The project assessed tsunami risk to the Betano refinery project in Timor-Leste, to guide land development and structural design of the refinery plant and related facilities. Key activities included data collection and preparation, digital elevation model development, tsunami risk assessment and zoning, and generation of tsunami inundation maps.

The project exposed Pakistan policymakers to climate risk management and climate change adaptation policies and practices in Philippines and Thailand to enable participants to integrate learning into the implementation of Intercooperation Pakistan’s project on livelihoods programme Hindukush. Key activities included organization and technical inputs to the study visit.

The training aimed to build capacity of the National Center for Hydrology and Meteorology, Bhutan, on hydrology.

The project aimed to develop an application for river runoff and reservoir inflow forecasting for selected river basin in Map Ta Put, Rayong, Thailand, to guide water allocation and management. Key activities included provision of site-specific medium range to seasonal rainfall forecasts; development of web-based application for integrating rainfall forecast data into hydrological model

The project aimed for countries that are collaborating under RIMES to incorporate into their budgets support for sustaining RIMES. Key activities include documentation of socio-economic benefits of a regional multi-hazard early warning system; and advocacy with collaborating countries to invest in a regional arrangement for early warning

Strengthening Household Ability to Respond to Development Opportunities (SHOUHARDO) III program of CARE Bangladesh works with poor rural beneficiaries from 8 districts of the Char and Haor regions of Bangladesh. The locals are highly dependent on agriculture and livestock for their livelihood. However, these communities are the most vulnerable against recurring natural disasters and impacts […]

The regional workshop explored possibilities for regional cooperation on transboundary flood forecasting and warning in the South Asian Region (SAR), in support of The World Bank’s South Asia Water Initiative (SAWI). The workshop took stock of existing flood forecasting and warning efforts in South Asian Region (SAR) countries; featured technologies and learn from experiences from […]

The project aims to develop and implement a functional agromet advisory service in 2 pilot sites (Paro and Sarpang), assess the Department of Agriculture (DOA) technical capacity for agromet services, and provide training on crop modeling, decision support systems (DSS), and integration of climate information in farming system models to develop adaptive capacity to mitigate […]

The consultancy project assisted the World Meteorological Organization’s Climate and Water Department (CLW) in preparing an end-of-project summary report on the Canada Project’s activities, achievements, and tangible outcomes at user level in South Asia and Third Pole region. Activities undertaken include: desk study of Canada Project materials regarding South Asia and Third Pole region that […]

The project developed materials for and delivered a training program on end-to-end early warning, for Relief and Resettlement Department staff at national, regional, and township levels