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Accelerating India’s adoption of climate-resilient infrastructure

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is receiving US$40 million from the World Bank in support of Volcano Eruption Recovery, according to the World Bank. The Volcanic Eruption Emergency Project is also financed by a US$2 million grant from the European Union’s Caribbean Regional Resilience Building Facility, managed by the World Bank’s Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery.

The World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved today US$40 million for the Volcanic Eruption Emergency Project in Saint Vincent and the

CREWS is an initiative aimed at significantly increasing the capabilities of multirisk alert systems in order to widen the scope of prevention and information on dangerous hydro-meteorological and climatic events. It is the result of a collaboration between the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) and the World Banks Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR).

Small Island Developing States face the highest disaster losses in proportion to their GDP.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Public investment and urban planning are two strategies that guide countries' efforts toward sustainable development. However, if these strategies do not consider natural hazards, decades of progress can be undermined by disaster.

The comprehensive vision of an inclusive waterfront requires improving existing public infrastructure, addressing the lack of public access in many segments, and integrating marine ecosystems into its design. How to promote access to the coast for all in Panama?

Farmers were hit hard by a heavy drought last year only to face torrential rain this year.

The Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam has resolved to provide USD 50,000 to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to support Mongolia’s effort to fight the pandemic.

Chien Shun-yih looks out over his withering tea fields in picturesque Meishan Township (梅山) in Chiayi County and lets out a sigh. A once-in-a-century water shortage last year followed by torrential rain this year have decimated his crop and left Taiwan’s tea farmers scrambling to adapt to extreme weather changes. “Climate is the thing we can least control in managing our tea plantation,” the 28-year-old Chien said. “We really do rely on the sky to eat.” Taiwan’s tea output does n...