17 Nov 2010 11:59:00 GMT

Written by: Laurie Goering

LONDON (AlertNet) - A promised $30 billion in "fast-start" climate change aid will go largely to emissions-curbing projects rather than efforts to help vulnerable nations adapt to more extreme weather and rising seas, new research suggests.

Only between 11 and 16 percent of the money pledged so far by wealthy countries will go to support climate adaptation actions such as building sea walls and promoting new farming practices, according to a report published on Wednesday by the London-based International

This report covers the period 1 January to 30 June 2010.

In brief

Programme outcome: The aim of the International Federation is to coordinate and support efforts at country and regional level to assist South Asian national societies to scale up their work to improve the lives of vulnerable people.

Programme(s) summary: The focus of the South Asia regional programmes continues to be to work towards and integrated programming approach to cross-cutting issues. In disaster management, the programme continued to scale up disaster management/disaster risk reduction

This report covers the period 1 January 2010 to 30 June 2010.

In brief

Programme outcome: To increase the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Society (IFRC) capacity to assist National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies reduce the number of deaths, injuries and the impact of disasters through the timely and adequate financial support for disaster response from the DREF.

Programme(s) summary: At 30 June 2010, IFRC had made 73 allocations from the DREF to support 67 different operations for a total of 11,285,280 Swiss francs bringing assistance to over 3.5

KATHMANDU , 19 July 2010 (IRIN) - Rising temperatures, drought, floods and landslides have combined to kill crops and leave millions hungry in Nepal.

"Those traditional crops like rice, potatoes, wheat, maize, which were doing well decades ago are not doing so well recently," said Gehendra Gurung, Nepal programme leader of international NGO Practical Action. [http://www.practicalaction.org]

The number of highly food insecure people in Nepal - a country of about 29 million people still recovering from 10

This report covers the period 1 January to 30 June 2010.

In brief

Programme outcome: The aim of the International Federation is to coordinate and support efforts at country and regional level to assist South Asian national societies to scale up their work to improve the lives of vulnerable people. Programme(s) summary: The focus of the South Asia regional programmes continues to be to work towards and integrated programming approach to cross-cutting issues. In disaster management, the programme continued to scale up disaster management/disaster risk reduction

This report covers the period 01/01/2010 to 30/06/2010.

In brief

Programme outcome:

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Society (IFRC) are providing funding and technical support to Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) for capacity building. IFRC and BDRCS are trying to achieve the goals of strategy 2020 through its activities. The national society with the help of IFRC is providing immediate and recovery support after every disaster: to save lives and protect livelihood of the community people.

Also, to enable healthy and safe living,

CHF 219,317 (USD 210,914 or EUR 148,704) was allocated from IFRC's DREF on 21 January 2010 to support the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) in delivering immediate assistance to 50,000 people (approximately 10,000 families). At the Final Financial Report, expenditure is reported at CHF 200, 990 (USD 182, 140 or EUR 147, 868); and the balance of CHF 18, 327 (EUR 13, 483 or USD 16, 608) has been paid back to DREF.

The northern and south-western part of Bangladesh experienced a severe cold wave from mid December 2009 till the

Chapter - 1

INTRODUCTION

The world over it has been experienced that a prompt, well-coordinated and effective response mounted in the aftermath of disasters not only minimizes loss of life and property but also facilitates early recovery. The important ingredients of an effective response system are integrated institutional arrangements, state of the art forecasting and early warning systems, fail-safe communication system, rapid evacuation of threatened communities, quick deployment of specialized response forces and coordination and synergy among various agencies at various levels in

I. HIGHLIGHTS

- Humanitarian agencies launch the Nepal Humanitarian Transition Appeal 2010 (on 10 March)

- Constitutional Committee adjourns its proceedings until further notice

- WFP has received US$8 million from DFID to food- and cash-for-assets programming

- Disaster Risk Reduction Tool Kit rolled out to Constitutional Assembly members

II. CONTEXT

During the reporting period, the overall political and security situation of the country remained moderately calm in comparison with the past month. However, there was continued insecurity,