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Displaying 15 of about 24 resultsThe United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) will hold its 2nd Session at UNEP’s headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. UNEA is the world’s highest-level decision-making body on the environment. Over 2,000 delegates are expected.
The Second Session will feature a side event on 26 May entitled "Healthy Ecosystems, Resilient Planet" organized by the Unit…
This study aims at identifying current available information for quantifying the economic losses from burnt ecosystems. Its main objective is to highlight gaps and identify where improvements are needed in order to achieve a more precise evaluation of these economic losses. We are providing here a trend on observed burnt areas by region a…
This study aims to examine the relationship between flood damage and forest cover in North Korea in order to provide an insight for both climate change adaptation and mitigation. North Korea in fact, has been experiencing severe losses and damages from natural disasters, especially from floods for many years.
The analysis of this study showed a li…
This paper provides a conceptual framework, which is underpinned by principles of political ecology, to help frame the issues of local Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and adaptation from a human rights and resource rights perspective. As Community-based Adaptation (CbA) and Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA), are gaining currency worldwi…
Flood-related disasters on small streams caused by high intensity localised rainfall and flash floods has been continuously increasing especially for the residential areas in the Republic of Korea. In this paper, the author underlines the fact that flood risk assessment is needed for decision-making to allocate resources and select optimum community-bas…
This study examines areas in Africa, South America and the Arab region subject to different levels of both land degradation (LD) and agricultural drought hazard (ADH). The authors estimate crop losses related to the impacts of drought and land degradation combined.
The conclusions warn that drought and land degradation could impact…
KAMPALA, 17 May 2016 – Authorities in Uganda’s capital city are prioritising infrastructure development, climate-smart capital investment procedures and emissions reduction in order to strengthen the city’s resilience to natural and man-made hazards.
Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) and development partners have allocated significant funding to re…
GENEVA, 20 January 2016 – Climate change is raising the vulnerability of communities around the world to a raft of hazards, including drought, storms and floods which wreak havoc on food production and public health, according to the UN’s latest Human Development Report.
The message of the UN Development Programme’s wide-ranging survey of the state of…
This paper deals with breakwaters for coastal defence against tsunami and storms, the creation of habitable space and wave energy conversion into sustainable electricity.
In this document, the author proposes a dual purpose breakwater-wave energy converter (BWEC), which acts as breakwater during tsunami, which might occur once or tw…
This publication explores the interlinkages between the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It describes every SDG and its contribution to preventing new- and reducing existing disaster risk, and strengthening resilience.
PANAMA CITY, 12 October 2016 - The El Niño weather phenomenon was first named by fishermen in Peru where records going back 500 years have detailed its destructive impact especially along the northern coast where it often hits hardest.
When the most recent El Niño was first forecast it stirred fearful memories of the 9,300 people who lost their lives i…
ABUJA, 9 March 2016 – Delegates from across Africa have met to identify the continent’s priorities for sustainable urban development, addressing a critical component of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.
A UNISDR-convened session on ‘Risk-Sensitive Urbanisation: Making Cities Resilient’, held in the Nigerian capital Abuja, brought togeth…
GENEVA, January 7, 2016 - A new report from the US Department of Agriculture highlights the threat of wildfires to a warming, more drought-prone planet and the impact they can have on budgets for forest restoration.
Yesterday in Washington, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said that in 2015, wildfires burned a record 10,125,149 acres across the United…
This document highlights the role of the environment as an important issue in the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA). However, it is true that the environmental dimension has been overlooked to a certain extent and has not received adequate attention and practical guidance in the field of disaster risk management.
The publication proceeds with some recom…
BUDUDA, Uganda, 2 February 2016 - For decades, Mr. Joel Mayatsya has used traditional knowledge as an early warning system for landslides in the hilly area of Bududa, eastern Uganda, helping his community reduce the risk of a rain-triggered disaster.
Mr. Mayatsya, 65, hunts for tell-tale signs such as cracks on the steep slopes, sightings of migratory…