Browsing Knowledge Repository by Subject "EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS"
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Africa Regional Workshop on Environmental Disasters: Workshop Report
(2003)The Africa Regional Workshop On Environmental Disasters, held from 28 to 30 July 2003 at United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Headquarters in Nairobi, provided a forum for interactive dialogue between experts on the ... -
Angola: Ecosystem-based Adaptation 2016-2020
(2020)This UNEP project is seeking to help climate-vulnerable coastal communities by using ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) – a type of ‘nature-based solution’ that uses ecosystem services to reduce the negative impacts of climate ... -
Anticipate, Absorb, Reshape: Current Progress on Three Key Capacities for Climate Resilience
(2017-05)The briefing paper then discusses the challenges – both conceptual and data-related – that this type of assessment faces and suggests ways of overcoming them. While gaining a better understanding of progress under the ... -
Bamyan: Building community based resilience to climate change and natural disasters
(2015-06)This Fact Sheet summarizes the pilot field demonstrations Afghanistan’s National Environmental Protection Agency (NEP) and UNEP are conducting in Bamyan province. The work aims to build community-based resilience and ... -
Big Data Services: Data and Analytics, Early Warning and Science Foresight for Action - Transforming the Lives of People, Places and Planet
(2022-07)The Big Data Initiative builds Environmental Strategic Foresight and insights for policy through analysis of data, mapping trends, creating scenarios and identifying emerging issues on a permanent basis, at the frontier ... -
Building Climate Resilience in Lesotho with Early Warning Systems - UNEP Lessons in Climate Change Adaptation
In 2011, the Government of Lesotho secured funding from the Global Environment Facility’s Least Developed Country Fund to reduce the negative impacts of climate change on vulnerable communities. A central approach of the ... -
Convention for Co-operation in the Protection and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the West and Central African Region: Protocol concerning Co-operation in Combating Pollution in Cases of Emergency [Abidjan Convention]
(1981)In accordance with resolution 2997 (XXVII) of the United Nations General Assembly, UNEP was established "as a focal point for environmental action and co-ordination within the United Nations system". The Governing Council ... -
Current State of Early Warning System in Afghanistan - An Outlook of the Flood Early Warning System
(2020-11)This report provides a broad overview of the landscape of Early Warning Systems (EWS) for the climate-induced natural hazard with a specific focus on flood in Afghanistan, in order to identify past achievements and current ... -
Daikundi: Building adaptive capacity and resilience to climate change
(2015-06)This Fact Sheet summarizes the pilot field demonstrations Afghanistan’s National Environmental Protection Agency (NEP) and UNEP are conducting in Daikundi. The work aims to build environmental adaptation and resilience of ... -
Desert Locusts’ Upsurges: A Harbinger of Emerging Climate Change Induced Crises? - Foresight Brief No. 022 January 2021
(2021)The economic importance of locusts is evident from their impacts on livelihoods, food security and nutrition, economic development and on the environment. This foresight brief discusses some of these issues and highlights ... -
Early Warning Systems for Adaptation - Science for Adaptation Policy Brief #4
(2021-11)Key messages- i) Strengthening Early Warning Systems for Adaptation (EWSA) helps countries prepare for extreme weather events, now and in the future, and improves pathways towards sustainable development. ii) Past and ... -
Early Warning Systems: A State of the Art Analysis and Future Directions
(2012)At a time of global changes, the world is striving to face and adapt to inevitable, possibly profound, alteration. Widening of droughts in southern Europe and sub-Saharan Africa, an increasing number of disasters, severe ... -
Enhancing Early Warning Systems to Build Greater Resilience to Hydro-Meteorological Hazards in Timor-Leste
(2021)Timor-Leste is a Least Developed Country (LDC) and a Small Island Developing State (SIDS) whose infrastructure and governmental systems were devastated by a 25-year war of independence. Timor-Leste is highly vulnerable to ... -
Gambia: Early Warning Climate Forecasting
(2019)UN Environment is helping the government of Gambia to build adaptation through the project "Strengthening of the Gambia's Climate Change Early Warning System: Phase I & Phase II". The project's 1st phase built climate ... -
In Support of Malawi’s Community-Based Flood Early Warning System (CBFEWS) for Effective Disaster Preparedness and Recovery
(2023-03)Presentation on: In support of Malawi’s Community-Based Flood Early Warning System (CBFEWS) for effective disaster preparedness and recovery. -
Lightning for Climate : A Study by the Task Team on Lightning Observation For Climate Applications (TT-LOCA) Of the Atmospheric Observation Panel for Climate (AOPC) - GCOS-227
(2019)This study summarizes the work done by TTLOCA and covers key aspects of lightning observations for climate applications. It explains the relevance of lightning observations for climate, describes the current status of ... -
The Need to Eliminate Lead Paint Globally – Foresight Brief No. 021 - December 2020
(2020)Lead has wide-ranging effects on health, with concomitant personal, societal and economic impacts, and thus, it was identified as one of the 10 chemicals of major public health concern globally -
Port Early Warning and Alert Systems: Desk Study
(2010)The objective of this desk study is to analyse existing early warning / alert systems and practices for shipments suspected of containing hazardous wastes/substances in ports. -
Proceedings of the Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum at its Ninth Special Session
The ninth special session of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum was held at the Dubai International Convention Centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, from ... -
Reflecting on the Past and Imagining the Future: A contribution to the dialogue on the Science-Policy Interface
(2022-02)This paper outlines UNEP’s role in the Science-Policy Interface, reflects on past successes and considers the challenges ahead. It also explores how UNEP’s work can be strengthened in the science-policy field in the medium ...