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Displaying 13 of about 13 resultsThis report documents three case studies conducted in Bolivia, Colombia, and Fiji, looking at the conditions required for successful resilient development as well as issues around timing and duration. It shares learnings on resilience-building, disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation. This synthesis report presents a summary of the th…
"A lot of the damage now comes from extreme precipitation. So that translates into floods, landslides, loss of life, loss of livelihoods"
By Anastasia Moloney
Bogota - As if hurricanes were not menacing enough, small Caribbean islands risk losing their entire way of life unless they urgently strengthen defences against a raft of future disasters, acc…
Lao PDR and Timor-Leste are facing similar environmental challenges in different environments. Communities in both countries are preparing for increasing risk from climate-driven events such as drought, landslides, floods and erosion.
To tackle the issues, the two countries have been working together, exchanging ideas and experiences on increasing the…
By Lin Taylor
WAILOTUA, Fiji - For most of Buisalia Tevita's life, prayers and luck were all her Fijian community could rely on to protect itself from the cyclones, floods or landslides that regularly hit the islands.
"During a disaster, everything (is) in a mess. People don't know what to do," said Tevita, who lives in Wailotua Village No. 1, located…
NAIROBI, 10 May 2017 – Rising disasters in Africa’s cities and their links with poverty and rapid, unplanned urbanisation are ever more apparent from tragedies such as the recent rubbish dump landslide in Addis Ababa, which killed at least 113 people.
Tackling urban risk will be a key issue when governments and a broad range of other stakeholders, incl…
The Barbados-based Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH) is on Thursday launching the “Weather and Climate Ready Nation” programme for Barbados and Eastern Caribbean.
The project is being launched in collaboration with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA), the Uni…
After more than 5 years of living in temporary housing, the community of Tukuraki in the highlands of Fiji are today celebrating as they move into their newly built, disaster resilient village. The Tukuraki community was devastated in 2012 as a landslide buried 80% of their village and tragically took the lives of a young family including a toddler and…
Moving Urban Communities Towards Resilience: Progress and Challenges
San Salvador, El Salvador — The Pan American Development Foundation (PADF) and Taiwan, with the support of the Permanent Risk Management Bureau (MPGR) in El Salvador, will host a regional disaster risk reduction workshop. Titled "Moving Urban Communities Toward Resilience: Advanc…
Noting the ever-increasing impact of extreme weather events, top United Nations officials, including Secretary-General António Guterres and Miroslav Lajčák, the President of the General Assembly have urged efforts to boost resilience and strengthen damage mitigation measures.
“[This year’s hurricane season] fits a pattern: changes to our climate are ma…
A nightmare scenario for any community is to be taken by surprise in the middle of the night by a sudden disaster such as the mudslide that swept away hundreds of lives earlier this month in the Amazonian town of Mocoa in Putamayo, Colombia.
Heavy rain over a three-hour period combined with deforestation and unstable soils to reveal once more that huma…
Port Moresby – Madang Government officials are embracing practical plans to reduce risks from disasters that may impact communities in the province.
Madang is home to an active volcano Manam, which had displaced more than 10, 000 people and affected many more after its last massive eruption in 2004. The province is also vulnerable to earthquakes, tsuna…
Getting urban planning right is vital to limit damage in future hurricanes, says UN top official.
By Anastasia Moloney
BOGOTA - Rebuilding the Caribbean islands of Dominica and Barbuda, ravaged by hurricanes Irma and Maria, is an opportunity to "build back better" and limit the impact of future disasters, U.N. Assistant Secretary-General Jessica Faie…
Poor infrastructure and a lack of flood prevention measures, along with widespread deforestation, are likely to magnify damage from Irma.
By Anastasia Moloney
BOGOTA - Haitian authorities and aid agencies were scrambling on Wednesday to prepare for Hurricane Irma, the strongest Atlantic storm on record, warning it could devastate the country sti…