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Abstract: This publication highlights various access points for projects and initiatives that engage and mobilize young people. It focuses on climate-resilient capacity development, agricultural education, and entrepreneurial guidance to promote decent rural employment in agriculture, and platforms…

Jakarta (Indonesia), 23 September 2019 – Wild forest and peatland fires across Kalimantan and Sumatra in Indonesia are putting nearly 10 million children under 18 at risk from air pollution, said UNICEF today. Small children are especially…

The Early Warning and Reporting System (EWARS) Highlights Dengue: 355 cases of Dengue are reported this week. The majority of the cases are from Kaski (159 cases), Kathmandu (35 cases), Chitwan (23 cases), Makwanpur (22 cases), Morang (16…

HANOI 16 September 2019 – ASEAN Regional Mine Action Centre (ARMAC) concluded the final of a series of national consultative meetings in Hanoi on 16 September as part of the project to develop comprehsensive and integrated…

Strategies for managing disaster risk currently rely on weather forecasts (daily to 10 days) and seasonal predictions (three to six months). Until recently, the subseasonal scale (defined as timescale from two weeks to two months) has…

Flood early warning systems (EWS) are extremely complex, with multiple layers of communication and relationships between stakeholders, across different scales of governance. With the development of weather and flood forecasting models, Nepal’s EWS has advanced significantly…

The risks of climate change to Myanmar were discussed at a seminar for MPs organised by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Naypyitaw this week. The event held on September 9 gave MPs from seven Hluttaw…

by Florian Krampe Of the ten countries that host the most multilateral peace operations personnel, eight are located in areas highly exposed to climate change. As such, climate change is not just an issue of human security—it…

EUR 13.5 million for sustainable forest management More involvement of local inhabitants in decentralised forest management Securing the ecological livelihoods of 8 million people Yesterday, the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) pledged EUR 13.5 million to…

A team of geologists has advised the federal and provincial governments to evacuate the landslide-prone settlement. Rajendra Manandhar A geologist’s team who had recently conducted a field study of the Jungu settlement in Gaurishankar Rural Municipality, Dolakha, has…