This note reports on examples of recent experience in eight countries where national and local governments and civil society participants have worked to strengthen their disaster risk reduction and adaptation actions.
The Maldivian president and ministers held the world's first underwater cabinet meeting on Saturday, in a symbolic cry for help over rising sea levels that threaten the tropical archipelago's existence.
Colombo: Maldives, facing a grave threat of being swamped by the rising sea levels, appealed for concerted action on climate change when its Cabinet held the world
Sirens wailed and loudspeakers ordered residents of coastal towns and villages from Indonesia's Aceh province to Sri Lanka to seek safety during an Indian Ocean-wide tsunami practice drill on Wednesday.
For more than 40 years, Earth has been sending out distress signals. We have responded through staging processions on Earth days, holding seminars, passing environmental laws and forging a few international treaties, like in the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janiero.
This new short film highlights plight of the Maldives, one of the world's most vulnerable countries to sea level rise. Produced by TVEAP in collaboration with COM+ Alliance of Communicators for Sustainable Development, it is based on an exclusive interview with President Nasheed of Maldives.
In 2008, four countries of South Asia (Bangladesh, Bhutan, the Maldives, and Nepal) held significant elections. The paper highlights various pertinent issues in the political economy of these four countries and maps out the broad contours of the reforms they need to embark on.
This new short film highlights plight of the Maldives, one of the world's most vulnerable countries to sea level rise. Produced by TVEAP in collaboration with COM+ Alliance of Communicators for Sustainable Development, it is based on an exclusive interview with President Nasheed of Maldives.
