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Vanuatu is expected to incur, on average, 48 million USD per year in losses due to earthquakes and tropical cyclones. In the next 50 years, Vanuatu has a 50% chance of experiencing a loss exceeding 330 million USD and casualties larger than 725 people, …
ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES The following Asian countries are eligible to participate in ADAPT Asia-Pacific: Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, TimorLeste, and Vietnam. Eligible …
National Climate Funds Learning from the experience of Asia-Pacific countries Authors: Silvia Irawan, Alex Heikens, and Kevin Petrini Reviewers: Cassie Flynn, Isabel Kreisler, Angus Mackay, Paul Steele (UNDP), Li Chunyi (China CDM Fund) Acknowledgements: …
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Addressing challenges posed by climate change requires significant financial resources. In the growing literature of climate change, “climate finance” refers to financial resources required to cover the costs of climate actions and investments2. Climate …
The aftermath of Japan's earthquake emphasised the importance of end-to-end warning systems Flickr/Danny Choo We need to understand why some people act on early warnings while others ignore them, says disaster preparedness specialist Sudhir Kumar. The …
Mangroves in the Marshall Islands to protect local communities Namdrik Atoll, Marshall Islands 24 January, 2013 - The Marshall Islands are starting 2013 by growing seedlings of hope in a mangrove rehabilitation and replanting project. Namdrik …
The Pacific Energy Summit, being hosted by the New Zealand Government and the European Union. I would appreciate it if you could forward around your contacts and go directly to your members that you think would be interested. There is a very rich …
Ol team blong VMGD oli mekem bigfala impact long international climate science meeting long Suva long 21-25 Jan 2013! …
17 January 2013: In a lecture delivered at Stanford University, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon described the current state of the world and "the future we must shape together." He outlined three ways to navigate our way through this "Great …
The Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS) is based on the philosophy that efficient management of the climatic risks today is the foundation for managing the changed climatic risks of tomorrow. Sound scientific knowledge underpins this …
14 January 2013: Addressing the First Global Legislators Organization (GLOBE) Climate Legislation Summit, held in London from 14-15 January 2013, UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres said that legislators have to act in national parliaments …
15 January 2013: The UN Development Programme’s (UNDP) Asia-Pacific office has published a discussion paper, titled “National Climate Funds: Learning from the Experience of Asia-Pacific countries.” The paper was released together with seven case studies …
GLOBE Climate Study reveals legislators hold the key to tackling Climate Change Today the Global Legislators Organisation (GLOBE International) released the 3rd edition of its Climate Legislation Study – produced in partnership with the Grantham …
Opportunities Powering Agriculture: An Energy Grand Challenge for Development Doc. Type No.: N.A. Applications Submission: 01/15/13 to 02/06/13 Awards Between $300,000 and $1,500,000 Available to Organizations That Can Offer Market-based, Clean Energy …
The Action ‘Generation and adaptation of improved agricultural technologies to mitigate climate change-imposed risks to food production within vulnerable smallholder farming communities in Western Pacific countries’ was a five year partnership between …
You are invited to the: January VMGD “Brown Bag” Lunch DRR and DRM: Same Sphere Different Focus Presented by the Vanuatu Humanitarian Team Tuesday 29th January 12 – 1pm NDMO Conference Room, Meteo Building, Nambatu The terms “DRR” and “DRM” …
Progress to date and current activities: C-CAP mobilized to the region in November 2012, working primarily to establish its headquarters office in Port Moresby, and satellite office in Suva; hire staff; and finalize work plans in consultation with …
Position Description Live & Learn Environmental Education Project Officer Job Title: Project Officer (REDD+ project) Position type: Full time (yearly contract, project term 3 years - ending December 2015) Remuneration: 1,080,000 – 1,200,000 per annum …
Dear VCAN friends and colleagues Live & Learn has kindly agreed to host the second meeting of Vanuatu Climate Adaptation Network (VCAN) on: When: Friday, 1st February 2013 from 9am – 12pm Where: Live & Learn Vanuatu (Erakor House, Erakor …
Toward Resilience A Guide to Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation Toward Resilience: A Guide to Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation is an introductory resource for staff of development and humanitarian organizations …