Natural Disasters

Environmental knowledge for disaster risk management

The ‘Environmental Knowledge for Disaster Risk Management (ekDRM)’ project aims at capacity development in disaster risk management by advancing environmental knowledge, particularly the use of statistics and space technology including remote sensing & GIS for decision support systems (DSS); spatial planning for Na-tech disasters within the multi-hazard framework of disaster risk management; environmental & natural resource legislation; role of EIA in disaster mitigation and post-disaster recovery; environmental services especially shelter, water & sanitation, waste management;

Publication Date: 
01/05/2011
Anil K Gupta, Sreeja S. Nair
National Institute of Disaster Management
Tags:
Disaster Management, Environment, Knowledge, India, Natural Disasters, Sustainable Development, Rural Development, Land Use, Urbanisation, Invasive Alien Species, Global
Health

Guidance for evidence-informed policies about health systems: Rationale for and challenges of guidance development

Present trends suggest that many of the poorest countries in the world, including many in sub-Saharan Africa, will not meet the health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), especially MDG 4 (reducing under-five mortality) and MDG 5 (reducing maternal mortality). Even in those countries that are on track to meet health MDGs, striking inequities exist among countries and among socioeconomic groups within them, despite effective and cost-effective interventions being available to improve population health, including that of vulnerable groups.

Publication Date: 
06/03/2012
Xavier Bosch-Capblanch, John N. Lavis, Simon Lewin & et al
PLoS Medicine
9
3
1-8
Tags:
Health, Health Care, Health Policy, Developing Countries, Poverty, Knowledge, Health Personnel, WHO, Maternal Health, Child Health
Climate Change

Living with climate change: role of community based adaptation

This document contains the presentation by A. A. Nambi, M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai, on “Living with Climate Change: Role of Community Based Adaptation” during Second National Research Conference on Climate Change, organized by the Centre for Science and Environment, IIT Delhi and IIT Madras on November 5-6, 2011 at New Delhi.

Publication Date: 
06/11/2011
A.A.Nambi
Centre for Science and Environment
Tags:
Climate Change, Climate Adaptation, Community Groups, Water Resources, Knowledge, NGO, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, M S Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF), CSE
Environment

Global vision for Rio+20 and beyond

The various mechanisms evolved through global negotiations to deal with shared environmental problems, such as climate change, fall short because they are not located within a larger debate on dealing with human well-being and instead focus only on limiting damage. The United Nations is best placed to support a common understanding on patterns of resource use that are in principle common for all by generating strategic knowledge, also leading to deepening coherence of the global agenda.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2011
Mukul Sanwal
Economic and Political Weekly
46
40
24-30
Tags:
Environment, Climate Change, Global Environmental Agreements, UN Commission on Sustainable Development (UNCSD), International Cooperation, Carbon Dioxide, China, India, Economic Development, UNFCCC, Common Property Resources, Sustainable Development, Rio Summit, Knowledge

Kerala IT policy 2011 - Draft

The vision statement for Kerala's IT policy is to create a "Knowledge based economy with Global Opportunities" and position "IT@Kerala" as the most preferred IT/ITES investment destination in India and to attract investment in ICT.

Publication Date: 
05/08/2011
Government of Kerala
Tags:
Telecommunication, Kerala, Information, Technology, Knowledge, Infrastructure Development
People

Resource unit for women

The National Mission for Empowerment of Women will soon establish a state-level resource centre to bring about coordination among the schemes of different government departments to ensure the empowerment of all sections of women.

This was disclosed during a consultative meet and workshop on Operationalisation of NMEW in Assam organised by the ministry of women and child development in collabora

Publication Date: 
22/07/2011
Telegraph (North East)
Tags:
Information, Women, Rural Development, Knowledge, Ministry of Women and Child Development
Climate Change

Talk by nobel laureate Dr. Rk Pachauri on climate change issue today

The Chairman of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate and renowned environment expert Dr. R.K. Pachauri would arrive in Bhopal on June 30.

Dr. Pachauri would arrive here at 11 am. The Director General of EPCO and Principal Secretary, Housing and Environment Iqbal Singh Bains would give a brief presentation about State Action Plan on Climate Change before Dr.

Publication Date: 
30/06/2011
Central Chronicle (Bhopal)
Tags:
R K Pachauri, Climate Change, Knowledge, Technical Information, Bhopal (D), TERI
Climate Change

Scoping mission and preliminary assessment on climate change adaptation in Sri Lanka

The Adaptation Knowledge Platform is working towards building bridges between current knowledge on adaptation to climate change and various stakeholders. Activities have been initiated in the five pilot countries, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Nepal, Thailand and Viet Nam, with local partner’s mobilized and key knowledge and capacity gaps identified.

Publication Date: 
01/06/2011
Regional Climate Change Adaptation Knowledge Platform for Asia
Tags:
Climate Change, Climate Adaptation, Sri Lanka, Information, Knowledge
Climate Change

8 green missions under climate plan off track

New Delhi: The Prime Minister

Publication Date: 
20/05/2011
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Energy Intensity, Climate Change, Climate Mitigation, India, Energy Efficiency, Sustainable Development, Knowledge, Afforestation, Himalaya
Climate Change

Call for awareness on climate change

Highlighting the importance of alternative energy efficient technologies, experts on Monday called for more awareness on how the climate change is going to affect every aspect of life.

Speaking at a seminar on climate change, they also sought more information on use of energy efficient devices, cut in fossil fuel consumption, and reduction in greenhouse emission.

Publication Date: 
03/05/2011
Dawn (Pakistan)
Tags:
Pakistan, Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, Climate Change, Green House Gases, Fossil Fuels, Biogas, Natural Disasters, Knowledge

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