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Displaying 15 of about 2520 resultsNAIROBI/GENEVA, 13 February 2012 - In advance of critical rainfall forecasts for the Horn of Africa, the UN office for disaster risk reduction, UNISDR, today announced a partnership with the WMO-supported African Centre of Meteorological Applications for Development (ACMAD) to ensure rapid dissemination of weather updates to disaster managers.
Pedro Ba…
By David Singh
Bamako, 14 September: It is almost 20 years since the historic United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, held in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992, alerted Governments and citizens to critical human development issues and made specific demands of countries. Among the issues fuelling the discourse then, was the global sounding off o…
Water is crucial to life. Climate change is already affecting the water available to people around the world. Rising temperatures are increasing the evaporation rate, causing extreme and lingering droughts. Climate change affects the water cycle by influencing when, where, and how much precipitation falls and can lead to extreme weather events over time…
The cost of climate change on three key chokepoints for international trade could reach up to 34 billion USD in 2030. A new study led by the CMCC also highlights the possible effects on production and prices of agricultural commodities.Global trade relies on maritime routes, which pass through key chokepoints, for smooth and timely shipments. Analy…
Farmers in Bangladesh’s coastal region say a changing coastline, erratic rainfall, high temperatures and rising sea levels as a result of climate change pose a threat to the livelihoods of millions.“I sowed lentils in 2022, but I was not able to harvest the crop as incessant rain wreaked havoc on my field during the chaitra [last] month of the Bengali c…
Register hereJoin the WFP Innovation Accelerator at COP28!The WFP Innovation Accelerator will host Innovation 4 Adaptation: Tackling the Climate and Hunger Emergencies in the UNFCCC Blue Zone to engage with and support innovative solutions and approaches for reducing hunger and promoting climate-sensitive food security and climate adaptation m…
The main objective of the forum is to develop regional consensus climate outlook for the September to December 2011 rainfall season. It will also provide a regional interaction platform for the climate scientists and various users of climate early warning advisories. Further, the forum will review lessons / experiences from the use of the products provi…
This study provides a comprehensive climate risk analysis for Uganda’s agricultural sector. It aims to offer an in-depth decision-basis for national and local decision-makers on current and future climate risks for agricultural value chains to guide suitable adaptation planning and implementation in the country.The results of this climate risk analysis…
About Asian Disaster Preparedness CenterADPC is an autonomous international organization established for scientific, educational, developmental, and humanitarian purposes with a vision of safer communities and sustainable development through disaster risk reduction and climate resilience in Asia and the Pacific.Established in 1986 as a technical capacit…
The Ministries of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, developed a National Strategy to Face Climate Change in Agriculture-Livestock-Fishery' for 2012-2025. This document is a collaboration between FAO and Madagascar to define the medium-term response for assistance needs and provide the organization's partners with a global vision of the scope o…
GENEVA, 31 October 2013 – Fijian papaya farmers and exporters whose businesses were devastated by a 2012 cyclone are emerging from near bankruptcy with better protected livelihoods thanks to a stronger approach to disaster risk management.
Last December’s Cyclone Evan decimated crops and slashed papaya exports by almost 90 per cent prompting an industr…
GENEVA, 6 June 2013 - The Head of UNISDR, Margareta Wahlström, today welcomed the emphasis placed on the links between poverty reduction and disaster risk reduction in the report of the High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda which identifies climate change as the main obstacle in the way of ending extreme poverty.
Ms. W…
GENEVA, 18 December 2012 - The Italian Government is urgently seeking EUR 40 billion over the next 15 years for flood prevention following a week of heavy rains that began on 10 November in the north and then wreaked havoc in Umbria and Tuscany in central Italy.
Italy's Environment Minister, Corrado Clini, recently presented a proposal to the country's…
GENEVA, 31 October 2012 - UNISDR Chief Margareta Wahlstrom spoke to the opening session of this week's extraordinary session of the World Meteorological Congress which is discussing the implementation plan and governance model for the Global Framework for Climate Services.
Ms. Wahlstrom congratulated the World Meteorological Organization on the initiat…
Their faces smeared with a traditional mussiro mask to enhance their skin, the women stoop to pluck shellfish from the mudflats of Ibo Island, off northern Mozambique. Dropped into plastic buckets, the dripping harvest will later be cooked and processed for sale, buttressing their incomes – and their independence. The baby-blue sky and lapping wate…