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Haiti, facing risks together: achievements in disaster risk management since 2010
The booklet gives an overview of disaster risk management (DRM) achievements in the period between January 2010 and January 2015 in Haiti, one of the countries in the world that is most vulnerable to disasters. It presents accomplishments (i) in mainstreaming DRM in the reconstruction work after the 2010 earthquake, (ii) in stronger coordination between stakeholders (the government, NGOs, international donor agencies, etc.), (iii) in improvements in identifying, assessing and monitoring disaster risks, including the use of mapping and spatial technologies, and (iv) in increasing resilience wit ...
Resilience programming among nongovernmental organizations : lessons for policymakers
IFPRI, 2014This food policy report reviews resilience processes, activities, and outcomes by examining a number of case studies of initiatives by nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to enhance resilience capacity, and draws implications for policymakers and other stakeholders looking to strengthen resilience. It argues that resilience building relies on integrated programming, which is defined as a cross-sectoral approach with a long-term commitment to improving the three critical capacities: absorptive capacity (disaster risk management), adaptive capacity (longer-term livelihood investments), and tran ...
World Weather Open Science Conference 2014 : abstracts = Conférence scientifique publique mondiale sur la météorologie 2014: résumés
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; International Council for Science (ICSU); Environment Canada - WMO, 2014This volume of the World Weather Open Science Conference 2014 edition contains all available WWOSC 2014 submitted abstracts for: Plenary Sessions, Panel Sessions, Parallel Session presentations, Poster Session presentations
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Madagascar: country case study report - How law and regulation supports disaster risk reduction
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) ; United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - UNDP, 2014This report considers the extent to which disaster risk reduction (DRR) is mainstreamed into the disaster risk management laws and institutions in Madagascar. It identifies key laws and regulations in the area of disaster risk management (DRM), especially those applicable nationwide. It finds that these legal frameworks currently focus more on response and recovery than on prevention and DRR. Legislation also provides for DRM bodies at all levels of government administration, including at the community level, although the establishment and effective functioning of these bodies remains a challe ...
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Hyogo Framework for Action, post 2015: what would we like to see - Voices from the field
Picard Mary; International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) ; United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - UNDP, 2014The aim of this report is to support legislators, public administrators, DRR and development practitioners and advocates to prepare and implement effective disaster risk management (DRM) legal frameworks for their country’s needs, drawing on examples and experience from other countries.
Meeting of the Executive Council Working Group on Service Delivery (ECWG-SD) : Final report
The main outcome of the Meeting was a set of five overarching recommendations for consideration by the sixty-sixth session of the WMO Executive Council (EC-66, Geneva, Switzerland, 16-27 June 2014). The recommendations are included in Appendix II to this report. Table 1 of Appendix III shows the mapping of the recommendations aligned to the six strategy elements as defined in the Implementation Plan (IP) of “The WMO Strategy for Service Delivery”.
WIGOS Technical Report, 2014-03. Evaluation of WMO-CBS Wind Profiler Survey : Submitted by Dominique Ruffieux (Switzerland)
A Survey on wind profilers has been conducted by WMO to determine the current status of implementation of operational WPR systems. Several reasons justified the establishment of this survey, including: developing a comprehensive web-based database of WPR network metadata and planning information, assisting in determining the potential for wider international exchange of WPR data, gathering WPR information that might be utilized in determining requirements for access to and protection of radio-frequency spectrum allocation, and identifying and sharing common issues/problems and potential soluti ...
Sự nghiệp khí tƣợng
Cuốn sách này giới thiệu một cách sơ lược về sự nghiệp khí tượng.
Năm 2007, Ủy ban liên chính phủ về biến đổi khí hậu (IPCC), được thành lập bởi Tổ chức Khí tượng thế giới (WMO) và Chương trình liên hợp quốc về môi trường, đã dành giải Nobel hòa bình. Ngày nay, thời tiết và khí hậu đang được đặt nổi bật trong sự phát triển của Mục tiêu phát triển bền vững của liên hợp quốc sau năm 2015 và của Khung hành động Hyogo về giảm rủi ro thiên tai giai đoạn sau 2015.
Stratégie de l’OMM en matière de prestation de services et plan de mise en oeuvre
Les Membres de l’OMM savent l’importance que revêt la qualité de la prestation de services liés au temps, au climat, à l’eau et à l’environnement. L’Organisation facilite la coordination internationale, fixe des normes pour les produits météorologiques et hydrologiques et guide la prestation de services. Bien que de grands progrès aient été accomplis à cet égard, les Membres ont estimé qu’il fallait uniformiser et structurer davantage l’élaboration et la fourniture des services. En conséquence, le Seizième Congrès météorologique mondial (mai–juin 2011) a approuvé la Stratégie de l’OMM en matiè ...
Стратегия ВМО в области предоставления обслуживания и план ее осуществления
Страны — члены ВМО признают важность предоставления высококачественного обслуживания в области погоды, климата, воды и окружающей среды. ВМО содействует международной координации усилий, устанавливает стандарты для метеорологической и гидрологической продукции и обеспечивает руководство по предоставлению обслуживания. Несмотря на то, что в этом отношении были достигнуты определенные значительные успехи, страны-члены согласились с тем, что требуется более единообразный и структурированный подход к развитию и предоставлению обслуживания.
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