Fiji urges development partners to align their support and simplify processes and systems for accessing disaster risk reduction financing
Tag: Disasters
Disaster readiness at the community level is critical: Fiji NDMO Director Soko
Fiji continues to disseminate disaster mitigation measures to people at the community level. Fiji NDMO Director says saving lives from the impacts of climate change remains a top priority.
Citizens’ voices needed on disaster risk reduction
Nauru’s Secretary for National Emergency Services hopes to hear the grassroot level of needs in terms of resilience, preparation and recovery at the Disaster Risk Reduction meeting
Pacific to share best practices at Global Disaster Risk Reduction event
“The Pacific, one of the most vulnerable regions in the world to disasters and climate change”, to share its experience in disaster resilience with the rest of the world at GPDRR
Mango island community to rebuild on ‘Eua, under island development programme
Mango islanders affected by the tsunamis and volcano eruption early this year will now have their homes rebuilt on the land identified in ‘Eua
NASA mission finds Tonga volcanic eruption effects reached space
A physicist says the Tonga volcanic eruption “created one of the largest disturbances in space we’ve seen in the modern era.”
Climate change expert Ian Fry brings passion, experience to new post
Climate change expert says “more focus on efforts to reduce emissions, but not a lot of talk about helping countries adapt to the impacts of climate change.” is the big gap in international dialogue
A Vanuatu community group is taking ‘ownership’ of responses to natural disasters
Santo Sunset Environment Network is building a community disaster and climate change committee to take local ownership of the disaster response in Vanuatu
Scientists to set sail for Tonga to map sea floor following eruption
Scientists to set sail to survey the seafloor around the Hunga-Tonga Hunga-Ha’apai volcano to help protect people living in high-risk areas from future natural disasters
How Tonga Prepared for and Responded to a Devastating Volcanic Eruption
Disaster preparedness, combined with updated risk information and database and timely assessments of damages and needs, were critical for Tonga’s response to the undersea volcanic eruption.