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Displaying 15 of about 17 resultsPredictive models have great potential for forecasting population displacements from climatic and other disasters. But disaster displacement risk assessment approaches often use probabilistic models and big data analysis to make global-level predictions, which have limited utility for planning and delivering local interventions that address vulnera…
The disaster risk reduction (DRR) status report provides a snapshot of the state of DRR in Australia under the four priorities of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030. It also highlights progress and challenges associated with ensuring coherence among the key global frameworks at the national level; and makes recommendations for s…
In the Sendai Framework Monitor, the regional module is a new feature which allows inter- governmental regional organizations to monitor progress against regional DRR frameworks.
This feature aims to avoid duplication of efforts by providing a single space where Member States monitor and report their DRR progress at national, regional, and gl…
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Natural ecosystems of the country’s arid and semi-arid regions;
Salinization, spread of moving sands, dust-storms and dry winds, exacerbated by lack of water resources;
National action plan for drought management to be developed.
This case study is a contribution to the GAR Special Report on Drought 2021.
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Large spatially variable climate conditions between upstream and downstream of river basins needs special attention in mitigation drought risks.
Great temporal variability in hydrological conditions of transboundary river basins causing droughts and prolonged droughts have to be managed jointly among riparian countries.
Dams upstream t…
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Drought is becoming one of the major challenges in water management in countries of the Danube region (more frequent, more intense, no longer only associated with the summer months, various sectors under drought impact). In the last decades, droughts had large negative impacts on the economy and welfare of the people in the Danube region…
The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrates the urgent need for new conceptual and analytical approaches to improve understanding and management of risk dynamics and complex, interconnected risk drivers with cascading effects. Progress will only be accelerated towards risk-informed sustainable development and regeneration by strengthening the understanding of sy…
The disaster risk reduction (DRR) status report provides a snapshot of the state of DRR in Myanmar under the four priorities of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030. It also highlights progress and challenges associated with ensuring coherence among the key global frameworks at the national level; and makes recommendations fo…
The disaster risk reduction (DRR) status report provides a snapshot of the state of DRR in Afghanistan under the four priorities of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030. It also highlights progress and challenges associated with ensuring coherence among the key global frameworks at the national level; and makes recommendations for…
The workshop entitled “Enhanced disaster preparedness for systemic risk in complex scenarios: challenges and opportunities”, constituted an opportunity for partners working on disaster preparedness to showcase the impacts of DP actions in the region, especially in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and in complex eme…
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Droughts are defined as natural phenomena caused by a deficiency in water resources (e.g. precipitation, groundwater etc.), which represents a certain anomalous situation with respect to the long-term average over a certain period of time and specific area.
The Mediterranean basin is characterized by water scarcity, recurrent droughts a…
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A persistent hazard - challenge to livelihoods of the most vulnerable communities, with cascading impacts on overall national development;
Technical aspects – monitoring, early warning and improvements – ongoing and planned – need to focus on “practical” tools that can be embedded and sustained in operational systems that capture dynami…
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Drought has long been regarded as a key recurring feature of the Australian landscape with impacts on our agriculture and food systems and, especially in the past, on the nation’s income (recent Australian Bureau of Agricultural Resources and Sciences (ABARES) data predict a 74% decrease in farm cash receipts for FY20 compared to FY 19 a…
The disaster risk reduction (DRR) status report provides a snapshot of the state of DRR in New Zealand under the four priorities of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030. It also highlights progress and challenges associated with ensuring coherence among the key global frameworks at the national level; and makes recommendations for…
The year 2020 rivalled 2016 as the world’s hottest recorded year despite the absence of a strong El Niño effect. Apart from the COVID-19 pandemic, the year was dominated by climate-related disasters. These were largely responsible for the 389 recorded events which resulted in 15,080 deaths, 98.4 million people affected, and economic losses of at least U…