CAP Workshop 2018 WMO Announcement
A Letter to all WMO Members from WMO Secretariat announcing the 2018 CAP Implementation Workshop.
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Report
CAP Workshop 2018 Filtered Alert Hub
This one-day Workshop was held 2 November, 2018, in Hong Kong, China, hosted by Hong Kong Observatory (HKO) at the HKO facility. The Workshop focused on the Filtered Alert Hub software, a cloud-based system for aggregating alerts in the format of the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) standard and published via Internet news feeds. That software,
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CAP Implementation Workshop 2018 Filtered Alert Hub
This one-day Workshop will be held 2 November, 2018, in Hong Kong, China, hosted by Hong Kong Observatory (HKO) at the HKO facility. The Workshop focuses on the Filtered Alert Hub software, a cloud-based system for aggregating alerts in the format of the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) standard and published via Internet news feeds. That
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Cities of Refuge in the Middle East
Bringing an Urban Lens to the Forced Displacement Challenge This policy note published by the World Bank aims to advance our understanding of urban forced displacement, induced by conflict, by looking at the issue from the perspective of receiving towns and cities. It explores why we need a different approach to addressing urban forced displacement;
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Promoting Disaster Resilient Cultural Heritage
Cultural heritage is vulnerable to the adverse impacts of natural disasters, and climate change is adding to the urgency of addressing this challenge. Countries around the world are employing a variety of measures to safeguard cultural heritage against disaster risks, drawing on relevant conventions, policy frameworks, and guidance. To protect lives, livelihoods, and cultural heritage,
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The Urban Amplifier: Humanitarian Action in Urban Crises
The European Commission’s Directorate General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG ECHO) has taken stock of its funded interventions to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of its humanitarian response in urban environments. Based on an internal survey undertaken in 2017, this report highlights the wealth of experiences and good practices, and provides
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Resilient: Zero carbon, risk-informed, sustainable
UNDP’s work in climate change, disaster risk reduction and energy (2015-2017) This report is comprised of 15 country case studies providing examples of climate action, disaster risk reduction and recovery, and sustainable energy. Each case emphasizes the integrated approach to these work streams and similarly, the linkages and benefits that each extends to the others.
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Lessons from inclusive community-based DRR in earthquake-affected areas of Nepal
This summary report highlights lessons learned and recommendations for others implementing DRR and resilience programmes in Nepal, drawn from an inclusive community-based disaster risk management (CBDRM) project in four earthquake-affected districts. The project, run by Mission East with partner Save the Children and national and district partners, was funded through the European Commission’s Civil Protection
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CAP Workshop 2018 Training
The agenda of the CAP Training session, 9 am – 4 pm on 30 October, is provided here. If you plan to attend this training, please also consider bringing your laptop PC, provided you have administrative privileges to install software. You would then have the option to use your own PC in the CAP-204 lesson,
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CAP Workshop 2018 Speakers
For the 2018 CAP Implementation Workshop in Hong Kong, a list of speakers and their presentation topics, with short biographical sketches and portraits, is posted here.
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