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This report summarizes all activities implemented for Mauritius 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

The Ministry of Environment, Sustainable Development, Disaster and Beach Management, in collaboration with other stakeholders, will organise an exhibition at the Youth Centre of Rivière du Rempart on climate change and disaster risk reduction, coastal erosion and management, energy efficiency and water savings and biodiversity among other topics...

'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...

A Climate Change Bill for Mauritius to better address effects of climate change in terms of adaptation and mitigation measures is in the pipeline, announced the Minister of Environment, Sustainable Development, Disaster and Beach Management, Mr. Jayeshwur Raj Dayal, yesterday at the opening of a workshop on the Development of the 2050 Pathways Calculator for Mauritius, held at the Intercontinental Resort, Balaclava...

Le ministre de l’Environnement a présenté un compte-rendu de sa participation à la troisième Conférence mondiale sur la prévention des catastrophes au cours de laquelle les 187 Etats membres ont adopté, au bout de 30 heures de négociations, un nouvel accord-cadre sur 15 ans, le Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, qui, d'après ION News, 'laisse un goût d’inachevé'...

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.

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

Minister Dayal expressed the wish for the Dutch government to be a stakeholder as part of the international support from which Mauritius benefits with regard to the fight against coastal erosion. Around one quarter of the population of Mauritius resides on the coasts of the island, he stated.