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Displaying 105 of about 1419 resultsThis course describes the principles and practice of real time flood forecasting and warning. The course covers overall system design, hydrological data systems, quantitative precipitation forecasting, flood forecasting methods for rivers and coasts, forecast uncertainty, warning systems and technology, emergency response and planning, and decision maki…
Background
Global climate change is expected to have a strong impact on the environment on local, regional and global scales. Its impact can be particularly important at regions which are additionally subject to other changes, i.e. population growth, land use change, and change in industrial and hydropower sectors. As a result, the scientific community…
Coordinadores de países comentarán avances, logros y dificultades en cada país; generar acciones del rol de la educación superior en su abordaje en la RRD y la Adaptación al CC -Período 2013-2016 en la Región de las Américas; generándose un Plan de Acción y consolidar la estructura de REDULAC conformándose oficialmente el Consejo de Rectores.
Of all natural disasters, hurricanes are among the deadliest and most costly in the built environment. This is a two-day, performance-level course which provides professionals with the knowledge and training necessary to develop and design hurricane resilient communities and hurricane resistant buildings. This workshop will discuss existing regulations…
The aim of the conference is to challenge and inspire the water and environment community by sharing knowledge and best practice, which is at the heart of meeting key global challenges.
They are seeking ideas and offers of papers on topics including (but not exclusively):
Water management - water resources, water quality, wastewater management, inte…
Climate change and sea level rise will challenge National Park efforts to protect natural and cultural resources and to provide visitor access and recreational opportunities. Learn how several national parks are addressing these challenges: collecting baseline data on archaeological sites that are vulnerable to rising water levels and associated change…
There is currently significant interest in disaster restoration and prevention in Japan, such as the revival and maintenance of the social infrastructure in portions of northeast Japan damaged by the Great East Japan Earthquake (March 11, 2011) as well as safety planning for future large earthquakes and extreme weather due to global climate change. The…
Wildland fires are a serious threat to lives and property in the U.S. In the past decade, wildfires have burned over 59 million acres of land. According to the National Interagency Fire Center, 2011 saw one of the worst fire seasons in decades, with close to 9 million acres burned. Decreasing fire risk in the WUI is a huge challenge, but NFPA continues…
The proposed learning route, “Learning from climate change adaptation innovative experiences of communities and local governments in ASALs”, aims for national decision makers in Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Uganda to learn from community and local level experiences in ongoing climate change adaptation planning and action in arid and semi-arid lands in…
El evento tuvo lugar en la Costa Sur de Lima en la Provincia de Cañete. El principal objetivo fue fortalecer las capacidades de los Alcaldes en temas de Gestión del Riesgo de Desastres y Adaptación al Cambio. Alcaldes de 18 distritos y dos Provincia de la Región Lima Provincias, la Provincia de Cañete y la Provincia de Yauyos intercambiaron sus experien…
The African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC) is organizing the Third Annual Conference on Climate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA-III). The Conference is organized each year under the auspices of the Climate for Development in Africa (ClimDev-Africa) Programme. ClimDev-Africa is a consortium of key African development institutions including the Unite…
This event is in reference to the “Climate Change and Development Strategies for Coastal Communities of the Pacific Coral Triangle Countries” project, an undertaking that brings together provincial governments and coastal communities in the four countries of Pacific Islands namely, Fiji Islands, Solomon Islands, Timor Leste and Vanuatu. This project is…
This conference will share challenges, knowledge, good practices and experiences on building the resilience of Delta regions to floods and other hydro-meteorological disaster events, particularly in urbanised areas.
It will provide a platform to discuss the current challenges associated with flood and other hydro-meteorological disaster risk management…
This one-day course introduces the key issues of coastal processes, and design methods for coastal structures, including seawalls, breakwaters, vertical walls, piers and jetties. Strong emphasis is placed on understanding the concepts, being familiar with representative parameters and with key prediction methods, so includes hands-on tutorials through t…
Dealing with climate change impacts is one of the great challenges of the 21st century and its importance is only just being discovered. The challenges arise from uncertainties in climate change and its impacts, from the long time-horizon, from regionally widely varying vulnerabilities, and from a lack in public awareness. Notwithstanding the challenges…