The project aimed to climate-proof UNDP’s Area Based Development Programme in Uzbekistan. Key activities included review of vulnerability and risk assessments, current adaptive capacity, and other climate change initiatives in the country; identification of priority adaptation needs; preliminary exposure assessment; identification of key program areas in need for adjustment; recommendations to better manage climate change […]

The project aims to support DMH to modernize their systems and tools related to: (i) NWP capabilities at DMH, (ii) operational flood forecasting system of DMH, (iii) operational agro-advisory services of DMH, and (iv) central database management system

RIMES supported Columbia University’s international research and application project, specifically on project scoping on use of climate information in decision-making processes in Bihar, India

This project component aimed for availability of marine observations in support of ocean state forecasting for Seychelles and Sri Lanka. Key activities included site identification, survey, and selection; wave rider buoy acquisition, importation, and deployment; establishment of onshore data receiving facility; and development and implementation of real-time marine observation data acquisition and feedback systems.

The project aimed to build capacity of the BRACED Alliance in Myanmar on understanding and applying weather and climate information for resilience planning and decision-making. Key activities included development an delivery of customized 2-day training.

The project aimed to build capacity of UNDP country personnel Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen on climate risk management and flood early warning. Key activities included technical inputs to and delivery of training sessions.

The project assessed the vulnerability of communities and infrastructure to natural hazards, determine their degree of exposure to future hazardous events, and develop risk reduction recommendations to be integrated into development planning processes. The assessment will help to generate baselines for DRR programming in pilot provinces. The project is part of Australia Department of Foreign […]

RIMES supports WMO in implementing the Southeast Asia component of its project under the Climate Risk and Early Warning Systems (CREWS) initiative. Key activities include: Identification of ongoing/ recently completed regional and national programs and projects relevant to multi-hazard early warning systems (MHEWS) and disaster risk reduction in the project countries Identification, analysis, and documentation […]

The project provided technical support to USAID/RDMA biodiversity and forestry analysis in Mekong southeast Asia, Insular Southeast Asia-Pacific, South Asia, and China, to guide USAID/RDMA regional and country strategies. Key activities included gathering, compiling, and analyzing data from free and publicly available sources; and development of geospatial maps.

The project contributed to building resilience to weather- and climate-related hazards through capacity development on impact forecasting in the project countries. Key activities included: Training of climate information users in potential impact assessment, risk analysis, and application of outputs in planning and decision-making for resource and risk management; establishment/ enhancement of seasonal forums with multi-hazard […]