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Displaying 165 of about 4152 resultsThis profile provides an overview of climate risk issues in the Eastern and Southern Caribbean region, which includes Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Kitts and Nevis, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Suriname, and Guyana. The profile summarizes how climate change will potentially impact six key sector…
This articlehighlights the process and lessons learned from the Vulnerability Assessment and Climate Resilient Road Strategy of the Samoan road network, and outlines a replicable approach for small island nations with acute capacity challenges that seek to balance analytical rigour with the need for practicality.
In Pacific Island Countries, high vulne…
The Solomon Islands Climate Change and Disaster Risk Finance Assessment was guided by the Pacific Climate Change Finance Assessment Framework (PCCFAF), which reviewed the climate change and disaster risk finance program of Solomon Islands against seven key pillars: (i) policies and plans, (ii) funding sources, (iii) public financial management and expen…
This document comprises 22 sections covering a range of topics and issues relevant to international support to disaster response in the Cook Islands. The 22 sections reflect sectors and processes through which response may be channelled or targeted following a disaster.
The Country Preparedness Package (CPP) is a joint initiative of the Governmen…
The theme of the Conference is “The Changing Landscape of Comprehensive Disaster Management – Vision Becoming Reality”.
This Annual Conference is being positioned as the Caribbean signature disaster management forum for reflection, dialoguing and measuring progress in the region within the context of the Enhanced Comprehensive Disaster Management (CDM…
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La Facultad de Construcciones y el Departamento de Ingeniería Civil de la Universidad de Oriente, tienen el gusto de invitarlo a participar en Conferencia Internacional de Peligrosidad, Riesgo Geológico e Ingeniería Sísmica y de Desastres (SISMOS 2012) , que contará con el co-auspicio de Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Sismológicas (CENAI…
Background
The vision of the Institute of Catastrophe Risk Management is to become Asia's leading research institute in catastrophe risk management and to help those at risk worldwide in general and Asia in particular.
Event
6th Micro-insurance Round-Table (MiRT) Forum organized by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Institute of Cata…
Pacific Islands Forum Leaders meet annually to develop collective responses to regional issues.
The agenda for this meeting will be released when available, including issues related to Pacific Island disaster risk reduction.
The Forum’s membership has increased from the original seven founding members (Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, Nauru, New Zealand…
Course objectives
The course aims to provide an understanding of Singapore’s multi-agency engagement in formulating energy solutions to climate change. Participants will gain a better appreciation of issues surrounding climate change and the importance of collective mitigating actions taken on a global scale. They will also understand the types of clea…
This event is in reference to the “Climate Change and Development Strategies for Coastal Communities of the Pacific Coral Triangle Countries” project, an undertaking that brings together provincial governments and coastal communities in the four countries of Pacific Islands namely, Fiji Islands, Solomon Islands, Timor Leste and Vanuatu. This project is…
The 2017 National Disaster Awareness Week (NDAW) will focus on increasing understanding and preparation for tsunamis. The week launch also coincides with the UNISDR International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction on October 13, where the focus for 2017 is to reduce the number of affected people by disaster by 2030.
This is also one of the key focuses of…
Conference organisers
The Caribbean Conference on Comprehensive Disaster Management is a signature event of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) and its partners. The 10th Caribbean Conference on Comprehensive Disaster Management is being co-hosted by the Government of The Bahamas through the National Emergency Management Agency…
InterFLOOD Asia 2018, supported by the World Bank and the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR), will tackle the escalating problem of flooding in Asia head on.
The event is about mitigating and managing the potentially catastrophic impacts of extreme weather and climate change on vital infrastructure, including water, energy, com…
The World Risk and Insurance Economics Congress (the "World Congress") was established to stimulate corporate awareness and interest in risk-related research and to provide a forum for networking among academics and industry and government professionals worldwide.
Non-exhaustive programme
Sunday 25 July 2010
6:00 PM ~ 7:30 PM Welcome Rece…
As a follow-up to requests made on the occasion of the Climate Dialogue meeting with island states from the Pacific region, the GFZ is offering, with the financial support of the Federal Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany a special course on “Seismology, Seismic Hazard and Tsunami Early Warning” in Fiji.
This training course is customiz…