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Displaying 60 of about 3698 resultsExtreme weather events are increasing in frequency and severity. In Africa alone, 90% of all disasters in recent decades have been driven by weather and climate. While we cannot stop them from striking, we can tell people about them, and manage the risk that they present, by advancing our work in hydromet.
Hydromet is the union of hydrology and meteoro…
This photo taken in 2014 shows the scale of housing development around the hills of Freetown, Sierra Leone. Photo by Kai Matturi, August 2014.
Cry Freetown
On August 14th 2017, the city of Freetown, Sierra Leone, experienced catastrophic flooding, which is estimated to have killed anywhere from 500-1,000 people. Like many people, I became awar…
Co-authored with Sabrina Stein, program manager at the Conflict Prevention and Peace Forum (CPPF)
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on the UN system to reform by placing prevention at the heart of its work. While there is a strong consensus on the need to strengthen prevention, how to reform the United Nations towards this goal remains…
The 2017 National Disaster Awareness Week (NDAW) will focus on increasing understanding and preparation for tsunamis. The week launch also coincides with the UNISDR International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction on October 13, where the focus for 2017 is to reduce the number of affected people by disaster by 2030.
This is also one of the key focuses of…
This year, the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA), the Republic of Gambia will commemorate the IDDR in the Lower River Region in the form of a school forum- basically due to its vulnerability and exposure to hazards such as windstorm and bushfires. One hundred students from two junior high schools will participate in the event.
The childr…
In collaboration with the Embassies of Switzerland and the Netherlands to Lebanon, the UNDP Disaster Risk Management Project at the Presidency of the Council of Ministers will celebrate the International Day for Disaster Reduction (IDDR) 2017.
Agenda
10:00 - 11:00
Registration and exhibition
11:00 - 12:00
Opening session
12:00 - 14…
The Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies in collaboration with the Warwick Institute for the Science of Cities is organising a workshop to promote the work that is currently being held across different departments of the University on disaster risk reduction.
The workshop will include presentations by academics as well as a tutorial for collabora…
The NAP-Ag Webinar on Integrating Climate Change Risks into Planning and Budgeting will provide an overview of how climate change adaptation can be integrated into national planning and budgeting, with particular reference to the agriculture sectors (crops and livestock, forestry, fisheries and aquacultures). Presenters will share country expe…
Losses due to natural disasters have increased sharply over the last 30 years. What is remarkable, however, is that the gap in insurance protection between uninsured and insured natural catastrophes has been increasing. Lack of financial protection against disasters leads to slow recovery, costly financing of relief and reconstruction, and political man…
Course objectives
Participants of this course will have full understanding of climate change adaptation concepts;
They are able to effectively and meaningfully contribute to the debate on climate change adaptation, either in the policy process and/or in providing knowledge to the policy process.
They will strengthen their positions in these process…
Logistics is at the heart of all emergency operations. It encompasses the movement of goods and equipment, the relocation of disaster-affected people, transfer of casualties and the movement of aid and relief workers and volunteers. Approximately 60 - 70% of funding in each emergency is spent on logistics, highlighting the need for effective and efficie…
This live webinar coincides with the release of the "Resilience Dividend Valuation Model" a new framework to help project managers, government officials, planners and other practitioners quantify resilient-related projects and investments.
The framework was developed through a partnership with the Rockefeller Foundation and the RAND Corporation.
Parti…
About the conference
The theme of the conference is “Dimensions of Disaster Risk Reduction and Societal Resilience in a Complex World.”
IDRiM 2017 adopts an interdisciplinary approach, and encourages contributions from all realms of natural, social, health, humanitarian, and other sciences, to promote understanding of how best to manage the risk that…
Conference organisers
The Caribbean Conference on Comprehensive Disaster Management is a signature event of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) and its partners. The 10th Caribbean Conference on Comprehensive Disaster Management is being co-hosted by the Government of The Bahamas through the National Emergency Management Agency…
The International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Disaster Management (ICT-DM’2017) will be held in Münster, Germany from 11th of December to 13th of December 2017. ICT-DM’2017 aims to bring together academics and practitioners who are involved in emergency services, ad hoc planning and disaster management and recovery, in o…