intensifying existing vulnerabilities from inadequate essential services, low incomes, un…
Contexto y Introducción
Todas las comunidades están expuestas a emergencias y desastres relacionados con cualquier tipo de amenazas naturales, brotes epidémicos y aquellas producidas por el hombre, biológicas, químicas, radiológicas, tecnológicas, conflictos y otros. En un contexto de urbanización creciente y cambio climático, la frecuenci…
Suva –Local wisdom, ownership and leadership are critical factors for effective humanitarian action in support of communities exposed and vulnerable to climate and disaster risk. Preparedness and response planning need to be more collaborative and inclusive, the Pacific Resilience Partnership (PRP) ’s webinar on ‘Local Humanitarian Action for a Res…
The impacts of COVID-19 have reached across the globe, directly affecting millions of people and intensifying existing development challenges in many countries. But, while in many places the pandemic has brought a level of societal disruption seldom experienced before, in others the situation has broad parallels with the losses and disruptions experienc…
One of the basic activities, in order to reduce earthquake-related disaster losses, is the completion of technical regulations for risk reduction with strong implementation and regular updates. The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 (SFA) which is a global blueprint for the reduction of disaster risks also underlines the import…
By Alex Russell
COVID-19 restrictions have changed everything in northern Kenya. In drought-prone Samburu, government restrictions have closed local markets where families sell their livestock and buy basic commodities for the meals they eat every day.
“If the market is closed, it will be very hard to even meet basic household needs,” said…