Peer Learning Session 1: Innovations in Pacific Disaster Risk Knowledge Read more about Peer Learning Session 1: Innovations in Pacific Disaster Risk Knowledge This session was the first of three technical sessions to explore risk knowledge in the Pacific in more detail. Government departments and regional experts summarized the current availability of risk information in the Pacific. They presented examples of how risk insights have been generated via risk assessments and what skills are needed and highlighted ongoing/near-future projects expected to add to current knowledge.
Peer Learning Session 2: Applying Risk Insights in Resilient Development and Adaptation Planning Read more about Peer Learning Session 2: Applying Risk Insights in Resilient Development and Adaptation Planning This session highlighted previous event knowledge of what risk information is available in the region, and look at how those insights are applied in practice – in planning upstream development and related multi-sectoral budgeting, adaptation planning, recovery planning, and investment in resilient infrastructure and systems.
Peer Learning Session 3: Collaborating to Develop Risk Information Including Community Perspectives Read more about Peer Learning Session 3: Collaborating to Develop Risk Information Including Community Perspectives This session discussed a better-shared understanding of the value of collaborating to develop risk information to improve the relevance of insights being developed by learning from local expert perspectives. This understanding covered the importance of in-country experts engaging and inclusion of perspectives from local communities and civil society groups, on hazards, assets, and vulnerability in risk assessment projects to improve the relevance and impact of risk information for decision-making.
Peer Learning Sessions: Innovations in Pacific Disaster Risk Knowledge Read more about Peer Learning Sessions: Innovations in Pacific Disaster Risk Knowledge This session was the first of three technical sessions to explore risk knowledge in the Pacific in more detail. We will hear from government departments and regional experts who summarized the current availability of risk information in the Pacific. They presented examples of how risk insights have been generated via risk assessments and what skills are needed and highlighted ongoing/near-future projects expected to add to current knowledge.
Main Page: Pacific Disaster Risk Knowledge Series Read more about Main Page: Pacific Disaster Risk Knowledge Series Disaster risk knowledge is vital for effectively reducing disaster risk and adapting to climate change. The Pacific Disaster Risk Knowledge Series provided a consolidated overview of knowledge around recent and ongoing activities and innovations on the horizon, strengthening the evidence on climate and disaster risks for more resilient development planning and programming.
Disaster Risk Knowledge in the Pacific: Vital Information for Resilient Development Read more about Disaster Risk Knowledge in the Pacific: Vital Information for Resilient Development Co-hosted by ADB and The Pacific Community, this was the first event of the Pacific Disaster Risk Knowledge Series consisting of four events in total.
Annemieke Nijhof Keywords transport water management flooding flood management risk management disaster risk climate change Read more about Annemieke Nijhof Nijhof has extensive experience in the worlds of both government and business. As the Director-General of Water at the Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management (now Infrastructure and Water Management), she was responsible for water policy in the Netherlands. She then turned her hand to a business career as the CEO of consultancy and engineering firm Tauw. Presently, she is figurehead Top Sector Water & Maritiem and chair of the Netherlands Water Partnership (NWP).
Building Resilience in Pacific Atoll Island Countries Read more about Building Resilience in Pacific Atoll Island Countries This presentation gives an overview of building resilience in the Pacific, specifically, Atoll Island Countries.
Developing Urban Resilience in Central and West Asia Read more about Developing Urban Resilience in Central and West Asia This presentation provides an overview of ADB's climate change and urban development projects in Central West Asia.
Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (PPCR) in Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan Read more about Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (PPCR) in Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan This presentation gives an overview of ADB's pilot program for climate resilience under the Climate Investment Fund.