Baku, Azerbaijan – November 12, 2024, Baku, Azerbaijan, The Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) and Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) today hosted an event at the COP29 in Baku, highlighting the significance of mainstreaming disaster risk considerations into development & financial planning.
virtually, Thailand – According to the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), less than 5% of disaster-related funding is allocated to disaster risk reduction (DRR), and only 1.2% of global humanitarian assistance reaches local and national actors.
Phnom Pen, Cambodia – A two-week Training Workshop on Severe Weather and Impact-Based Forecasting and Warning Services (IBFWS) was conducted from October 23 to November 3, 2023 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The workshop, a collaborative effort between the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the Ministry of Water Resources & Meteorology (MOWRAM) of Cambodia, and the Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre (ADPC), drew together operational forecasters and stakeholders from diverse Cambodian agencies.