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Displaying 30 of about 73 resultsMapAction is supporting national and local disaster management authorities to reduce and address the multiple risks faced, provide better early warning systems and facilitate risk-informed development. We kickstarted our work in Eswatini.For nearly 20 years, in 140+ emergencies, MapAction has supported countries in mitigating disasters. Since July 2023,…
As the climate crises worsens, extreme weather events are becoming increasingly more frequent and variable. This exacerbates the risks facing people in climate-vulnerable low- and middle-income countries.Consider Zambia, one of six countries where the CGIAR Research Initiative on Climate Resilience (ClimBeR) is working to transform the adaptive capacity…
Apply hereWork LocationBonnExpected durationThe internship is for a maximum of 6 months and designed to be in person and full-time.Duties and ResponsibilitiesCreated in December 1999, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) is the designated focal point in the United Nations system for the coordination of efforts to reduce disaster…
[...]The Pacific Islands are home to about 12.7 million people and natural disasters are leading to annual average losses in the region of USD 1.07 billion, reports the Australian Aid Agency.Digital Earth Pacific, launched by the Pacific Community in October last year, aims to halt that trend. To do this, it will set up far-reaching digital public infra…
Today, NOAA is further embedding equity in its climate data, information, science, tools and decision support through the release of its Equitable Climate Services Action Plan [Accessible PDF].The plan aims to expand the reach and accessibility of NOAA's climate services, enabling the agency to better respond to the climate adaptation and resilience nee…
[...]The top priority for the Seychelles Disaster Risk Management Division (DRMD) is to establish a disaster information management system, a tool designed to support agencies and organisations in preparing for and responding to disasters, said a top official on Wednesday.[...]The workshop was organised by the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC), in col…
A ninth and final round of talks involving governments, advocacy groups and others to finalize a “pandemic treaty” is scheduled to end Friday. The accord’s aim: guidelines for how the WHO’s 194 member countries might stop future pandemics and better share scarce resources. But experts warn there are virtually no consequences for countries that don’t com…
Build climate resilience in your business as you learn how climate intelligence helps make decisions that mitigate risks.How exposed is your organisation to climate risk?Climate and weather projections hold the data that businesses need both to evaluate the risk climate change poses and to mitigate that risk. However, interpreting this data can be chall…
Coastal cities and communities will face more frequent major hurricanes with climate change in the coming years. To help prepare coastal cities against future storms, MIT scientists have developed a method to predict how much flooding a coastal community is likely to experience as hurricanes evolve over the next decades.When hurricanes make landfall, st…
About the Asian Disaster Preparedness CenterAsian 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…
In the past two decades, disasters have left a devastating impact, claiming over a million lives and causing nearly US$3 trillion in global economic losses, according to the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction.When responding to disasters, disaster relief organizations (DROs) play a crucial role by mobilizing physical resources such as foo…
This paper proposes a methodology for identifying, documenting, and extrapolating potential good practices in Disaster Risk Management from the literature with a procedure that consists of five steps. Making evidence-based decisions in Disaster Risk Management is crucial for practitioners. However, it remains unclear how to systematically identify and c…
There has been a very interesting development in the detection of landslides using seismic data. The Swiss Seismological Service (SED), which has a very high quality network that monitors seismic events across Switzerland, has started identifying signals that it suspects were associated with mass movements (landslides, rockfalls and mudflows).SED now ha…
Time9:00am-12:30pm (GMT+9)BackgroundWith the 30th anniversary of the Great Hanshin Awaji earthquake approaching in 2025, the Understanding Risk Forum 2024 (UR24) will be held from June 16 -21, 2024 in Himeji City, Hyogo prefecture, Japan. Hundreds of government officials, NGOs, businesses and disaster management experts from Japan and around the wo…
The delivery of Early Warnings for All (EW4All) requires scaled up and coordinated investments and action across the four essential pillars of end to end, people-centred Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems (MHEWS). These pillars are (1) disaster risk knowledge; (2) detection, observation, monitoring, analysis, and forecasting; (3) warning dissemination a…