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Displaying 15 of about 447 resultsThe present systematization carried out by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) compiles Good Practices in Post-disaster Recovery in Latin America and the Caribbean, with the aim of spreading and highlighting the work and recovery processes that are coming taking place in different countries of the region. This systematization compiles some goo…
On August 4, 2020, a massive explosion in the Port of Beirut (PoB) rocked the city, killing more than 200 people, wounding more than 6,000, and displacing around 300,000. The detonations all but destroyed the country’s largest port, one of the busiest in the Middle East and most of Lebanon’s grain reserves. The city’s dense residential and commercial ar…
The United Nations Environment Programme – Finance Initiative (UNEP FI), the Climate Change Division of the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation of Jamaica, and the Jamaica Bankers Association will deliver this event aimed at the Caribbean region on May 26th, 28th, and 29th.
The objective of the event is to sensitize the staff of financial inst…
Effective social protection is critical to reduce vulnerability and support timely recovery. However, to date, national systems have been too underdeveloped or not flexible enough to allow them to expand before or during emergencies. Despite these shortcomings, many countries in Asia-Pacific are relying on social protection mechanisms to respond to and…
The Australian Disaster Resilience Conference presents Knowledge Week will be taking place virtually. Knowledge Week will be held over the course of four days (24 – 27 August 2020), with a variety of sessions and special events that you can mix and match to suit your interests and availability. Conference theme: Disaster risk reduction in acti…
About Asian Disaster Preparedness Center
ADPC is an autonomous international organization with a vision to reduce disaster and climate risk impacts on communities and countries in Asia and the Pacific by working with governments, development partners, international organizations, NGOs, civil society, private sector, media, and other key stakeholders. E…
A. About Asian Disaster Preparedness Center
ADPC is an autonomous international organization with a vision to reduce disaster and climate risk impacts on communities and countries in Asia and the Pacific by working with governments, development partners, international organizations, NGOs, civil society, private sector, media, and other key stakeholders…
About Asian Disaster Preparedness Center
ADPC is an autonomous international organization with a vision to reduce disaster and climate risk impacts on communities and countries in Asia and the Pacific by working with governments, development partners, international organizations, NGOs, civil society, private sector, media, and other key stakeholders.…
Previous Bushfire and Natural Hazard CRC (BNH CRC) reports have presented the fragility curves for reinforced concrete buildings that are supported by reinforced concrete walls and moment resisting frames, and the fragility curves for this type of buildings with four retrofitting options. This study presents the vulnerability curves for these buildings…
Recent evidence shows that climate change is leading to irreversible and existential impacts on vulnerable communities and countries across the globe. Among other effects, this has given rise to public debate and engagement around notions of climate crisis and emergency. The Loss and Damage (L&D) policy debate has emphasized these aspects over the l…
This study aims to estimate the willingness to pay (WTP) for improved warning services by considering the at-risk households' trade-off between proposed improved early warning services (EWS) and existing (EWS) in coastal Bangladesh. Empirical results show that the WTP of an at-risk household for improved EWS was estimated at Bangladeshi Taka BDT 468 (≈…
This report adresses the question of Nigeria's fragile coastal areas. Using a consistent valuation methodology, it estimates the cost of coastal degradation in three Nigerian states: Cross River, Delta and Lagos.
The results are striking: in 2018 alone, floods, erosion and pollution in these three states cost society US$9.7 billion, or 2.4 pe…
UNDRR report published to mark the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction on October 13, 2020, confirms how extreme weather events have come to dominate the disaster landscape in the 21st century. The statistics in this report are from the Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT) maintained by the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Di…
This report uses data to explore the structure and progression of the green bonds market and the challenges and opportunities which accompany it. The idea of green bonds as a means of investing in climate mitigation and adaptation has been gaining traction in Africa, but remains underdeveloped as a tool.
It also makes recommendations on how the market…
In this paper, the authors explore the role of political influences on the emergence and evolution of climate change adaptation policy and planning at national level in three countries in sub-Saharan Africa (Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia). For this, an inductive approach and longitudinal analysis is used relying on a survey of 103 governmen…