Key Points Climate adaptations can be made on both a small-scale, in local communities, and at the national level. Infrastructure robustness and resilience is imperative in climate change adaptation for both flood and drought prevention. Efforts must be made to ensure food and water security...
The adoption of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, the Addis Ababa Action Agenda, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Climate Change Agreement, all in 2015, highlights the strength of international commitment behind climate compatible development. Given the immense scale of...
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Mobility is a key issue in urban regional planning and development. As urban population grows, the need for quality and well-performing transportation grows as well. To accommodate that need, urban transport systems need to be maintained and improved, taking into account not only accessibility and...
A variety of stakeholders in developing countries have greatly contributed to mainstreaming adaptation into national development strategies/ plans in different ways (national adaptation planning (NAP) process) as well as implementing adaptation actions, which are compatible to sustainable development. Bilateral and multilateral donors have provided support...
This report was presented by FAO at the 5th International Wildland Fire Conference in South Africa. As climate change conditions may be intensifying the growing number of mega-fires around the world, the fires may also themselves be a contributing factor to global warming. And with...
“There's no harm in hoping for the best as long as you're prepared for the worst.”– Stephen King, Different Seasons Disaster preparedness – what do you need to know? Are you ready? Disasters concern all of us, in terms of people impacted and economic losses accounted. The...
“There's no harm in hoping for the best as long as you're prepared for the worst.”– Stephen King,Different Seasons Disaster preparedness – what do you need to know? Are you ready? Disasters concern all of us, in terms of people impacted and economic losses accounted. The...
"It's All About Making The Right Choices At The Right Time" WHAT IS THIS COURSE ABOUT? In a world where both natural and man-made disasters are affecting us with alarming frequency, the concepts of disaster preparedness and disaster risk reduction (DRR) are top of the...
Win-win Relations, Recognition & Resource mobilisation WHAT IS THIS COURSE ABOUT? As donors are diminishing their funding, NGOs need to find alternative ways of generating support from their external environment in order to increase their influence and to sustain themselves. Communication technologies and our rapidly...
Its no longer about ‘doing good’, its about creating lasting positive change WHAT IS THIS COURSE ABOUT? The global development community has been paying increased attention to the role of rigorous impact evaluation in recent years. This course is a considered blend of theory and...