Rohan Hamden, Director Sustainability & Industry Partnerships, Government of South Australia and Adam Gray, Director Environment, Local Government Association of South Australia discuss the Climate Change Adaptation Good Practice project in South Australia.
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The Governments of Italy and Austria are implementing a wide range of energy and climate change related projects in 12 Pacific Island Countries with the overall goal of supporting sustainable development initiatives on islands. Six of these energy efficiency and renewable energy projects are being implemented by IUCN in Tonga, Palau, Tuvalu, Marshall Islands, Samoa
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To deal with the impact of climate change, adaptation in the farming sector needs to be varied and diversified, according to differing limitation, to minimize damage and loss. A proper policy on adaptation needs to be promoted at all levels. This video was produced by Oxfam: www.oxfam.org
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“The water level is rising. The area we used to work, we can’t work any more” – Silas Kere, farmer. The Solomon Islands, part of the South Pacific “Ring of Fire”, briefly trended in the world news in April 2014, when it suffered two serious earthquakes weeks after flash floods had devastated the capital, Honiara.
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There is no universal understanding of risk. For most people it is perceived through the lens of culture, including social and religious beliefs. Video of new powerful Merapi volcano eruption in Indonesia Video of Video of new powerful Merapi volcano eruption in Indonesia The Island of Java is home to Mount Merapi, the most active
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Every year around two dozen typhoons sweep through the Philippines. Dramatic footage: Moment Typhoon Haiyan washes away Philippines house Video of Dramatic footage: Moment Typhoon Haiyan washes away Philippines house In 2013, Super-typhoon Haiyan, classified as the most powerful storm ever recorded, made landfall at Guiuan in Eastern Samar, and tore through the island nation, causing thousands of deaths,
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Climate change has made it increasingly difficult to predict when the river will overflow and force the families in the neighborhood to leave their homes. While in the past, floods used to strictly obey the circulation of the two seasons − rainy and dry − nowadays flooding is erratic throughout the year. Silay City is considered as one of the fastest growing
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Post-disaster recovery is about getting people’s everyday life back to normal after a disaster and making sure money is invested appropriately for long-term reconstruction. To make sure the recovery and reconstruction plan is responsive to the priorities and needs in the assessment, the project partners developed general guidelines on planning, budgeting, and financing for Khammouane province in Lao PDR. The guidelines take officials through the
Within the first 24 to 72 hours after a disaster, local communities are on the front-line of emergency response. Depending on location and scale of emergency, response time may vary. As this Case Study explores, communities’ confidence to respond to emergencies is commonly based on available resources. However, as CADRE participants in this case learned, basic household items can provide
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In Nepal, the implementation of the HOPE program has been pivotal in the development of emergency planning in hospitals. According to Dr. Pradeep, before HOPE implementation in 2004, only two hospitals − including Tribhuvan Teaching Hospital − had emergency plans. The disaster management plans were comparatively poor and not well developed. Since 2004, approximately two HOPE courses have been conducted each year and eleven hospitals now
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