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Displaying 15 of about 23 resultsThis paper addresses a need for a paradigm shift towards more proactive and adaptive drought management across South-East Asia. The report provides the evidence base for these interventions, including the recently adopted ASEAN Declaration on the Strengthening of Adaptation to Drought.
The report presents three policy tracks: i) reduce and prevent; ii)…
In September 2021, Tamil Nadu’s Tiruvannamalai district set a record for creating 1,121 farm ponds in 30 days by leveraging the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS).
The initiative’s aim was to ensure adequate water for agricultural and domestic purposes throughout the year while creating assets that would…
By Brenden Jongman, Gonzalo Gutiérrez Goizueta, Boris van Zanten and Borja González Reguero
A new tide of innovation for reef-lined coasts seeks to build coastal resilience and blue growth
Flooding and erosion are growing problems for low lying coastal zones across the world. These phenomena are expected to worsen globally by…
Poor rain forecast for the next few months threatens to exacerbate the plight of tens of thousands of Somalis displaced from their homes and villages due to “extreme” water shortages since last November, the UN humanitarian office said on Friday.
Jens Laerke, spokesperson for the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), said that pre-…
Community groups improved local governance and disaster preparedness and assisted with health services for new migrants to better track COVID-19 cases in the community.
By Félix Rugama, Manuel von der Mühlen, Martha Emilia Alvarez, Stu Solomon
As part of the Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance, Plan International (Plan) has facilitated community groups t…
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As part of our knowledge partnership with Race to Resilience at the UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, we have built a detailed, global assessment of the number of people exposed to four key physical climate hazards, primarily under two different warming scenarios. This paper lays out our methodology and our conclusio…
Building on the first season of the Virtual Dialogues on Resilient Infrastructure, the second season will focus on sector specific aspects, with sessions covering urban, water, energy and transport. Each session will be jointly organized with respective sector groups from ADB’s Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department.
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The Bath Spa University (UK) 'Hazard, Risk and Disaster' Research Lecture Series 2020-2021, brings international speakers together with an audience to discuss the latest research, policy and practice, addressing DRR and climate change adaptation themes. This will be of interest to academic, government and NGO organisations.
When: Selected Wednesday aft…
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Drought has been stalking the U.S. West for 20 years now, but forecasts say dry times ahead will be worse. A recent U.N. assessment evaluated commitments by all the world’s nations to reduce their carbon emissions, and determined that those anemic pledges put us on the “catastrophic pathway” to 2.7° Celsius (nearly 5° Fahrenheit) o…
By Penny Loeb
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“The town is flooding!” a worker at the Nicholas County Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Richwood, West Virginia, yelled to Nancy Mullins around 1 p.m. on June 23, 2016.
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Workers carried fragile elderly people, with feeding tubes, IVs, and bandaged limbs, out the narrow gap between the back door and retaining wall. …
In this article, it evaluates property flood resilience (PFR) to manage pluvial and combined tidal/ fluvial flood risks. It achieves this by evaluating flood risk and intervention targeting strategies across a case study in Bristol (UK) using data types generally available for preliminary option assessment.
It investigates opportunities for mitigating…
The current issue of UMID magazine presents European heat action plans and shows heat precautions in federal states and municipalities. Another focus is COVID-19: disease severity in the first wave, corona and the effects on air quality, wastewater monitoring, disinfection by means of UV-C radiation and the BfR corona monitor on risk perception in the p…
This case study focuses on rural water in Timor Leste, shedding light on the experiences of community members with climate impacts on WASH. The case study demonstrates the way gender, and social norms and structures shape how people feel about and respond to climate change.
The research project draws from a range of climate change adaptation, water, sa…
This report aims to provide an overview of the gender and climate resilience nexus in the Caribbean and provide gender-inclusive recommendations for climate resilience programmes in the region. This report has been developed within the context of the Caribbean Pilot Programme for Climate Resilience (PPCR) to support gender mainstreaming into the regiona…
This policy brief addresses how climate change is threatening the overall progress made in reducing the global burden of diseases and injuries. Climate change has a serious impact on human lives and health. It threatens the basic elements we all need for good health and will undermine decades of progress in global health. In this paper, several pathways…