Malawi

National policies, plans and risk and governance profile(s)

Policies and plans

The policy has been developed to guide disaster risk management mainstreaming in Malawi by devising policy strategies aimed at achieving the long term goal of reducing disaster losses in lives and in the social, economic and environmental assets of

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This report is based on initial research into the use of long-term (5-40 year) climate information in Malawi, Rwanda, Zambia and the coastal cities of Accra, Ghana and Maputo, Mozambique to achieve long-term development objectives in sub-Saharan Africa

Documents and publications
The preparation of this National Progress Report has been undertaken within the framework of the 2013-15 HFA Monitoring and Progress Review process, facilitated by UNISDR and the ISDR partnership.
Documents and publications

This case study examines the situational assessment the Met Office carried out for the Department for Climate Change and Meteorological Services (DCCMS) of Malawi, in order to deliver improved real-time weather monitoring and forecasting and to enable the

Documents and publications

This case study examines the process and benefits of the work the Met Office undertakes for National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) in assessing service delivery, which identifies existing strengths and areas of development of NMHSs in

Documents and publications

This evaluation presents evidence of the Secretariat of the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR)'s improvements in disaster risk management (DRM) performance in five countries (Guatemala, Malawi, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Vietnam) and

Documents and publications

This report presents the findings of research into the risks to delivery of WASH results posed by climate change in Africa, drawing on rapid case study reviews of WASH programming in Malawi, Sierra Leone and Tanzania. The report identifies key risks at a

Documents and publications
This report provides an assessment of the achievements and progress made in disaster risk reduction (DRR) by Malawi during the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR).

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