Songs of the Rainy Season or Nyanyian Musim Hujan is a film developed by the Indonesian Red Cross and Australian Red Cross with disaster preparedness messages on floods and landslides. The film is a sequel to Message from the Ocean or Pesan dari Samudra, a 2012 feature film on how to prepare for earthquakes and tsunamis. Both films […]
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Message from the Ocean or Pesan dari Samudra, is a 2012 feature film on how to prepare for earthquakes and tsunamis developed by the Indonesian Red Cross and Australian Red Cross. Message from the Ocean was followed in 2015 by Songs of the Rainy Season or Nyanyian Musim Hujan, with disaster preparedness messages on floods and landslides. Both films
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The Pacific Island countries are internationally regarded as a barometer for the early impacts of climate change. Their geophysical characteristics, demographic patterns and location in the Pacific Ocean make them particularly vulnerable to the effects of global warming. Small Island Developing States, a UN-established category which includes most Pacific Island countries, are characterized by a
This lecture examines the nature of climate-related movement; whether expanding the protection offered by international refugee law and human rights law is feasible; and what other solutions might be appropriate. Professor Jane McAdam (BA (Hons), LLB (Hons) (Sydney), DPhil (Oxford)) is a nonresident senior fellow in the Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement and Scientia Professor
Do Climate Change ‘Refugees’ Exist? Read More »
Experts in the field of disaster management shared perspectives and experiences pertaining to disaster preparedness in rapidly growing urban settings across the globe. City case studies included Christchurch, New Zealand; Istanbul, Turkey; Kathmandu, Nepal; Mandalay, Myanmar; Mexico City, Mexico; Port-au-Prince, Haiti; Boulder, USA; and Tehran, Iran. The presentations were followed by an afternoon dialogue among academics and
360° of Preparedness: Reflections from Cities around the World Read More »
The Spanish Red Cross has deployed a water and sanitation team to one of the affected areas in the Philippines. One of their main mission is to provide safe drinking water to the population.
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Silent disasters: Cambodia floods and food insecurity Read More »
Ensuring the Future of Food, a video on food sustainabilty in Japan.
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A Vietnamese Recipe for a Food System that Works.What is a sustainable food system? One Vietnamese model harnesses tradition and bolsters that with technology and the right policy mix: ‘V-A-C’ farming. It’s a no-waste system integrating fish farming, raising livestock and growing fruit and vegetables, all on the same farm. It has assured sufficient, healthy
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We could not turn down the opportunity to head to Jogja during the Merapi eruption in November 2010 to video shoot for the Indonesian & Spanish Red Cross on Water and Sanitation during disaster. We knew that moments like these are priceless. The objective of creating these communication tools was to educate and bring awareness
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