Nigeria annual flood outlook 2024
The 2024 Flood Outlook report offers a comprehensive assessment of flood risk across the country, highlighting critical areas of concern and strategic recommendations for mitigation and preparedness. Through
Natural Disasters
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Routes to resilience: insights from BRACED to BRACED-X
After four years of implementation, this report presents a synthesis of the Building Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Extremes and Disasters (BRACED) project annual reports, and evidence from four
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Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding problem of flood in the Ghaggar basin, 23/09/2019
<p>Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Nagar Panchayat Moonak & Others Vs State of Punjab & Others dated 23/09/2019 regarding the problem of flood in the Ghaggar basin. The Central
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The cost of doing nothing: the humanitarian price of climate change and how it can be avoided
A new report by the world’s largest humanitarian network warns that the number of people needing humanitarian assistance every year as a result of climate-related disasters could double by 2050. The Cost
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World Risk Report 2019- focus: water supply
With record breaking high temperatures around the world and increasing droughts, climate change exacerbates water supply problems and thus increases the vulnerability of societies. These are the findings
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The future of disaster risk pooling for Developing Countries: where do we go from here?
Climate-related disasters are increasing in frequency and severity and both economic and human losses are climbing. Unfortunately, developing countries, which are the least equipped to deal with disasters,
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Framework for the assessment of benefits of action or cost of inaction for drought preparedness
This working paper draws from the joint World Bank and World Meteorological Organization / Global Water Partnership Integrated Drought Management Program (IDMP) work stream on benefits of action and costs
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Building resilience for all: Intersectional approaches for reducing vulnerability to natural hazards and climate change- findings from Kenya
This note provides insights from the BRACED report ‘Building resilience for all: intersectional approaches for reducing vulnerability to natural hazards in Nepal and Kenya’, which highlights challenges
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Financing resilience against natural disasters: summary report
One of the most discussed issues of modern times is that of problems related to the scarcity of funds in dealing with the increasing catastrophic events due to volatile climatic conditions. Disaster Risk
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Earthquake disaster risk index report
India’s hazard profile shows that about 59 percent area of India is vulnerable to moderate to major earthquakes. It is evident from past earthquakes such as Manipur (2016), Nepal (2015), Sikkim (2011),
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Bearing the climate burden: how households in Bangladesh are spending too much
The debate on climate finance in many climate-vulnerable developing countries tends to focus on finance provided by national governments and international donors. Yet the financial contribution of individual