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This report summarizes all activities implemented for Comoros in the context of the joint UNISDR/ISLANDS project entitled "Strengthening Capacities for Unified Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction Through the Facilitation of Risk Transfer

'There is a need to develop capacity to undertake effective long-term dynamic adaptation planning and implement decision-making mechanisms to manage multi-sectoral risks that they face and enable SIDS to make their transitions to blue and green economies,' said Fatima Denton, Director of the Special Initiatives Division...

The World Bank Group today approved a US$6 million International Development Association grant for the Union of Comoros to increase access to social safety nets focusing on improving communities’ productive and disaster response capacity - a country highly vulnerable to volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, and landslides as well as tropical storms, torrential rains, floods, rising sea levels, erosion, and tidal waves...

This paper synthesizes the consultations held at the regional, national and local levels throughout the Arab region on the post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction, the successor of the Hyogo Framework for Action. This report include the outcomes

This report seeks to measure progress in the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) implementation in the Arab Region by synthesizing the outcomes of the HFA national progress reports submitted in the period 2005-2015 by 15 Arab countries.

The main goal of

The purpose of this note is to provide an overview of the impact of four main types of hazards (cyclones, floods, droughts, earthquakes or tsunamis) on the ISLAND project partners (Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, La Reunion, Zanzibar). This

This report provides a review of financial risk transfer mechanisms geared to mitigate economic impact of disasters for small island states in the context of natural and climatic disasters. The report reviews different tools in use in the region as well

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Ce document présente les résultats de l'évaluation des pratiques courantes sur l'île de Mohéli en Union des Comores en matière d’évaluation des risques de tremblement de terre et de glissement de terrain en termes de : (i) méthodologies