October 29, 2015 11:32 pm
Farming can be precarious. This is especially true if you are poor and living in an area susceptible to climate shocks. In sub-Saharan Africa[, with approximately 1 billion inhabitants, agriculture still accounts for roughly 64% of employment.
October 27, 2015 1:32 pm
The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has launched the national and district level flood and drought disaster risk maps in a brief ceremony on Monday, October 15, 2015 in Accra.
October 26, 2015 11:30 pm
Sub-Saharan Africa is making significant economic and development strides. Yet, natural disasters, combined with the effects of climate change, rapid urbanization, and conflict situations are threatening these gains, keeping vulnerable and poor communities in a chronic cycle of poverty.
October 26, 2015 9:03 pm
The 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Nepal on April 27th was for many an unexpected event. However, for the disaster risk management community in development and humanitarian institutions, this earthquake was only a matter of time. In many ways, all you had to do was look out any window in Nepal and see the spectacular Himalayas – mountains forged through the eons, one earthquake at a time...
October 25, 2015 8:52 pm
In this blog series, UNDP experts and practitioners share their perspective on issues of climate change, in the lead up to COP21 climate conference in December.
October 9, 2015 6:25 pm
Geologists tend to notice when rocks, especially big ones, are out of place. A few years ago, a group of researchers working in the Cape Verde islands, off West Africa, made a particularly jarring discovery—elephant-sized chunks of basalt and limestone that had formed at sea level and somehow ended up more than six hundred feet above, on a volcanic plateau on Santiago Island...
September 14, 2015 7:32 pm
After growing up in Manila, one of the densest and most cyclone-prone cities in the world, I expected my first visit to Mongolia to be filled with vast plains and blue skies. The plains and skies did not disappoint – but I quickly learned that Ulaanbaatar, the country’s capital, is a city that is rapidly becoming like many other cities where I have lived and worked...
September 11, 2015 8:53 pm
Today we’re excited to release this video that highlights Ushahidi’s work in Indonesia and how we’re finding resilience in unexpected places; using the convening power of open data to connect citizens to city government; and how we are part of a movement to nurture local tech ecosystems...
September 1, 2015 7:15 pm
The magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck Nepal on 25 April killed more than 8800 people, injured another 23,000+, and destroyed at least 500,000 buildings...
August 28, 2015 3:40 pm
The Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) and the UK Department for International Development (DFID) will launch a Challenge Fund on March 16, 2015, at the World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR) in Sendai, Japan...
