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Disaster risk programme to strengthen resilience in the dry corridor in Central America
This document presents an overview on the impact of the Dry Corridor phenomenon in Central America, and the work the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) - in collaboration with its partners - is doing to support countries to increase disaster resilience of households, communities and institutions.
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Available online: http://preventionweb.net/go/46281
Published by: FAO ; 2015
This document presents an overview on the impact of the Dry Corridor phenomenon in Central America, and the work the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) - in collaboration with its partners - is doing to support countries to increase disaster resilience of households, communities and institutions.
Language(s): English
Format: Digital (Free)Tags: Drought ; Agroclimatology ; Flood ; Food Safety ; Costa Rica ; El Salvador ; Guatemala ; Honduras ; Nicaragua ; Panama
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Beyond reaction : drought and climate change in Central America
CARE International (CI), 2014This document is a joint research report that was presented on the 5th of December during COP20 and on the 9th of December at the People's Summit in Lima, Peru. It argues that, for the construction of new governance under difficult conditions due to the drought and the impacts of climate change in Central America, it is urgent not only to allocate financial resources for adaptation, but also to take synergic actions that will implicate the civil society and the governments.
Based on the expected impacts of climate change for Central America, presented through various forecast s ...
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Available online: http://www.preventionweb.net/files/41443_41443beyondreactionoxfamfcavfinalre.pdf
Published by: CARE International (CI), Oxfam ; 2014
This document is a joint research report that was presented on the 5th of December during COP20 and on the 9th of December at the People's Summit in Lima, Peru. It argues that, for the construction of new governance under difficult conditions due to the drought and the impacts of climate change in Central America, it is urgent not only to allocate financial resources for adaptation, but also to take synergic actions that will implicate the civil society and the governments.
Based on the expected impacts of climate change for Central America, presented through various forecast scenarios, it highlights the need for institutions to improve response. It then defines climate change and risk in relation to extreme climate events and droughts, climate change adaptation and integrated risk management; and presents the consequences of climate change, policies and responses for El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Guatemala. It finally summarizes the status of climate change policies and concludes with recommendations.Language(s): English
Format: Digital (Free)Tags: Climate change ; Disaster Risk Management (DRM) ; Drought ; Region III - South America ; Region IV - North America, Central America and the Caribbean ; Honduras ; El Salvador ; Nicaragua
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Reflections on 20 years of land-related development projects in Central America: 10 things you might not expect, and future directions
Drawing upon several sources of information and types of analysis, including literature reviews, field visits and rapid participatory assessments, this paper provides a critical assessment of land-related development policies and projects over the past two decades in Central America. Reflections on past land-related development policies and projects in Central America are based on their contributions to growth and poverty reduction. The paper calls for future projects to better integrate poverty reduction and development goals, natural resource management, disaster risk management and climate ...
Reflections on 20 years of land-related development projects in Central America: 10 things you might not expect, and future directions
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Available online: http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/129481468213001644/Reflections-on-20-y [...]
Published by: International Land Coalition ; 2013
Drawing upon several sources of information and types of analysis, including literature reviews, field visits and rapid participatory assessments, this paper provides a critical assessment of land-related development policies and projects over the past two decades in Central America. Reflections on past land-related development policies and projects in Central America are based on their contributions to growth and poverty reduction. The paper calls for future projects to better integrate poverty reduction and development goals, natural resource management, disaster risk management and climate change into a territorial approach stressing local governance and planning. The paper concludes with six specific recommendations, which can serve as the basis for future discussions on the direction of future development support to countries’ land policies and projects in Central America, as well as other regions.
Language(s): English
Format: Digital (Free), Hard copyTags: Environment and landscape ; Climate change ; Agroclimatology ; Agriculture ; Case/ Case study ; Central America ; Guatemala ; Honduras ; Nicaragua ; Panama ; El Salvador
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Better laws, safer communities? Emerging themes on how legislation can support disaster risk reduction
IFRC, 2013This short pamphlet sets out some preliminary findings from a 2-year comparative study of legislation for disaster risk reduction in 26 countries.
