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COVID shines light on governance in the Americas and Caribbean

Reliefweb 04 Nov 2021
“We have learned through experience that there is a need to have comprehensive disaster risk reduction integrated into all strategic plans.” The government responded to the health emergency with an economic protection package worth some 3% of GDP, helping particularly the young and small and micro businesses.
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How women leaders emerged from the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami

Reliefweb 04 Nov 2021
In addition to the fact that I could not advise the men on a concrete plan, I felt helpless because I ... In 2016, the Sendai Gender Equal Opportunity Foundation launched a leadership training course to promote women’s participation in disaster prevention and recovery planning.
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India launches disaster-resilient infrastructure initiative for small island states

Straits Times 04 Nov 2021
Yet, the world's Small Island Developing States (Sids) are among the most vulnerable to climate change and face the highest disaster losses in proportion to their gross domestic product. India, in partnership with other countries, has now launched a programme to help Sids build disaster-resilient and sustainable infrastructure.
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Climate change extremes spur U.N. plan to fund weather forecasting

Reuters 04 Nov 2021
agencies on Wednesday rolled out funding plans to improve weather forecasting in vulnerable countries ... climate summit in Glasgow, aims to plug gaps in weather monitoring and data collection so developing countries can better prepare for possible climate-fuelled disasters.
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Head of Office, Humanitarian Affairs, D1 (Temporary Job Opening)

Reliefweb 04 Nov 2021
Support the planning, monitoring, and evaluation of humanitarian programs, facilitating incorporation of lessons learned, policy guidelines etc ... • Promote and lead contingency planning processes in close cooperation with UNDMT and Regional Disaster Reduction Advisers (RDRA) as applicable; ... • PLANNING and ORGANIZING.
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Need to address mental health effects of climate change urgently, says Report

Beijing News 04 Nov 2021
Impacts, Inequities, and Responses.""Climate change-fueled acute disaster events are causing deleterious impacts on human health ... Communities should also involve mental health professionals in expanding or strengthening plans for mental health care and support in response to local and regional disasters, according to the report.
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China hands over donated maize to Zambia

Sina 04 Nov 2021
Chinese Ambassador to Zambia Li Jie handed over the maize to Finance and National Planning Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane during a ceremony. The maize will be distributed to vulnerable families by the Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU) ... response to disaster-prone areas.
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UN urges countries to finance and implement plans to adapt to climate impact

Straits Times 04 Nov 2021
It added that the Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted adaptation planning and disaster risk finances, with national adaptation plans hampered by health restrictions, as well as by the political and budgetary focus on immediate pandemic responses. "Budgets for emergency disaster risk ...
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Council approves chickens in the city limits but how many depends on lot size

Boonville Daily News 04 Nov 2021
“Basically, what you do is Mid-Missouri Regional Planning assist in the writing of the plan, but you take stock of what your likely natural disasters could be like a tornado, flood, wind, hail, those sort of things, and then everybody sort of identifies ways that they can try to mitigate them or deal with them,” Fjell said.
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Burning earth, melting answer …; ‘Plastic’ rivers: no more rescue net zero | global warming ...

Swords Today 04 Nov 2021
Climate Disaster Survival Plans ... The two countries are part of the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) ... Another dilemma is who will invest in global climate change mitigation plans ... Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that many climate change plans ...
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State cites possible abuse as it pulls license of Newton daycare

The Kansan 04 Nov 2021
A survey performed June 8, 2020 found the "discipline policy does not provide adequate information" and that the facility lacked a disaster plan that included plans for a missing child.
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Chinese Communist Party: “Communism Is Winning, Liberalism Is Losing”

Bitter Winter English 04 Nov 2021
Then, Chairman Mao came, and modernized China through his five-years plans—whose failures and economic disasters are conveniently forgotten ... This has been, however, a modernization “with Chinese characteristics,” which means that it was not a spontaneous process but was planned and governed by “the strong leadership of the Chinese Communist Party.”.
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CHS Alumni Association to induct five new Hall of Fame members

Kent County Daily Times 04 Nov 2021
COVENTRY — The Coventry High School Alumni Association has announced the latest group of Oakers to be inducted into the Coventry High School Hall of Fame ... They are.. Stanley J. Mruk Sr ... He was also the town’s civil defense director, drafting a peacetime disaster plan in 1981 that was aimed mainly at hurricane preparedness ... Carolyn H. Chirnside. Carolyn H.
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How does China’s hypersonic glide vehicle work?

Astronomy 04 Nov 2021
The new weapons system is an outgrowth of space technologies. RELATED TOPICS. CHINA. Last month, the global security community was startled by a report that China had twice tested hypersonic weapons over the summer ... First, the U.S ... The U.S ... (The Air Force dropped its plan to use the shuttle as its workhorse launch system after the Challenger disaster.) ... .
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