This document summarizes findings from a workshop and a series of consultations organized by Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) and Nepal’s Ministry of Finance (MoF). It aims to support...
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Disaster Risk Reduction in the Solomon Islands
1. Introduction Solomon Islands is located in the south-west Pacific Ocean, northeast of Australia and southwest of Hawaii. The country comprises of an archipelago of 994 islands (including major...
Thailand + 4 more
ADPC, USAID, and NASA Jointly Launch SERVIR-Southeast Asia to Address Climate Change
On January 24, 2023, U.S. Ambassador to Thailand Robert F. Godec, Hans Guttman, Executive Director of the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC), and Dr. Karen M. St. Germain, Earth Science...
Disaster Risk Reduction in Tuvalu: Status Report
1. Introduction Tuvalu is a small island state located in the Central Pacific, in Polynesia, consisting of nine islands. Six islands are low-lying atolls made up of motu (islets) with mostly...
Disaster Risk Reduction in the Federated States of Micronesia - Status Report
Introduction Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) consists of 647 small islands in the Western Pacific. It comprises four semi-autonomous states: Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei and Kosrae. FSM has 273.5 square...
Humanitarian Resilience Journal - Localization through innovative approaches - Issue #8
PREFACE Humanitarian Resilience Journal is a biannual magazine published with the support of Asian Preparedness Partnership (APP) under the umbrella of Pakistan Resilience Partnership (PRP). This...
Integrating Rights and Equality in Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Resilience
This brief presents the Framework for Integrating Rights and Equality (FIRE) and its applications in the Building Resilience through Inclusive and Climate-adaptive Disaster Risk Reduction in...
World + 9 more
New UN tool maps floods since 1985 to street level, will aid disaster planning, especially in Global South
Developed by UN University with Google and other partners, free online World Flood Mapping Tool will help plan urban and agricultural development, effective flood defences, disaster readiness,...
World + 3 more
Climate-informed Water Accounting: the need for measuring to plan and manage water resources in South Asia
This brief explores the need for water accounting to help governments better plan and manage water resources that are already threatened by the impacts of climate change. Water management policies...
Disaster Risk Reduction in Viet Nam: Status Report 2020
Viet Nam’s Response to COVID-19 and Disaster Risk Reduction Since the first case was reported on January 23, 2020, Viet Nam has more than one thousand infected cases. The Government established a...
Disaster Risk Reduction in Thailand: Status Report 2020
Thailand’s Response to COVID-19 and Disaster Risk Reduction The first confirmed COVID-19 case was reported on January 13, 2020. Daily new COVID-19 cases had been in rising then on. The situation was...
Disaster Risk Reduction in Malaysia: Status Report 2020
Malaysia’s Response to COVID-19 and Disaster Risk Reduction The first COVID-19 case appeared in Malaysia in early February 2020 but a local outbreak only emerged in March, prompting the introduction...
Disaster Risk Reduction in Myanmar: Status Report 2020
Myanmar’s Response to COVID-19 and Disaster Risk Reduction Myanmar confirmed its first two official cases of COVID-19 on 23 March 2020. On 31 March 2020, the National-level Central Committee for...
Disaster Risk Reduction in Indonesia: Status Report 2020
Indonesia’s Response to COVID-19 and Disaster Risk Reduction Indonesia reported its first confirmed COVID-19 case on March 2, 2020. The government adopted various containment measures, including...
Disaster Risk Reduction in India: Status Report 2020
India’s Response to COVID-19 and Disaster Risk Reduction The first case of COVID-19 in India was reported on January 30, 2020, and the number of cases continued to rise. Prime Minister Modi announced...
Disaster Risk Reduction in Bhutan: Status Report 2020
Bhutan’s Response to COVID-19 and Disaster Risk Reduction Bhutan confirmed its first case of COVID-19 on March 6, 2020. A nationwide lockdown was announced with immediate effect to contain the...
Disaster Risk Reduction in Bangladesh: Status Report 2020
Bangladesh’s Response to COVID-19 and Disaster Risk Reduction Bangladesh reported the first confirmed cases of COVID-19 on March 8, 2020. On March 23, 2020, the government declared a general holiday...
Disaster Risk Reduction in Afghanistan: Status Report 2020
Afghanistan’s Response to COVID-19 and Disaster Risk Reduction Afghanistan reported its first confirmed COVID-19 case on February 24, 2020 in Herat province. As the infection spread in March, the...
Guidance document: Nature-based solutions for site-specific landslide risk mitigation (September 2020)
This document is expected to serve as a Guidance Document on application of nature-based as well as hybrid solutions. Some of the good practices of bio-engineering for stabilization of vulnerable...
Afghanistan + 7 more
ADPC organizes CAP-South Asia policy dialogue on climate adaptation
Bangkok, Thailand Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) hosted the first Climate Adaptation Platform-South Asia (CAP-South Asia) regional policy dialogue on 9 December that highlighted the...