Better laws, safer communities? Emerging themes on how legislation can support disaster risk reduction
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Available online: http://www.ifrc.org/PageFiles/49635/IFRC_better-laws-safer-communities_2013.pdf
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Published by: IFRC ; 2013This short pamphlet sets out some preliminary findings from a 2-year comparative study of legislation for disaster risk reduction in 26 countries.
Language(s): English
Format: Digital (Free)Tags: Capacity development ; Multi-hazard Early Warning Systems (MHEWS) ; Legislation ; Case/ Case study ; Angola ; Ethiopia ; Albania ; Italy ; Kazakhstan ; Nepal ; Ukraine ; Austria ; Brazil ; China ; Guatemala ; India ; Madagascar ; Nicaragua ; Nigeria ; United States of America ; Vanuatu ; Viet Nam ; Algeria ; Australia ; Colombia ; Dominican Republic ; Ecuador ; Indonesia ; Namibia ; New Zealand ; Peru ; Philippines ; Saint Lucia ; Uruguay
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Climate Risk Management for the Health Sector in Nicaragua
IISD, 2013This report is a product of the Climate Risk Management – Technical Assistance Support Project, which is supported by UNDP’s Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery and Bureau for Development Policy. This is one in a series of reports that examines high-risk countries and focusses on a specific socio-economic sector in each country. The series illustrates how people in different communities and across a range of socio-economic sectors may have to make adaptations to the way they generate income and cultivate livelihoods in the face of a changing climate. These reports present an evidence ...
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Available online: http://www.iisd.org/pdf/2013/crm_nicaragua.pdf
International Institute for Sustainable Development ; United Nations Development Programme
Published by: IISD ; 2013This report is a product of the Climate Risk Management – Technical Assistance Support Project, which is supported by UNDP’s Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery and Bureau for Development Policy. This is one in a series of reports that examines high-risk countries and focusses on a specific socio-economic sector in each country. The series illustrates how people in different communities and across a range of socio-economic sectors may have to make adaptations to the way they generate income and cultivate livelihoods in the face of a changing climate. These reports present an evidence base for understanding how climatic risks are likely to unfold. They will help governments, development agencies and even the communities themselves to identify underlying risks, including inappropriately designed policies and plans and crucial capacity gaps.
Language(s): English
Format: Digital (Free)Tags: Climate ; Climate policies ; Human health ; Nicaragua
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Disaster risk management and adaptation to climate change: experience from German development cooperation
German Government, 2012This publication aims to pinpoint commonalities between disaster risk management and adaptation to climate change. It describes the experience gathered from German development cooperation’s work in seven countries, which we see as a stimulus to aim for more effective and efficient interaction between the two fields and to work towards a significant reduction of risk in our partner countries by implementing risk management measures adapted to the respective conditions.
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Tortillas on the roaster: Central American maize-bean systems and the changing climate
This study predicts the potential impacts that climate change will have on the production of maize and beans, the two most important food crops in Central America. Using state-of-the-art climate models and GIS tools, agronomic research and socio-economic analyses, it makes recommendations to climate change adaptation strategies tailored to El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. The results of the study are intended to fill a critical gap in the knowledge of the impacts of climate change on maize/bean production in Central America, in order for stakeholders to shift from a position of ...
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Climate vulnerability monitor
DARA, 2012The Climate Vulnerability Monitor 2nd Edition reveals that climate change has already held back global development and inaction is a leading global cause of death. Harm is most acute for poor and vulnerable groups but no country is spared either the costs of inaction or the benefits of an alternative path.
Commissioned by the world’s most vulnerable countries and backed by high-level and technical panels, the new Monitor estimates human and economic impacts of climate change and the carbon economy for 184 countries in 2010 and 2030, across 34 indicators.
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Disaster risk reduction in school curricula: case studies from thirty countries
Selby David; Kagawa Fumiyo; United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); et al. - UNESCO, 2012This publication captures key national experiences in the integration of disaster risk reduction (DRR) in the curriculum, identifying good practice, noting issues addressed or still lacking, and reviewing learning outcomes. The study researched DRR related curriculum development and integration, pedagogy, student assessment, teacher professional development and guidance, learning outcomes and policy development, planning and implementation aspects covering thirty countries.
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