Nepal

Building resilience through inclusive and climate-adaptive disaster risk reduction Asia-Pacific (BRDR) is a five-year program which aims to improve regional cooperation in disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate resilience by sharing best practices and

This paper reports on a project that explores the opportunities and challenges for compliance with safe building codes for disaster resilience, focusing on two countries - Bangladesh and Nepal. Recent disasters in both countries highlight a significant

This document provides an overview from project implementation to outcomes for community-based flood early warning system (CBFEWS) in the Hindu Kush Himalaya.

Outcomes include:

• With the successful implementation of CBFEWS in Assam, India, with local

This overview document provides insights to impacts of transboundary floods as well as ways to improve risk reduction and solutions to flood management. 

Key points include ways to improve collaboration and risk reduction in the transboundary river

This project infosheet presents the pilot demonstration project focused on building a resilient community capable of adaptation and implementing sustainable development solutions. Considering the community’s needs, strengths, and aspirations, particular

This brief provides an overview of social protection programmes in the context of disaster risk management and adaptive capacity in Nepal. The country has a large portfolio of social protection programs, which, however, are not yet adaptive. The programs

The ESCAP Disaster Risk Reduction Team developed this toolkit as an input to the Regional Learning Platform on Policy Coherence for Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience in August 2018 in Bangkok, Thailand. While the intention is to produce a toolkit

Publications about humanitarian work and disability generally focus on how the exclusion of persons with disabilities from emergency aid increases casualty rates, psychosocial impact, and health issues. Not only are these negative effects directly