Thematic area
Through this service line, UNDP is protecting lives and livelihoods, providing people with the information they need to thrive, and enhancing evidence-based decision-making. The main areas of work include reducing reliance on one type of technology, developing shared databases, involving communities in product design, information sharing within and between countries, developing of climate information infrastructure, climate information dissemination, and value chain development, capacity-building for modeling and forecasting, use of alternative technologies, private sector engagement, digitization of historical records, and impact of warnings and advisories on livelihoods and behavior.
Stories
Real time data gathered from new automatic weather stations will be key to improving early warning messages to at-risk communities in the mountains of Gilgit-Baltistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
With support from the Green Climate Fund, Georgia has been strengthening the country’s outdated observational network, ensuring the authorities and communities can better anticipate, prepare for, and respond to disasters.
Participatory climate services, advanced lightning detection, solar-powered weather stations, and other advanced technologies are saving lives and building resilience in Malawi through this Green Climate Fund-financed project.
Partnerships
Launched at the UN Climate Action Summit in September 2019, the REAP brings together an unprecedented range of stakeholders across the climate, humanitarian, and development communities with the aim of making 1 billion people safer from disaster by 2025.
The Alliance for Hydromet Development brings together major international development, humanitarian, and climate finance institutions, collectively committed to scaling-up and uniting efforts to close the hydromet capacity gap by 2030. It aims to increase the effectiveness and sustainability of hydromet investments by forging a collaborative partnership which recognizes and leverages the respective competencies and expertise of its members.
Resources
Booklet outlining project's targets and interventions in Gilgit Baltistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
A handbook for training government officials in disaster risk management, including key concepts and terms, case studies, an overview of global policies and frameworks for DRR and in the domestic context, a checklist of roles of district line departments in disaster management and more.
As the globe warms up due to the impact of climate change, the glaciers of Gilgit Baltistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan are beginning to melt at an increasingly fast pace, resulting in catastrophic disasters like glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs). In response to the melting glaciers, an indigenous practice of glacier grafting has been preserved by the people of Baltistan known as ‘Gang Khswa’ in their native language, meaning to ‘nurture with deep affection’.
Projects
