#disaster risk reduction and management

[carlocarrasco]

Sharp donates equipment to Las Piñas City Government

Recently in the City of Las Piñas, , Sharp Philippines Corporation met with Mayor Imelda Aguilar and formally donated several pieces of laundry equipment to the City Government at City Hall, according to the official announcement via social media. The equipment will be deployed in various evacuation centers across the city. To put things in perspective, posted below is an excerpt from the City…

[westvalleyfaultph]

"Handa Pilipinas: Showcasing Local Innovations in Disaster Preparedness"

Scan the QR code to get this post on the go. The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is set to host an exposition titled “Handa Pilipinas” in Laoag City from July 3-5. This event aims to highlight locally-developed technologies designed to enhance disaster preparedness, particularly in the Ilocos Region. Dr. Teresita A. Tabaoag, DOST 1 Regional Director, emphasized the urgency of this…

[jcmarchi]

Challenge: Sourcing and Enabling Traditional Disaster Risk Reduction Approaches for Rural Afghanistan and Somalia - Technology Org

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Challenge: Sourcing and Enabling Traditional Disaster Risk Reduction Approaches for Rural Afghanistan and Somalia - Technology Org

The International Rescue Committee (IRC), the Seeker for this Wazoku Crowd Challenge, is launching an exploratory research project into integrating indigenous/traditional and modern approaches to disaster risk reduction – particularly those relevant to the environmental contexts in fragile conflict-affected states, with this Challenge’s context being Afghanistan and Somalia. 

Disaster risk reduction (DRR), or how people systematically prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters, is an important part of sustainable development. In fragile and conflict-affected states (FCAS), additional factors increase community vulnerability to climate or weather disasters such as flooding, erratic rainfall, extreme heatwaves, and drought. This means people in Afghanistan and Somalia’s rural region’s lives, livelihoods, and ecosystems are at greater risk and developmental gains are lost through negative coping strategies.

In this Challenge, the IRC is asking for details around existing, effective, and transferable pieces of indigenous or traditional approaches for DRR, or the technological solutions and approaches that could be used to preserve, promote, and enable them.

This is a Prize Challenge which requires a written proposal to be submitted and the total guaranteed award pool will be paid, with awards to at least one submitted solution. By submitting a proposal, the Solver grants the International Rescue Committee a right to use any information included in their proposal.

Submissions to this Challenge must be received by 11:59 PM (US Eastern Time) on April 8th, 2024.

Source: Wazoku

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[nepalenergyforum]

Nepal's Hydropower Faces Major Setback After Floods Expose Lack of Disaster Planning

Experts suggest building structures that are resilient to natural disasters and climate change  KATHMANDU, Jan 27: On June 14, 2023, the employees working in the under-construction Super Hewakhola hydropower project at Chainpur, Sankhuwasabha, went to sleep after having dinner. The heavy flood in Hewakhola at around 9:30 PM not only washed away 18 workers along with their tents built on the river…

[disasterriskreductionday]

"Successsful disaster risk reduction must engage the people themselves, and ensure that the stategies agrred up reamian their own."

"Over time the imposition of outside development has adversely affected the environment of Indigenous Peoples, restricting traditional risk reduction practices and, at times, making Indigenous knowledge irrelevant," - John C. Scott, CPSC

[pixroottechnologies]

Transforming Disaster Risk Reduction Management: Harnessing Drones for Effective Crisis Response

In an era marked by growing vulnerabilities to natural and man-made disasters, the need for robust disaster risk reduction management has never been more urgent. As organizations and governments grapple with evolving challenges, technology emerges as a potent ally. At PixRoot Technologies, we are at the forefront of this revolution, providing comprehensive drone services that redefine disaster management and risk reduction strategies.

[seekergkfan]

Essay on "Disasters: Its Causes, Consequences & Mitigation measures"

Essay on “Disasters: Its Causes, Consequences & Mitigation measures”

Disasters: Causes, Consequences & Mitigation measures [PMS 2022] Essay on the topic “Disasters: Causes, Consequences & Mitigation measures” [PMS 2022] Disasters: Causes, Consequences & Mitigation measures Essay on “Disaster: A sudden call to engage in a contest” by CSSMCQs.com Team 1. Introduction 2. Flood Disasters in Pakistan (2022) 3. Causes of Disasters I. Natural disasters: II. Human…

[solarpunkbusiness]

Nature-based solutions, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, address societal challenges through actions to protect, sustainably manage and restore nature and modify ecosystems, which will benefit both people and the environment. NbS target major challenges like climate change, disaster risk reduction, food and water security, biodiversity loss, human health and other factors that are critical to sustainable development

[tunedtostatic]

This is another pandemic post and this one I am tagging and asking for reblogs, to try to find two specific things, so I will adapt an old trend from the website formerly known as Twitter and add a piece of REBLOG BAIT at the end of it.

