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Displaying 15 of about 70 resultsGENEVA, 23 September 2013 - Donor governments have signalled the need to better capture investments in disaster risk reduction to strengthen evidence of the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action.
A roundtable of donors broadly supported efforts to improve tracking of international spending on disaster risk reduction as preparations for the T…
Historically, the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) has faced significant challenges with its water supply. During 2015 and 2016, extremely low precipitation and an especially intense El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) resulted in a severe drought. By May 2016, 21,000 people in RMI were affected – 1,257 households on the outer islands and 5,195 ho…
Between March 12 and 14, 2015, Tropical Cyclone Pam struck Vanuatu as an extremely destructive Category 5 cyclone. Eleven fatalities were subsequently confirmed in Tafea and Shefa Provinces. An estimated 65,000 people were displaced from their homes. Approximately 17,000 buildings were damaged or destroyed, including houses, schools, clinics, and other…
The goal of BCPR’s presence in UNDP Regional Service Centers (RSCs) is to ensure substantive advice on crisis prevention and recovery (CPR) issues to all UNDP work streams. Specifically, the BCPR/RSC component provides substantive partnerships support and performs cross-practice integration and coordination functions strengthening BCPR support to UNDP C…
Background
The strongest earthquake in Haiti in more than 200 years, measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale, rocked the impoverished Caribbean nation on January 12, 2010 at 4.53 p.m. (local time). The earthquake led to approximately 220,000 casualties and more than 300,000 persons injured. The government has also estimated that more than 511,000 people hav…
The conference motto for IDRC Davos 2008 is: Public-private partnership – key for integral risk management and climate change adaptation.
IDRC Davos 2008 will address global problems and attract participants from all over the globe. We expect more than 1300 participants from 130 countries.
The conference will take an integrated, multidisciplinary appro…
Background
UNDP works closely with governments in high disaster-risk countries to build capacities at the national, sub-national and local levels for reducing disaster risk. A major role of the Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery (BCPR) is to support UNDP Country Offices in the formulation and implementation of programme and projects for disaster…
Background on ACTED
ACTED is an independent international, private, non-partisan and non-profit organization that operates according to principles of strict neutrality, political and religious impartiality, and non discrimination. ACTED was created in 1993 to support populations affected by the conflict in Afghanistan. Based in Paris, France, ACTED now…
Purpose of Position
The successful candidate will play a key role, side by side with the regional programme coordinator, regional DM delegate, regional communications delegate and the regional finance and administration manager, as well as the heads of the IFRC delegations in Mongolia and DPRK, and the IFRC representative in Japan, in supporting the on…
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Objectifs
Evaluer la situation et les besoins des populations les plus vulnérables face aux risques de catastrophes naturelles, définir des axes d’intervention et élaborer une proposition de projet incluant une approche communautaire.
L’objectif spécifique de cette mission est de définir avec les Croix-Rouge cambodgienne (CRC) et lao (CRL)…
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Atlanta – The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced that a grant of nearly $4.6 million will be awarded to the North Carolina Floodplain Mapping Program in support of its efforts to update flood risk information throughout the state.
FEMA will provide $4,591,847 in federal funds toward projects to improv…
According to the Sydney Morning Herald, the Bureau of Meteorology is closely monitoring post-tropical cyclone Sandy for what it tells about climate risks in Australia. “This is the sort of thing we're warning about increasing over time,” said Karl Braganza, manager of climate monitoring at the Bureau of Meteorology's National Climate Centre in Melbourne…
This book was produced to mark the end of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR), a United Nations initiative to reduce the negative effects of natural disasters.
This volume communicates solutions to the problems associated with natural disasters, stimulating discussion and improvements in methods of protecting people and prop…
This Guide has been created to provide advice on useful strategies for implementing the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters (HFA). It represents a distillation of the wealth of experience that exists throughout the world on how to manage and reduce disaster risks. The Guide can help state…
GENEVA, 20 May 2013 - Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) challenges are becoming greater every year. It is well known and understood by all disciplines in disaster prevention that previously unidentified threats are emerging, changes in technology are rendering formerly state-of-the-art systems obsolete or less effective, and migration patterns are causing…