Category: Early Warning
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Could El Niño Long Range Warning System help countries manage the effects of severe weather events?
Currently many countries are experiencing severe drought. Could the impacts of drought have been minimised with an effective long-range warning system (LRWS)? Three-stage warning systems that conduct short, medium and seasonal forecasting can prepare industries and communities for both severe weather events and the impacts of El Niño. When ocean conditions suggest that an El Niño may be…
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UN launches COVID-19 plan that could ‘defeat the virus and build a better world’
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Multi-hazards early warning system for Dominica
With golden sands, azure-hued waters and temperature averages sitting nicely in the mid-20s, the island nation of Dominica in the Caribbean is a picturesque paradise you’d see on a postcard or a screensaver. It’s Dominica’s tropical location that gives it its paradise-like qualities. That same location however, leaves Dominica prone to hurricanes, high-wind, high-rainfall, earthquakes,…
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Preferences for improved early warning services among coastal communities at risk in cyclone
Cyclone early warning systems are the primary sources of information that enable people to develop a preparedness strategy to mitigate the hazards of cyclones to lives and livelihoods. In Bangladesh, cyclone early warnings have significantly decreased the number of cyclone related fatalities over the last two decades. Nevertheless, several challenges remain for existing early warning…
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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…
Bapon (SHM) Fakhruddin, PhD 