By Sonja Fransen, Alexander Hunns, Tarek Jaber and Teresa Janz Abstract Forcibly displaced people are at the forefront of climate emergencies worldwide. This article presents a scoping review of the...
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By Sonja Fransen, Alexander Hunns, Tarek Jaber and Teresa Janz Abstract Forcibly displaced people are at the forefront of climate emergencies worldwide. This article presents a scoping review of the...
Typhoon Haiyan (locally known as Yolanda) was among the largest and most destructive typhoons recorded to date. It made landfall on the morning of 8 November 2013 in Guiuan, Eastern Samar province...
15 August 2023, Nadi, Fiji - The Kingdom of Tonga makes up the 35 countries and over three million children that have access to the COPE disaster book series targeted at increasing their disaster...
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Malia Tuitupou, a volunteer working at one of the “Women Friendly Spaces” established and supported by the United Nation Population Fund (UNFPA) Pacific in Tonga, still vividly remembers the...
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A Business Case for Investment in Prevention and Solutions Introduction Most of the disaster displacement recorded globally has taken place in the Asia and Pacific region. An estimated 225.3 million...
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is made up of 10 member-states: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR), Malaysia, Myanmar,...
The Disaster Risk Management Knowledge Centre has produced the "Science for disaster risk management 2020: acting today, protecting tomorrow" report, the second of its series. The report represents a...
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The United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) system is one of the United Nations’ international rapid response tools to help governments of disaster-affected countries during the...
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By Julie Rozenberg, Nyanya Browne, Sophie De Vries Robbé, Melanie Kappes, Woori Lee, and Abha Prasad SUMMARY Caribbean countries, a set of mostly Small Island Developing States (SIDS), have a history...
Le changement climatique entraîne une augmentation des conditions météorologiques extrêmes, mais les alertes précoces sauvent des vies Selon le rapport détaillé que vient de diffuser l’Organisation...
Los fenómenos meteorológicos extremos son más frecuentes a causa del cambio climático, pero gracias a las alertas tempranas, se salvan vidas Según un nuevo y exhaustivo informe de la Organización...
BACKGROUND AND METHODOLOGY Background The impacts of weather-, climate- and water-related hazards continue to adversely affect health and economic and social development worldwide. Some of these...
Climate change leads to more extreme weather, but early warnings save lives A disaster related to a weather, climate or water hazard occurred every day on average over the past 50 years -- killing...
The guide describes the role of agriculture in a country’s development and the potential impact that natural disasters can have on the sector. It recommends the types of agriculture interventions to...
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In countries across the Asia-Pacific region, natural disasters are uprooting families, leaving women and girls most at risk. The effects of climate change are unavoidable as storms intensify and...
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UNDRR report published to mark the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction on October 13, 2020, confirms how extreme weather events have come to dominate the disaster landscape in the 21st...
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The IFRC late last month raised the maximum grant for forecast-based action within the Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) mechanism from 250,000 to 350,000 Swiss francs. Secretary General Jagan...
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AT A GLANCE Countries Pacific Island Countries (PICs): Fiji, Samoa, Tuvalu, Vanuatu Risks Tropical Storms, droughts, floods, storm surges, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, sea level rise ...
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Disasters caused by storms, wildfires, floods, earthquakes and other natural hazards triggered 24.9 million new displacements across 140 countries and territories around the world in 2019. This is...
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Written by Gianleo Frisari, Anaitee Mills, Mariana Silva, Marcel Ham, Elisa Donadi, Christine Shepherd, and Irene Pohl FOREWORD This “Toolkit for Climate Resilient Infrastructure PPP” and the...