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Displaying 549 of about 549 resultsTraining and pre-positioned emergency supplies means that people on the Tongan island of Vava'u are more prepared as they face Cyclone Winston's damaging winds for a second time in just a few days.
Passing Vava'u earlier in the week as a Category Two storm that damaged crops and caused power outages, Cyclone Winston has made an about-turn and is now a…
Implemented by the Ministry of Primary Industries and the Ministry of Finance and Strategic Planning, National Development & Statistics of Fiji, the project, Enhancing Livelihood Recovery through improving Food Security in the aftermath of Natural Disasters, aims to assist communities sustain their livelihoods and build their resilience in case of n…
Kathryn M. Werntz
Dakar - Though the coastal cities of Senegal are situated on the fierce Atlantic Ocean, it is floods from heavy rains they struggle with, rather than rising tides.
A common solution is to pump floodwaters into the ocean. But one innovative project is trying to capture the water instead, for use in gardening during water-short periods…
During the winter months, the farmland around Pauk Khoan village is normally full of brightly coloured vegetable crops – sunflower, peanut, red bean, mustard broadleaf and maize. But this year is different. Thick, wet mud still covers most of the land, nearly six months after floodwaters swept through the area. Farmers have watched in dismay as their wi…
Resilient infrastructure protects people during disasters and enables communities to recover quickly in the immediate aftermath of a crisis.
Two examples from Vanuatu during and after Tropical Cyclone Harold – a Category 5 storm – illustrate the point powerfully.
During the devastating storm, the two classrooms of Balon School on the island of Santo…
By Laurie Goering
What does real resilience to climate extremes look like? It might come down to three things: the ability to adapt to changes that have already happened, anticipate what might happen next and absorb shocks when they do come along.
That’s the argument of a new paper by researchers working under the Building Resilience and Adaptation to…
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Women’s leadership brings essential knowledge, skills, resources and experience to emergency response and resilience building. When women are involved in the development and implementation of COVID-19 response plans they are more likely to consider the disproportionate impact that th…
Better preparing Solomon Islanders for future disasters, and building resilience, is an important part of recovery planning, the government has recognised.
Risk-resilient recovery planning is now an official function of the Ministry of Development Planning and Aid Coordination (MDPAC), which last month formally integrated a disaster Recovery Coordinati…
By Walter E. Little
The Fuego volcano puffs smoke against a clear blue sky, as it has done for centuries.
Here in Antigua, 10 miles away, people go about their daily business: Students rush to school; tourists snap shots of the UNESCO-protected city’s Spanish Colonial architecture and cobblestone streets.
Volcano hikes are still market…