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Disaster preparedness for climate change in Nicaragua
International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, 2008This two-page briefing describes a pilot initiative on climate change and disaster risk reduction supported by the Netherlands Red Cross in Nicaragua. The project aims at strengthening the Nicaraguan Red Cross’s capacity to carry out local-level activities related to risk reduction and to respond to extreme weather events.DocumentCommunity level adaptation to climate change: the potential role of participatory community risk assessment
Red Cross/ Red Crescent Centre on Climate Change and Disaster Preparedness, 2008Community Risk Assessment (CRA) refers to participatory methods to assess hazards, vulnerabilities and capacities in support of community-based disaster risk reduction, used by many NGOs, community-based organisations, and the Red Cross/Red Crescent.DocumentPreparing for climate change in Vietnam
Red Cross/ Red Crescent Centre on Climate Change and Disaster Preparedness, 2007Vietnam has always suffered from extreme weather events – typhoons; sea surges; heavy rains and drought. As climate change will only aggravate such adverse conditions, the Vietnam Red Cross started a pilot project in 2003 to integrate climate change into its existing disaster preparedness programmes. A number of key lessons have been learned since the process began:DocumentMaking sense of climate change, natural disasters and displacement: a work in progress
Brookings Institution, 2007This report discusses some of the problems with the current debate on climate change’s impact on displacement. In doing so, it reviews what is known about climate change and considers alternative ways that climate change relates to environmental factors, which in turn influence displacement.DocumentThe Red Cross / Red Crescent climate guide
Red Cross/ Red Crescent Centre on Climate Change and Disaster Preparedness, 2007Climate change presents additional challenges for humanitarian organisations responding to disasters and complex emergencies. This guide provides a basic overview of climate change science and its implications for the work of Red Cross / Red Crescent Societies. This Guide is broken down into two main components:DocumentUp in smoke? Asia and the Pacific: the threat from climate change to human development and the environment
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2007Global scientific consensus indicates that all of Asia is very likely to warm during this century and it is here that the human drama of climate change will largely be played out. This report from the Working Group on Climate Change and Development describes in detail the challenges that Asian countries face and asks, will global warming send Asia and the Pacific ‘up in smoke’?DocumentTowards a culture of prevention: disaster risk reduction begins at school - good practices and lessons learned
United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, 2007The World Disaster Reduction Campaign for 2006-2007 "Disaster Risk Reduction Begins at School" has resulted in various initiatives worldwide to make school buildings safer and have disaster risk reduction taught in school. This report highlights best practices of disaster risk reduction in the school community.DocumentActing with common purpose: proceedings of the first session of the global platform for disaster risk reduction, Geneva, 5-7 June 2007
United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, 2007In 2005, 168 governments approved the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) on Disaster Risk Reduction. This report summarises the proceedings of the first session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, which aimed to asses what progress has been made so far and to identify gaps and directions for future policy.DocumentLegacy of disasters: the impact of climate change on children
Save the Children Fund, 2007If children already constitute half of those affected by any emergency, how will they be affected by the growing number of climate change disasters? Using examples of recent disasters and projections of likely impacts of climate change, this report looks at how increasingly frequent and severe natural disasters will specifically affect children.DocumentLegislation for mainstreaming disaster risk reduction
Tearfund, 2006Legislation is crucial for mainstreaming disaster risk reduction (DRR) into development. This report aims to support national and donor governments to develop and improve their DRR legislation.Pages