23 Nov 2015
A new report published by The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), “The Human Cost of Weather Related Disasters”, shows that over the last twenty years, 90% of major disasters have been caused by 6,457 recorded floods, sto...
Tags: Report, Climate Change Adaptation, Cold wave / dzud, Drought, Flood, Heat Wave, Hurricane / Typhoon / Cyclone, Thunderstorm, Tornado, Tsunami, Volcano, Wildfire
27 May 2023
The accumulation of mismanaged plastic waste is a serious issue globally. It has severe negative impacts on biodiversity and the environment, as well as on livelihoods and human health. As climate change makes rainfall events more intense and frequen...
Tags: Awareness material, Report, Flood
15 Jan 2020
The agenda of the CAP Train the Trainers session, 13:30 – 14:30 on 28 September, is provided here. If you plan to participate in this training, consider having a laptop PC for the CAP-206 lesson. That lesson is a hands-on exercise using the cloud-b...
Tags: Report, Early Warning Systems
November 26, 2017
