Reports

HÀ NỘI — The Government needs a “more comprehensive and broader approach” towards climate change issues, National Assembly deputies said on Friday morning, as the country’s parliament discussed the two closely-related laws on dykes and prevention…

On 22 December 2018 a large chunk of the Anak Krakatau volcanic island collapsed into the ocean, causing a tsunami that swept across Indonesia’s Sunda Strait. Because tsunami early warning systems are exclusively equipped to detect…

Executive Summary Nepal’s 2015 constitution set the course for a major shift of power from the Federal to the Provincial and Municipal levels of government. The constitution places the responsibility for ‘Disaster Management’ with local governments. Disaster management…

Executive Summary Scope Breakthroughs in information and communication technology (ICT) increasingly offer new tools to support disaster risk management (DRM). Due to the rapid advancement of computing and communication devices, ICT’s capacity to improve the DRM framework became…

BANGKOK, 19 November 2019 - In the face of growing disaster losses and risk in the Asia-Pacific region, government disaster risk management agencies, international organizations, and civil society groups met in the Australian city of Brisbane…

Hightlights Dengue: 339 cases of Dengue are reported this week. The majority of the cases are from Rupandehi (90 cases), Kathmandu (90 cases), Lalitpur (62 cases), Kaski (30 cases), and Bhaktapur (17 cases). Malaria: Two Malaria cases are…

Introduction A. Context Disasters cause massive human suffering and economic loss. In 2017 alone, 318 natural disasters occurred in 122 countries resulting in 9,503 deaths, affecting 96 million people and causing US$314 billion in economic damage.19 The International…

FAO joint projects worth $161 million to support carbon sequestration and small scale farmers'resilience 13 November, Songdo, Republic of Korea - The Board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) today approved $161 million in funding to support…

13/11/2019, Songdo, Republic of Korea – The Board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved more than USD 39 million in funding for a project that will build resilience and mitigate the effects of climate…

Oxfam spokespeople available for interview via phone or Skype in India and Bangladesh, including Cox’s Bazar Rohingya refugee camps Oxfam is preparing for a potential response to flooding and landslides as Cyclone Bulbul nears the coasts of…