With the live show approaching in two weeks, I wish there was a compilation of travel safety and risk reduction resources for people going to the show, since up-to-date versions of those things are not easy to find because public health authorities' response to the pandemic has, as I think we all know by now, been a trashfire.

As anyone who has worked on a group project ever in their life can attest, even a one-page info sheet (much less my moonshot version which is a spreadsheet with pages for travel and masking in cosplay and so forth) has far more moving parts than anticipated. (Who's proofreading? Who's writing a "not affiliated with critrole the company" disclaimer that is legal and ethical? If there's only one person with the background for a given technical piece of it then who's checking their work?)

I think that since it is a Safety Thing, it would be better not to create a sheet than to do it badly. But the Critical Role fandom is hugelarge, and I think if enough people reblog this it might find enough engineers, writers, immunocompromised people who have had to learn everything about how respirators work, scicomm people, parents of high-risk kids, philosophy guys, bioethics wonks, &c with 1-3 hours free this week.

Because the fandom IS so immense and the pandemic is surging again, I think it's likely someone somewhere is already doing something like this! I was really hoping someone would, but if so, I haven't found it yet. I don't want to reduplicate efforts, so the other reason I'm asking for reblogs is in the hope that if I can't find it, it will find this.

Q: You have clearly thought through everything that could go wrong with this, so why do it?

A: I think if enough people can work on an info sheet to make a safe and informative one, and a few hundred people see that info sheet, then a few dozen people will end up with resources to protect themselves and their loved ones, and I think that matters.

I think watching the live show approach has been an isolating time for people in the fandom who are medically vulnerable and whose lives have been touched by pandemic death, and I think it would do a lot of us good to be able to talk about it and try to do something to help reduce the rate of illness. While helping with physical safety generally > helping with social and psychological safety, to anyone whose first retort is "is this about emooootions," yes lmao it is absolutely is.

Q: From a bioethics standpoint, doesn't creating a resource to help people manage their individual risk (and that to their immediate social circle) do damage in and of itself by affirming the idea that a public health disaster can be solved on an individual level?

A: Hypothetical question asker, it's like I literally wrote your question myself! Anyway idk the answer to this but I think talking about whether to do something to help is a step up from not talking about it at all.

REBLOG BAIT:

[thoughtlessarse]

At least 14 people have been killed after a tropical storm triggered floods and landslides in the Philippines. Tropical Storm Yagi, locally called Enteng, swept through the northern tourist city of Antipolo. The city’s disaster risk reduction and management officer Enrilito Bernardo Jr said the storm killed at least three people in the city, including a pregnant woman who died in a landslide. Four others drowned in floodwaters and a further four remain missing after their house was swept away in the deluge, he added. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical Astronomical Services Administration, which issues flood warnings, typhoon alerts, and weather forecasts, recorded maximum sustained winds of 47mph and gusts of up to 72mph.

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[theprofessionalpromptmaker]

Good Samaritan Day & International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction Day & National Day for Failure & International Suit Up Day

Person A is someone who’s powers replenish by failing, so they are able to be seen as clumsy and useless in their real life and once they’d built up enough failures to pull off a great feat, dons their hero costume, and because of the stark difference between their civilian self and their effortless grace of their hero self, no one is suspicious. But they can’t consistently be their hero self due to the nature of their powers, and is often more of an impressive backup hero who the main heroes call in for help every so often. Person B is a backup villain because their powers have their own restriction, but based around acts of service and kindness. Person B spends their daily civilian life helping out everyone they meet and volunteering and doing charity work, but can only manage to be so nice and patient and sweet because once enough displays of kindness have been built up, they have to release an act of devastation, and decided they would rather have people adore their civilian self and think well of them, than walk the line between good person and bad person in their daily life to avoid random outbursts of evil. Person B often spends their time taking care of Person A’s various clumsiness induced injuries and problems their uselessness causes and so the two end up being fairly close in their civilian lives and have never met in their hero and villain forms since they’re so far down the backup call list. Until they finally do.

