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Global Climate Risk Index
Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Timor-Leste, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Korea, Republic of, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam
Issue and policy briefs
Germanwatch
The Global Climate Risk Index analyses to what extent countries have been affected by the impacts of weather-related loss events (storms, floods, heat waves etc.). Updated an...
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Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030
Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Timor-Leste, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Korea, Republic of, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam
Agreements
March 18, 2015
The Sendai Framework is a 15-year, voluntary, non-binding agreement which recognizes that the State has the primary role to reduce disaster risk but that responsibility should b...
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Disaster risk management unit handbook
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Guidelines, instruction manuals, handbooks
CARE international Lao PDR
Lao PDR has been affected by disaster every year. Ethnic people lost their homes and their livelihoods, Disaster is happening typically, floods, droughts and landslidesand for...
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Building Resiliency in the Pacific: How ADB is Addressing Climate Change and Disaster Risks
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Asian Development Bank
2017
The Pacific operations of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) cover 14 developing member countries (DMCs). These countries have established national policies and institutions to ad...
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Cambodia’s Intended Nationally Determined Contribution to UNFCCC
Cambodia
Issue and policy briefs
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
2015
Cambodia recognises the need for respecting the principles of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), in particular the principle of ‘common but diff...
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Ecological and socio-economic values of Mangrove ecosystems in tsunami affected areas: Rapid ecological-economic-livelihood assessment of Ban Naca and Ban Bangman in Ranong Province, Thailand
Thailand
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
IUCN
Framed after the devastation of the Indian Ocean Tsunami, the aim of this study is to explore the role that mangrove ecosystems play in providing and sustaining livelihoods thro...
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Climate change in the Lower Mekong Basin, an analysis of economic values at risk
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Talberth, John, Reytar, Katie
2014
This report draws from a 2013 USAID analysis of climate change impacts in the Lower Mekong Basin that forecasts more extreme temperatures, rainfall, weather events and sea level...
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Internal labor migration as a shock-coping strategy: Evidence from a typhoon
Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Andre Groger, Yanos Zylberberg
2014
The aim of this paper is to analyze how internal labor migration facilitates shock-coping in rural economies, using the example of Vietnam. Employing highly precise satellite da...
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Climate smart community based disaster risk reduction in the Mekong, Vietnam
Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Australian Red Cross,German Red Cross,Vietnam Red Cross
2012
A project design for Vietnam Red Cross to address climate smart community-based disaster risk reduction. The document contains an analysis of the situation, existing Red Cross a...
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Flood management and development planning, the allocation of risk
Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Reis, Nadine
2007
This paper aims to review current flood management in relation to the long-term development planning in Vietnam. The report discusses perceptions of flood risk and how these per...
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Assessing institutional capacities for flood disaster risk reduction
Cambodia, Viet Nam, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand, Myanmar, China
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Lebel, Louis
Floods are the most frequent and devastating natural disasters in the Asian region. Their impact has grown in spite of our improved ability to monitor and describe them. This p...
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Risk-sensitive development in Asia, 12th meeting of the Regional Consultative Committee (RCC) on Disaster Management
Thailand, Viet Nam, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines, Brunei Darussalam, Christmas Island, Timor-Leste, Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Conference/workshop proceedings and presentations
Regional Consultative Committee on Disaster Management
2015
Proceedings of the 12th Regional Consultative Committee on Disaster Management, held 16-18 June 2015 in Bhutan. This document provides background on the RCC, disaster risk reduc...
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The human cost of weather related disasters 1995-2015
Cambodia, Viet Nam, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand, Myanmar, China
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters; UNISDR
2015
This report presents an analysis of global weather-related disaster trends over a twenty year time-frame, and highlights the need for a new climate change agreement from the...
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Annual rates of lightning fatalities by country
Cambodia, Viet Nam, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand, Myanmar, China
Conference/workshop proceedings and presentations
Holle, Ronald L.
2008
This study builds on an earlier study on the worldwide casualty toll from lightning. The present paper synthesizes data that are available on lightning deaths by country. It...
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Floods and droughts in the Lower Mekong Basin and implications of climate change
Cambodia, Viet Nam, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand
Analysis, discussion papers, and blogs
Joy, Christopher
2012
A working paper outlining risk management relating to floods and droughts in the Lower Mekong Basin. The report explains flood and drought risk in the region, and the impact on...
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Vulnerability assessment of climate risks in the lower Songkhram river basin, Thailand
Thailand
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Mekong Wetlands Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use Programme
2005
This study seeks to understand household and community vulnerability to floods, droughts, and seasonal shifts in Thailand's Lower Songkhram River Basin. The assessment is one of...
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Legal preparedness for responding to disasters and communicable disease emergencies: study report, Lao PDR
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Bonnaud, Raphael, Kelly, Tessa
2009
Report by the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies into legal issues in disaster preparedness for Laos. Research methods included analysis of...