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Displaying 120 of about 4330 resultsNot long ago, Superstorm Sandy wreaked havoc on the Northeast, causing $36.9 billion in damages in New Jersey alone. It is projected that climate change will bring an increased number of these superstorms to the Northeast, which, coupled with sea level rise, have the potential to damage critical infrastructure that is not equipped to handle such storms.…
Typhoon Pablo hit the provinces of Davao Oriental and Compostela Valley in 2012 and caused severe damage. More than a thousand people died, about 210,000 homes were destroyed, and as of April this year, the DSWD reported that 933,416 of those affected remain displaced. Since then, the challenge for these provinces’ local governments has been to make inf…
This conference will include 26 scientific sessions, 5 keynote lectures and one workshop devoted to young Geomorphologists.
Sessions include:
Human impacts on landscapes
Geomorphic hazards, risk management and climate change impact
Volcanic geomorphology
Methods for landslide hazard risk assessment
Coastal geomophology and manageme…
The objective of the conference is to provide the platform to a stimulating and findings to share their pioneering ideas and findings in the areas of engineering, business and disaster management. Also the conference provides the platform to a stimulating environment for reaserch and discussion on a contentious issues.
The consultations in Palau were conducted as a complementary activity to the HFA Monitor Country Progress Review facilitated by SPC SOPAC. Issues discussed included i) achievements, challenges, and opportunities, ii) disaster and development, iii) accountability and governance, iv) linking DRM and climate change.
The overall goal of the symposium is to facilitate the exchange and updating of information on disaster risk reduction associated with climate variability and change. It will bring together key stakeholders that will, in part, integrate and forge linkages towards enhanced national capacity to reduce disaster risks.
Kenya is highly vulnerable and expose…
The IDRC Davos 2014 will address the numerous interconnected, complex and emerging risks today's societies are faced with. Environmental, technical, social and economic risks are often closely linked and can result in successive impact. Risks and disasters explored at the IDRC Davos 2014 include, amongst others, natural hazards, failures of critical inf…
In dutch:
Waar onze voorvaderen de kunst van het leven met het dynamische ecosysteem onder de knie leken te hebben, lijken we vandaag ogenschijnlijk kustbeheer te verengen tot beheersing.
De nadruk ligt op korte termijn – omwille van hoogdringendheid – op de zwakke schakels. Maar wat ligt achter de tijdshorizon? Kunnen we lessen trekken uit de geschiede…
The Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS), Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SREP) and the World Bank are pleased to invite you to participate in a High Level Dialogue on Climate and Disaster Resilient Development. This meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn in Suva, Fiji on 4th an…
Managing risk and building resilience
Faced with climate change and variability, stakeholders need to address in an integrated way the concerns which are common to both the fields of adaptation and disaster risk reduction. In doing so, key priorities for sustainable development can be identified.
Simply reducing the uncertainty of meteorological predi…
Conference highlights:
Bio-threats: Biological weapons
Nuclear disasters
Biodefense & emerging infectious diseases
Immunotherapeutics & vaccines
Biosafety and biosecurity measures
Bio-detectors & biosensors
Public health in concern to biothreat and biodefense
Applied research and technology in biodefense…
The increasing frequency of natural hazardous events - floods, landslides and the odd bushfire - throughout Queensland is raising questions for the future. Namely:
Is a regular flood clean up and "mud army" the norm in the future?
What are the cost effective solutions - is it a big investment now so we reap dividends in the future?
What sce…
Course purpose
The course offers to build the capacity of professionals to design, manage, evaluate and undertake improvements in people centered end-to-end early warning systems for hydro-meteorological & geological hazards and extreme events associated with climate change and variability. it builds upon ADPC's two decades of experiences in disast…
Main findings, comparative analysis and lessons learned from adaptation and DRR projects in SIDS, LDCs and Latin America. How these projects, tools and information help decision makers address adaptation needs with DRR and development planning.
The costs of climate related disasters are enormous, in lives and money –a massive global effort on DRR is needed. The event will present the IPCC SR on Extreme Events and WMO's Global Framework for Climate Services, and include a discussion on DRR in Africa, and on how to involve children and youth .