Author: Bapon Fakhruddin
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Understanding Risk Finance Pacific Forum – Vanuatu
The Understanding Risk Finance Pacific Forum was recently held in Vanuatu, with policymakers, financial risk managers and development partners from the region and around the globe converging upon Port Vila to strengthen regional collaboration in the Pacific. Co-organised by the Government of Vanuatu’s Ministry of Finance and Economic Management (MFEM) and the World Bank’s Disaster…
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Disaster Risk Reduction and Open Data Newsletter- September 2018
DRR and data in the news Google Cloud and other SDG partners launch new programme for students Mobilizing Youth on Data for Action and Transformation in Africa New website drives logistics planning and preparation for natural disasters in Pacific IWMI, CGIAR and CCAFS partner to map climate-related hazards in South Asia Scientists gather social…
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Disaster Risk Reduction & Open Data Newsletter – August 2018 Edition
DRR and data in the news Scientific collections and databases review by MBIE, New Zealand LINZ report on 15 August will improve datasets for resilience in New Zealand IBM with humanitarian organisations as partners launched Call for Code Global Initiative to support disaster recovery KDDI, OYO and Toyota using IoT to gather data for disaster…
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Climate Resilience Transport System – Dream Cambodia Project a First for Asia
The Ministry of Rural Development (MRD) of Cambodia is executing the Asia Development Bank (ADB) financed “Rural Roads Improvement Project”, with Nordic Development Fund (NDF) providing parallel grant financing for Climate Change Adaptation Output (CCAO). The project is a first for Asia and ADB is keen to see the Kingdom of Cambodia pilot replicated in…
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White Paper: Next generation disaster data infrastructure CODATA LODGD Task Group 2017
Call for Authors This call for authors seeks contributions from academics and scientists who are in the fields of disaster management, data science, information management, or computer science and engineering. Schedule and contact information Volunteer recruitment deadline: 2017/7/31 Writing team task assignment: 2017/8/7 Submission deadline of each section and subsection: 2017/12/31 The first draft of…
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Conferencia Magistral: “Cambio Climático, Resiliencia, Manejo y Evaluación de Riesgos.”
Conferencia Magistral: “Cambio Climático, Resiliencia, Manejo y Evaluación de Riesgos.” Ecología Cozumel·Saturday, May 20, 2017 El auditorio de la Universidad de Quintana Roo (UQROO), campus Cozumel, fue la sede oficial de la Conferencia Magistral: “Cambio Climático, Resiliencia, Manejo y Evaluación de Riesgos”, impartida por el Dr. Bapon Fakhruddin, experto internacional en la reducción y modelaje…
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Training on climate risk and emergency management system for Ministry of Rural Development, Cambodia
A four days training provided to the participants from different Ministry in Cambodia on climate risk and emergency management system from 19 April 2017. The training is intended as an introduction to climate risk and emergency management system. It aims to build human and institutional capacities to manage risks associated with climate variability, change, and…
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Integrated Water Resources Management Plan 2015-20130 for Samoa
The greater Apia area, its communities and environmental values are highly vulnerable to natural disasters, in particular cyclones, storm surges and flooding. This vulnerability will only increase with a changing climate. There have been many assessments, projects and programs undertaken, particularly in recent times, to come to terms with the extent of this vulnerability, and…
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National Integration Coastal Zone Management Framework (NICZF) of Vanuatu
The NICZF was approved in 2010 to guide management of coastal and marine areas, with a vision of providing a sustainable approach to coastal management through establishing institutional arrangements and involving relevant stakeholders in implementation of management activities. The responsibilities for overseeing the NICZF are shared between the Departments of Environment, Fisheries, Forestry, Agriculture, Lands,…
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Extreme Climate Events- Risk and Vulnerability in the Contact of Critical Infrastructure
Assessment of hazard, vulnerability and risk of extreme weather or climate events are essential in order to inform and implement appropriate adaptation/prevention/mitigation strategies. Within the present climate, extreme variations of weather and climate have severe impacts, particularly in less-developed countries. Due to complex nature and uncertainties in future climate change predictions, it is not feasible…
Bapon (SHM) Fakhruddin, PhD 