This Project aims address the urgent need for integrated climate information services, covering oceans, and proactive disaster risk management approaches founded on impact-based forecasting and end-to-end MHEWS in Timor-Leste through the following inter-related components:  Strengthened delivery model and legislation for climate information and multi-hazard early warning services;  Strengthened observations, monitoring, analysis and forecasting of climate […]

The six-year Intra-ACP : African, Caribbean, Pacific Group of States, Climate Services and Related Applications (ClimSA) project – with EUR 85 million in funding from the European Union – aims to improve the production, access to and use of climate information, services and applications for decision makers. The project will foster sustainable development through the […]

The project aims to establish 4 real-time sea-level stations in Myanmar (1), the Philippines (1), and Vietnam (2) for monitoring earthquakes, for tsunami early warnings. Key activities include site survey to determine location appropriate for tsunami warning, design and construction of seismic vaults, equipment acquisition, and on-site installation, telemetry, and reliability testing.  

The project aimed to improve the availability of seismic and crustal deformation observations in the Indo-Southeast Asian region to aid earthquake hazard and risk analyses efforts. Key activities included site identification, survey, and selection; vault construction and site improvement; establishment of 20 telemetered broadband seismic stations and 8 cGPS stations; and integration into national and […]

The project developed a series of technical notes for the Asian Development Bank (ADB), focusing on how climate risk information can be used for community development programs in infrastructure, water resources, and agriculture. The notes are inputs to ADB-organized knowledge workshop on how communities’ resilience to disaster and climate risk can be strengthened through community […]

The project built capacity of Myanmar Red Cross Society (MRCS) on application of forecast and warning information in planning and decision-making. Key activities included customization of MRCS early warning, early action training manual; training of trainers; and training of MRCS volunteers.

This consultancy service trained MRCS trainers on early warning, using materials developed by RIMES from an earlier consultancy engagement.

The project supported ESCAP in implementing its project on “Enhancing knowledge and capacity for the management of disaster risks for a resilient future in Asia and the Pacific”. Key activities undertaken are: a) Development of a strategy paper for bringing together ongoing pilot projects on Regional Drought Mechanism and the Monsoon Forums in Cambodia, Myanmar, […]

Model Development and DSS integration for Flood Forecasting in Odisha RIMES is working closely with the Odisha State Disaster Management Authority (OSDMA) to strengthen OSDMA’s technical capacities to anticipate and manage disaster risks by customising Decision Support System (DSS) tools for carrying out dynamic assessment of risk in key sectors and keeping officials informed of […]

Strengthening Last Mile Communication in South Asia Region, funded by USAID through UCAR and implemented by RIMES in select locations in Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, is positioned in building climate resilience through improved access and use of early warning information among last mile users in the region.  Leveraging on customized early action plans […]

The project aimed to strengthen institutional arrangements and related capacities of Myanmar’s Department of Meteorology and Hydrology, sectoral agencies, local government institutions, CSOs, and communities in managing climate-related risks through improved understanding of climate risks in project locations, enhancing the formulation of weather/ climate forecast and related information, including information dissemination. The project contributes to […]

The project aimed to assess the potential exposure of local communities to the effects of projected 2017 El Nino, to form basis for planning of immediate mitigation and response preparedness actions. Key activities included: modeling of possible scenarios for 2017 El Nino, and assessment of likely associated biophysical impacts, limpacted population and geographical distribution, and […]