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Global warming Cartoon

 Climate Change  Greenhouse gases  Meteorology and Weather  Climate

Posters illustrating the impacts pf global warming in the pacific affecting the atmosphere.

Exercises on climate change

 Climate Change  Greenhouse gases  Meteorology and Weather  Climate

Exercises relating to climate change

Ocean Rising?

 Weather  Meteorology and Weather  Climate  Fisheries  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing

 

This is the overview for the third part of the SEREAD programme link with ARGO. The overview progresses from low-level concepts to higher level and establish the progression between the essential concepts for this level. One of the primary purposes of this programme is to lay the foundation for linking weather to ocean matters and Argo.

What is climate change

 Weather  Meteorology and Weather  Climate  Ecology and ecosystems  Natural Resources and the Environment

 

The overview progresses from low-level concepts to higher level and establish the progression between the essential concepts for this level. One of the primary purposes of this programme is to lay the foundation for linking weather to ocean matters and Argo.

Exercises prepared by National Redcross

 Disaster Risk Management  Disaster response  Disaster risk reduction  Climate  Meteorology and Weather  Greenhouse gases  Climate Change

Exercises relating to climate change.

Below are a large variety of exercises that can be used for inspiration to help shape your work on awareness raising in trainings, workshops, within communities, at schools or with (youth) volunteers.

 

Food Security and Climate Change in the Pacific: Rethinking the Options

 Food security  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing  Climate Change  Social conditions  Social Development  Forestry  Agriculture  Livestock  Impacts  Resilience  Crops  Fisheries  Climate  Meteorology and Weather  Weather

The Pacific developing member countries (DMCs) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) are a diverse array of countries with widely varying topographies, cultures and economies, fragile natural resource environments, and prosperity, stability, and security that can be compromised by the impacts and consequences of climate change. The Pacific island governments view climate change as a priority issue, especially in terms of its potential impacts on food security, and need clear directions in addressing both issues.

World Disasters Report Focus on culture and risk

 Culture  Culture and Traditional Knowledge
Culture and risk This year, the World Disasters Report takes on a challenging theme that looks at different aspects of how culture affects disaster risk reduction (DRR) and how disasters and risk influence culture. The report asks, for example, what should be done when people blame a flood on an angry goddess (River Kosi, India, in 2008) or a volcanic eruption on the mountain god (Mount Merapi). After the tsunami in 2004, many people in Aceh (Indonesia) believed that Allah had punished them for allowing

Cyclone Pam Post Disaster Needs Assessment

Between March 12 and 14, 2015, Tropical Cyclone Pam struck Vanuatu as an extremely destructive Category 5 cyclone, with estimated wind speeds of 250km/h and wind gusts that peaked at around 320km/h. At approximately 11 p.m. local time, the center of the cyclone passed east of Efate Island, which is home to the capital city of Port Vila, and then continued southward, passing just west of Erromango Island and Tanna Island.

Torba thanks donors, Government,contractor and stakeholders

 Disaster Risk Management  Disaster management

Below is the text as contained in the Vanuatu Daily Post News article attached.

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President for Torba Province, Erick Shedrack says the province recognizes and acknowledges every assistance towards the construction and establishment of the new National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) in Torba.

Mr. Shedrack made the remarks during the opening of the new disaster building last Friday.