[carlocarrasco]

Las Piñas City Vice Mayor and officials visit Typhoon Carina victims at evacuation sites

Recently in the City of Las Piñas, Vice Mayor April Aguilar and some local officials took time out to visit evacuation sites which served as temporary places of relief for locals whose lives were disrupted by Typhoon Carina, the City Government revealed through social media. While the typhoon has since left the country, many people who suffered from flooding, strong winds and excessive rain are…

[ankitck786]

PERFORMANCE TASK #1 PART-2

CNN Philippines November 18, 2023

Vice President Sara Duterte called for calm after a magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Sarangani, Davao Occidental, last Friday, November 17, 2023. "I myself experienced strong earthquakes when I was Davao City mayor, and it's traumatizing. We need to stay calm. Check your homes and buildings to prepare for aftershocks." Duterte said she received a report from the Office of Civil Defense and plans to meet with the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council response cluster. She also mentioned when she met with Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin Friday night to assess the situation. "In calamities like this, the importance of our earthquake drills and other preparedness training becomes even more apparent," she said.

As a student, this news brings the importance of being equipped with the knowledge and readiness in the face of natural disasters. The Vice President's call for calm echoes like a scene from "San Andreas," especially relevant for students in earthquake-prone areas. It serves as a reminder of the value of drills and preparedness training conducted in schools. This occurrence is a pastiche of the event in 2019 underscoring the significance of implementing and actively participating in these safety protocols. Also, it highlights the responsibility of educational institutions to reinforce and regularly practice these measures to ensure students' safety during emergencies.

[keithworkflores]

How can we fund our collective global survival?

We must confront and act on an unpalatable truth. The impact of human activities on Earth's geology and ecosystems is jeopardizing the foundations of life on our planet as well as decades of human development progress.

We are acting in direct opposition to the goals of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development — a future that ensures a decent life for all. Our survival and prosperity necessitate structural change and immediate action.

Scientists warn that crossing planetary boundaries will result in irreversible damage and a catastrophic decline of natural systems.

Collapsing fish stocks, melting permafrost, rising antimicrobial resistance, and the loss of tropical rainforests are just a few of the trends undermining development's foundation. While large-scale, acute disasters receive the most attention, the ongoing depletion of valuable natural assets (such as aquifers, air, and soil) does not make headlines but has become a chronic burden for the world's poorest communities.

These global challenges are also exacerbating social exclusion and increasing economic inequality between and within countries. This not only violates the Sustainable Development Agenda's principle of leaving no one behind, but it also impedes poverty reduction brought about by inclusive economic growth, undermines the social contract in rich and poor countries alike, and endangers global security. No single country can solve these transboundary issues.

Furthermore, they are becoming increasingly linked to other risks, such as massive supply-chain disruptions. All of these issues stem from an economic system that has proven to be more fragile than many anticipated. Unlike properly functioning systems, which can manage and absorb risks, our current system does the opposite.

The world requires a global system that promotes security, sustainability, and shock absorption. To achieve it, the international community could start by making a few practical changes this year, beginning with the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Spring Meetings.

[atlanticcanada]

Cape Breton officials keep close eye on growing Maritime wildfires

With fires out of control across the Maritimes, emergency officials in Cape Breton are preparing in case wildfires start in the region.

“We are having conversations right now about bringing in provincial training for the firefighters, so that we’re able to help them in the event that something does occur and start deploying appropriately,” said Michael Seth, fire chief and director of fire and emergency services for the Cape Breton Regional Municipality.

To help communities prepare, the municipality is currently holding information sessions about wildfire risk reduction.

“For the past three months the CBRM has experienced a lower level of rainfall and snowfall than we would normally expect, so we're entering our spring and summer seasons dryer than we normally would,” said Bruce MacDonald, manager of Cape Breton’s emergency management organization.

Dry conditions and trees downed due to post-tropical storm Fiona make for ideal wildfire conditions. 

A burn ban has been called province-wide and will remain in place until at least June 25.

Cape Breton’s mayor said she is hoping for the best and preparing for the worst after watching how quickly things can change just four hours down the highway.

“It can happen. It's happening right now. It’s not a case of if, but when,” said Amanda McDougall-Merrill, Mayor of CBRM.

McDougall-Merrill said the recent experience with Fiona has given officials a leg up when dealing with disaster.

“Every member of our council is talking to their MLAs on a daily basis about what's next and what's happening, and since Fiona we've been talking with ACOA about creating a fund to be better prepared for the next weather event or disaster,” McDougall-Merrill said.  

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[disasterriskreductionday]

The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) is coordinating a Risk Reduction Hub on the margins of the official sessions of the high-level meeting on the Midterm Review of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (HLM MTR SF) to include an array of side events and thematic engagements of various formats in order to discuss advancing risk reduction efforts across sectors, regions, and contexts. 

08:15-09:45: Disaster Risk Reduction in countries affected by multidimensional crisis

These events are for governments, experts, and stakeholders, including and beyond traditional disaster risk reduction actors, to discuss how the calls to action contained in the Political Declaration can be taken forward and to offer concrete solutions that can be the genesis of initiatives or coalitions emanating from the MTR SF.