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Nigeria national capacity assessment report on disaster risk reduction

Dia AliouMamadou; Capacity for Disaster Reduction Initiative (CADRI); Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO); et al. - United Nations, 2012

This publication identifies gaps and challenges Nigeria is currently facing to fully engage in preventing, mitigating and reducing natural disaster risks. The assessment is also an opportunity to clearly identify existing capacities both at national and state levels, to understand desired capacities, and to propose recommendations on how they can be further developed and strengthened.

It focuses on national and state capacities for disaster risk reduction (DRR) using the indicators set for the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action. It looks into five technical areas o ...

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Nigeria national capacity assessment report on disaster risk reduction

  Available online: http://preventionweb.net/go/28963
AliouMamadou Dia ; Capacity for Disaster Reduction Initiative ; Food and Agriculture Organization (Rome, Italia) ; International Organization for Migration ; National Emergency Management Agency (Nigeria) ; United Nations Children's Emergency Fund (Switzerland) ; United Nations Development Programme ; United Nations Refugees Agency ; United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ; United Nations Population Fund
Published by: United Nations ; 2012
This publication identifies gaps and challenges Nigeria is currently facing to fully engage in preventing, mitigating and reducing natural disaster risks. The assessment is also an opportunity to clearly identify existing capacities both at national and state levels, to understand desired capacities, and to propose recommendations on how they can be further developed and strengthened.

It focuses on national and state capacities for disaster risk reduction (DRR) using the indicators set for the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action. It looks into five technical areas of capacity development: (i) ownership, (ii) institutional arrangements, (iii) competencies, (iv) working tools and resources, and (v) relationships/coordination.

Language(s): English

Format: Digital (Free)
Tags: Capacity development ; Natural hazards ; Nigeria Add tag

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Southern Africa - Floods and Cyclones Overview of 2010/2011 Rainfall Season : December 2010 to May 2011

OCHA, 2011

I. HIGHLIGHTS/KEY PRIORITIES
· In total, an estimated 708,000 people were affected by floods and/or storms in southern Africa this rainfall season, with 314,361 either displaced or evacuated and 477 people killed.
· In comparison with the previous four seasons, the 2010/2011 flood season was average in terms of number of people affected, although the number of deaths was markedly high.
· Heavy rains early in the season affected Mozambique, South Africa and Lesotho. South Africa, which is usually not seriously affected by flooding, experienced large-scale devastation.

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Southern Africa - Floods and Cyclones Overview of 2010/2011 Rainfall Season: December 2010 to May 2011

  Available online: https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/fr/operations/southern-africa/document/sou [...]
Regional Office for Southern & Eastern Africa ; United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Published by: OCHA ; 2011
I. HIGHLIGHTS/KEY PRIORITIES
· In total, an estimated 708,000 people were affected by floods and/or storms in southern Africa this rainfall season, with 314,361 either displaced or evacuated and 477 people killed.
· In comparison with the previous four seasons, the 2010/2011 flood season was average in terms of number of people affected, although the number of deaths was markedly high.
· Heavy rains early in the season affected Mozambique, South Africa and Lesotho. South Africa, which is usually not seriously affected by flooding, experienced large-scale devastation.
· Only three tropical cyclones were recorded, and only one - Bingiza – affected the region, hitting Madagascar in late February 2011. Bingiza caused 14 deaths and displaced 19,000 people.
· Northern Namibia experienced severe flooding later in the season, affecting an estimated 228,000 people.
· Angola experienced flooding throughout the rainfall season, with new information indicating that 254,000 people had been affected, 234 killed, 67 missing and 204,000 displaced.

Language(s): English

Format: Digital (Free) (ill., maps)
Tags: Natural hazards ; Flood ; Disaster management ; Southern Africa ; Angola ; South Africa ; Namibia ; Madagascar Add tag

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Climate Change and Humanitarian Action: Key Emerging Trends and Challenges

OCHA, 2009

During the past century global temperatures increased by approximately 0.7 degrees Celsius. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the pace of climate change is now such that even in a ‘best-case’ scenario, further increases of at least 1 degree are expected by 2050. According to the IPCC, current emissions are already nearing the limit required in 2015 to keep warming below 2 degrees Celsius; the level UNDP defines as a “a reasonable and prudent long term objective for avoiding dangerous climate change”. In the absence of swift action to radically reduce gre ...

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Climate Change and Humanitarian Action: Key Emerging Trends and Challenges

  Available online: https://www.unocha.org/fr/publication/policy-briefs-studies/climate-change-and-h [...]
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Published by: OCHA ; 2009
During the past century global temperatures increased by approximately 0.7 degrees Celsius. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the pace of climate change is now such that even in a ‘best-case’ scenario, further increases of at least 1 degree are expected by 2050. According to the IPCC, current emissions are already nearing the limit required in 2015 to keep warming below 2 degrees Celsius; the level UNDP defines as a “a reasonable and prudent long term objective for avoiding dangerous climate change”. In the absence of swift action to radically reduce greenhouse gas emissions, increases of a minimum of 3 degrees by 2050 can be expected. i However, the effects of climate change can already be seen. They impact the lives of millions of people and will increasingly do so.
Climate change already is increasing the frequency and intensity of natural hazards – particularly floods, storms, and droughts – and changing the morbidity patterns of diseases such as malaria and dengue fever, which increase the vulnerability of populations and are major killers in emergency settings. These trends are predicted to accelerate.

Language(s): English

Format: Digital (Free)
Tags: Natural hazards ; Climate change ; Vulnerability ; Region I - Africa ; Region II - Asia ; Region VI - Europe Add tag

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UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN-OCHA)

OCHA

OCHA is the arm of the UN Secretariat that is responsible for bringing together humanitarian actors to ensure coherent response to emergencies. OCHA also ensures there is a framework within which each actor can contribute to the overall response effort.

OCHA's mission is to mobilize and coordinate effective and principled humanitarian action in partnership with national and international actors in order to alleviate human suffering in disasters and emergencies; advocate for the rights of people in need; promote preparedness and prevention; and facilitate sustainable solutions.

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UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN-OCHA)

Available online: http://ochaonline.un.org/
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Published by: OCHA
OCHA is the arm of the UN Secretariat that is responsible for bringing together humanitarian actors to ensure coherent response to emergencies. OCHA also ensures there is a framework within which each actor can contribute to the overall response effort.

OCHA's mission is to mobilize and coordinate effective and principled humanitarian action in partnership with national and international actors in order to alleviate human suffering in disasters and emergencies; advocate for the rights of people in need; promote preparedness and prevention; and facilitate sustainable solutions.

Language(s): English

Format: Digital
Tags: Natural hazards ; Preventing and mitigating natural disasters ; Drought ; Capacity development ; ~Websites Add tag

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