The HKH Snow Update 2025 highlights a significant decline in seasonal snow across the Hindu Kush Himalaya region, with snow persistence 23.6% below normal — the lowest in 23 years. This trend, now in its third consecutive year, threatens water security for nearly two billion people. All twelve major river …
NAGERCOIL: The Government has allotted a sum of Rs.5.26 crore for the construction of anti-sea erosion walls in six coastal villages, said Tourism Minister N. Suresh Rajan. Laying the foundation stone for the construction of anti-sea erosion walls at a function held at Erayammanthurai on Thursday, he said that such …
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is supporting the State government and city-based Disaster Management Institute (DMI) in implementing a unique community-based Disaster Risk Reduction Project in ten districts of the state. The Project, which got underway in November 2008 and presently covers 100 villages across Guna, Mandsaur, Damoh, Dhar, …
The government will soon come out with an exhaustive manual for practical management of drought mitigation and relief measures. The drought manual is expected to prove an effective practical guideline for administrators, experts and civil society in implementing drought mitigation and relief measures and for alleviating distress of the drought-affected …
The objectives of the National Policy on Disaster Management are: Promoting a culture of prevention, preparedness and resilience at all levels through knowledge, innovation and education; Encouraging mitigation measures based on technology, traditional wisdom and environmental sustainability; Mainstreaming disaster management into the developmental planning process; Establishing institutional and technolegal frameworks …
This paper features the World Food Program's activities to support and implement country-led solutions to climate change and climate-related hunger by providing assistance in: response to climate-related hunger crises and disasters; disaster risk reduction and emergency preparedness; community adaptation; climate change mitigation; social protection and safety nets; and advocacy and …
Disaster response in an urban environment presents a wide variety of challenges. This paper draws on experience from the responses to number of urban disasters, including earthquake responses in Bam (Iran); Bhuj (India), Izmit (Turkey), and Kobe (Japan); storm and hurricane in Gonaives (Haiti) and New Orleans (United States), and …
This report is the summary of a project implemented in Orissa, India which aims to carry out a resilience process at community level in order to bring local priorities and capacities of disaster prone vulnerable communities to disaster risk reduction programming. It reports on activities that link community livelihoods and …
This SOP lays down the specific actions required to be taken by various Ministries and Departments of Government of India and Organisations under the control of Government of India at the National level and concerned State Governments and the district administration for responding to natural disasters of any magnitude and …
BHUBANESWAR: The World Bank has approved the India Cyclone Risk Mitigation Project (ICRMP) for implementation in Orissa. Phase I of the project, estimated at $ 247 mn, may be implemented between 2010 and 2015 after the appraisal. ICRMP was initially planned for 13 states but only Orissa and Andhra Pradesh …
Lake Sarez was born nearly a century ago, when a mountainside in Tajikistan crumbled during a magnitude-7.4 earthquake. The 567-meter-high landslide blocked an alpine river, forming the world's tallest dam. Since then, the valley behind it has filled with 17 billion cubic meters of snow and glacier melt. Experts fear …
This report aims at developing a common action plan that would facilitate public-private partnerships (PPP) for disaster risk reduction (DRR) in East Asia, based on an evaluation of PPP case studies and consultations with stakeholders. Its outputs include: a report of the current state of PPPs for DRR in East …
This study describes the areas of focus for the ADB Pacific Department's operations, identifies key gaps between country and ADB actions, as well as opportunities for scaling up ADB's assistance related to mitigation, adaptation and associated crosscutting needs. The CCIP will evolve through periodic updates to effectively guide ongoing and …
This regional manual aims at building the capacity of coastal zone managers to design and implement coastal development projects that enhance protection of lives and livelihoods, while improving environmental quality and protecting ecosystem services. It is intended to be used in regional training courses on disaster risk reduction (DRR) for …
Though Assam and other parts of the North East are considered vulnerable to high intensity earthquakes and considering the vulnerability of the region, the Government of India deployed a battalion of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) in Assam, the preparedness of Assam to deal with any such eventuality is …
TE Narasimhan / Chennai November 04, 2009, 0:25 IST The bonds will help economies get cheaper insurance against natural disasters. The World Bank has launched a
With the threat of increased disasters from climate change, many countries are already taking steps to reduce their vulnerability to weather and climatic hazards, such as floods, cyclones, heatwaves and droughts. Adaptation to climate change is a relatively new concern, but it can call on a rich tradition spanning many …
This handbook is designed for media professionals who are interested in issues regarding disaster risk reduction. It aims to help conceptualize the risks, expand knowledge on how to incorporate disaster risk reduction in current programmes, and design and develop appropriate programmes to communicate the risk with relevant audiences.
This note reports on examples of recent experience in eight countries where national and local governments and civil society participants have worked to strengthen their disaster risk reduction and adaptation actions. These cases, along with similar experience in other countries, provide a number of useful insights and lessons for climate …
