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Climate Change Awareness, Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction, A Bangladesh Case Study

07 May 2014
Bangladesh is not only vulnerable to rising sea levels, but is also one of the most flood and cyclone prone countries in the world with 25 percent of its geographical area vulnerable. The floods and cyclones not only disrupt and take lives, but als...
Case Study, Climate Change Adaptation, Flood, Hurricane / Typhoon / Cyclone
Case Study

Tuvalu: Joining forces to tackle climate change

07 May 2014
Tuvalu is a remote island nation often associated with the rising impacts of climate change. If, as predicted, sea levels continue to rise, this string of low-lying islands in the south-west Pacific could gradually disappear. However, life must go on...
Case Study, Climate Change Adaptation
Case Study

Preparing for Climate Change in Viet Nam

07 May 2014
Viet Nam has always suffered from extreme weather events. Because of climate change, it is likely that droughts will occur more often, and that tropical cyclones will also become more intense. In 2003, the Vietnam Red Cross Society (VNRCS) became o...
Case Study, Climate Change Adaptation, Drought, Hurricane / Typhoon / Cyclone
Case Study

Helping People to Cope with Changing Climates

07 May 2014
Trincomalee district in eastern Sri Lanka was severely affected by the tsunami of 2004. Several years later, most people directly affected by the tsunami have been resettled. Yet many of them continue to face problems, one of which is a climate that ...
Case Study, Climate Change Adaptation
Guidance material

Bridging the gap: Integrating climate change and disaster risk reduction

07 May 2014
The climate is changing and communities in some countries are already feeling the heat. Climate information in the form of trends and forecasts, combined with tried and tested disaster risk reduction measures, can help anticipate disasters before the...
Guidance material, Climate Change Adaptation
Guidance material

A guide to mainstreaming disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation

07 May 2014
This guide has been developed to specifically support Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and IFRC staff to more systematically integrate risk reduction measures into their planning. By describing in detail what key issues need to be considered and ...
Guidance material, Climate Change Adaptation
Guidance material

Red Cross Red Crescent good practices in early warning

07 May 2014
For the International Federation and National Societies worldwide, community-based early warning is an essential element of disaster risk reduction. Early warning helps to mitigate loss of life and property and to reduce economic losses. By strengthe...
Guidance material, Early Warning Systems
Case Study

Landslide early warning in Costa Rica

07 May 2014
Following a number of landslides in August 2002, the International Federation, supported by the Regional Delegation in Central America, obtained funding from the British government to implement an early warning system in the event of future landslide...
Case Study, Early Warning Systems, Landslide
Case Study

Mozambique: cyclone early warning system in practice

07 May 2014
In 2000 and 2001, severe floods struck large areas of Mozambique. The devastating impact of the flooding, and the relative lack of disaster preparedness among affected communities, provided the impetus and the opportunity for the Mozambique Red Cross...
Case Study, Early Warning Systems
Case Study

Harmonizing learning in Central America

07 May 2014
The Regional Disaster Preparedness Reference Centre in El Salvador was created in 2005 to improve the capacity, quality and effectiveness of National Societies’ disaster response in the Central America region. The centre is responsible for coordina...
Case Study, Public Awareness and Public Education

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