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Disaster risk financing in APEC economies: practices and challenges
OECD, 2013This report is the main outcome of the APEC Finance Ministers’ initiative on disaster risk financing, supporting the implementation of the G20/OECD Methodological Framework. Prepared by the OECD, in cooperation with the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the UNISDR and the World Bank, it is directed to APEC Finance Ministers and aims to present examples of policies and practices in disaster risk financing with a view to promoting the exchange of knowledge and practices on financial strategies among APEC members and illustrating progress being made by economies in strengthening financial resilience ...
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The SAFRR (Science Application for Risk Reduction) tsunami scenario: executive summary and introduction
This document presents a tsunami scenario that depicts a hypothetical but plausible tsunami created by an earthquake offshore from the Alaska Peninsula and its impacts on the California coast. The scenario was developed to better understand tsunami impacts to California coastal communities. It includes evaluations of tsunami science such as tsunami source mechanics and tsunami deposits, as well as estimates of potential damage and the socio-economic and environmental impacts from such a scenario.
The document presents evidence for past tsunamis, the scientific basis for the sou ...
Workshop on Regional & Global Exchange of Weather Radar Data: final report
The aims and objectives for the workshop had been approved by ICT-IOS-7 in July 2012 and CBS-XV in September 2012. However the challenge was substantial as: the user community has varied and evolving requirements; the operating communities have a wide range of technological, political and financial challenges and there are already numerous successful bi-lateral and multi-lateral exchange agreements already in place. Understanding the current situation in terms of requirements, exchange agreements and constraints is an issue in itself. But this will be necessary in order for the next step actio ...
Workshop on Strategy for Implementation of Climate Services Information System (CSIS): final report
The workshop was presented with examples of available global and regional climate data, monitoring, prediction and projection information from global, regional and national entities and mechanisms (introductory overview see Annex V), such as WMO Global Producing Centres for 1 Long-range Forecasts (GPCs), the WCRP Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP), WMO Regional Climate Centres (RCCs; status document see Annex VI), the WMO RCC Tokyo (Japan), the WCRP Co-ordinated Regional Climate Downscaling Experiment (CORDEX), Regional Climate Outlook Forums (RCOFs), the WMO Climate Watch concept, ...
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The role of science in the management of natural hazards and major risks : Scientific expertise in Switzerland and within International Geneva
EPA, 2013Based on aforementioned observations, the objective of this publication is to present a report on the management of natural hazards and major risks in Switzerland with a particular emphasis on the role of science in this context. This report starts by examining the national strategies created in Switzerland and relates them to the international context. It then presents an overview of the actors involved in the battle for the integrated prevention of disasters – be they natural or technological in nature – by way of background to the introduction of a practical tool which facilitates the iden ...
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Inter agency meeting on outer space activities 2013: report
UN/ISDR, 2013This document summarizes the conclusions of the joint UNOOSA/UNISDR open informal session of the United Nations Inter-Agency Meeting on outer space activities: "Space and disaster risk reduction: Planning for resilient human settlements" - Perspectives towards the Fourth Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction.
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ICTs for climate change adaptation in Africa
This report identifies positive and potentially replicable practice in the use of ICTs for climate change adaptation, drawing on case studies in three countries-Senegal, Uganda and Malawi. It explores the barriers, opportunities, implementation risks and challenges concerning the use of ICTs for adaptation to climate change, and assessed the stakeholders involved.
JCOMM Meeting Report, 112. Data Management Coordination Group - Fifth session : final report
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) - WMO, 2013
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Mejora de la disponibilidad, el acceso y la utilización de la información climática
La variabilidad del clima y el cambio climático representan un importante desafío para el desarrollo sostenible en África. La actual crisis de hambruna en el Cuerno de África es solo otro recordatorio de cómo las fluctuaciones en el clima pueden destruir vidas y sustentos. Etiopía, uno de los países afectados por la actual sequía, ha sufrido las fluctuaciones del clima durante décadas. La variabilidad climática es uno de los principales obstáculos para el desarrollo en Etiopía. Las sequías y las crecidas han reducido el potencial anual de crecimiento del país en más de un tercio (Grey y otros, ...
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Cómo gestionar los recursos hídricos con la información climática
La necesidad de contar con información y productos climáticos basados en series históricas de larga duración es más importante que nunca. Los progresos en el terreno de la predicción climática estacional han creado un importante potencial para que esta ciencia contribuya a mejorar las prácticas en la gestión de recursos hídricos. El aumento de la colaboración entre los dos sectores solo puede dar lugar a beneficios.
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Повышение уровня наличия, использования и доступа к климатической информации
Изменчивость и изменение климата являются серьезным испытанием для устойчивого развития Африки. Текущий кризис, вызванный голодом в странах Африканского Рога, является лишним напоминанием того, как колебания климата могут оказать разрушительное воздействие на жизнь людей и источники их существования. Эфиопия – одна из стран, подвергшихся воздействию засухи, – в течение десятилетий страдает от колебаний климата.
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Управление водными ресурсами с помощью климатической информации
Потребность в долгосрочной исторической информации о климате актуальна как никогда. Достижения в области сезонного прогнозирования климата создали значительный потенциал для вклада в совершенствование технологий управления водными ресурсами. Укрепление сотрудничества между двумя секторами может принести только пользу.
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