Compendium of WHO and other UN guidance on health and environment

The Compendium is a comprehensive collection of available World Health Organization (WHO) and other UN guidance for improving health by creating healthier environments. It covers a broad range of areas such as air pollution, water, sanitation and hygiene, climate change, chemicals, radiation, or foo...

Calling young people with big ideas about flood and drought management!

Are you between 15 and 35? Do you have innovative ideas about how the world can better manage droughts and floods? The Global Integrated Flood and Drought Management Competition for youth-led projects is organised by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the Global Water Partnership (...

Youth Challenge: Human rights to water and sanitation of peoples living close to the nature

The 5th Human Rights Youth Challenge was launched on World Toilet Day, 19 November. The initiative is organized by the Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation.Young people across the world (aged between 19 and 24) are being asked to produce a video or any other d...

သဘာဝအခြေပြုဖြေရှင်းနည်း (Nature-based Solutions) ဆိုတာ ဘာတွေလဲ

သဘာဝအခြေပြုဖြေရှင်းနည်း (Nature-based Solutions) ဆိုတာ ကြုံတွေ့နေရတဲ့ အမျိုးမျိုးသော အခက်အခဲ၊ စိန်ခေါ်မှုတွေကို သဘာဝပတ်ဝန်းကျင် ဂေဟစနစ်တစ်ခုလုံးရဲ့ ရှုထောင့်ကနေခြုံငုံပြီး ကာကွယ်ဖြေရှင်းပေးနိုင်တဲ့ "ထီး" သဖွယ် တင်စားလို့ ရနိုင်ပါတယ်။ သဘာဝအခြေပြုဖြေရှင်းနည်းတွေထဲမှာ ဂေဟစနစ် မပျောက်ပျက်အောင်...

Weather-related disasters increase over past 50 years, causing more damage but fewer deaths

Source: World Meteorological Organization - A disaster related to a weather, climate or water hazard occurred every day on average over the past 50 years – killing 115 people and causing US$ 202 million in losses daily, according to a comprehensive new report from the World Meteorological Organ...

Death Toll in Myanmar Pagoda Festival Drownings Rises to 20

23 November 2021 - Source: The Irrawaddy - The death toll from a mass drowning during a pagoda festival in Mon State's Thanbyuzayat Township on Sunday has risen to 20 with the discovery of five more pilgrims' bodies on Monday. The bodies of four women and a man were recovered on Monday, accordi...

Rising Tide killed at least 15 people in Myanmar

21 Nov 2021 - Source: AFP - At least 15 people drowned on Sunday while crossing a flooded causeway in Myanmar to reach a Buddhist temple for a festival, rescue workers told AFP.The tragedy unfolded as thousands of worshippers tried to reach the Kyeik Hne pagoda, which lies on a rocky outcrop ar...

Water-related Free Online Courses

Forest and Water Nexus – Introduction This course is intended to provide on overview of forest and water relationships, and an understanding of the impacts of changing landscapes on water resources. It can be used as a stand-alone course for those interested in learning about the forest-water nexus,...

Capacity Building Training on Low Emissions Analysis Platform (LEAP)

In the third week of October, Stockholm Environment Institute Asia Center (SEI Asia) hosted and organized an online training on Low Emissions Analysis Platform (LEAP) which is a powerful, versatile software system for integrated energy planning and climate change mitigation assessment. Developed at ...

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Yangon Raincraft II: Strengthening the Climate Resilience of the Urban Community through Innovative Participatory Approach

Cities in different parts of the world face different, unique challenges and opportunities in the face of climate change. Myanmar is one of the most vulnerable countries to the climate crisis and Yangon, the largest city of Myanmar, is also no stranger to the impacts of climate change and extreme we...

Climate Change Impacts on Water-Related Sectors

Climate Change can be defined as any variations in climate patterns that last for a long period of time: decades or more. The prime cause of climate change is Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emission, typically Carbon Dioxide (CO2) and Methane (CH4), mainly caused by burning fossil fuels for energy use. Now, C...

Temasek Foundation Water Leadership Programme 2022

Programme Dates: 17 to 22 April 2022 Programme Schedule: 09.00 to 17.00 daily (Singapore time) About The Programme: The need for good urban water policies, governance and management in Asia is as urgent as ever. Many cities are unable to deliver the required water services to their population, ...

Flood Bulletin 2021 - Ongoing

Latest Updates From Various Sources 25 October 2021 - Eleven Media SourceHeavy rains in Taungdwingyi, Magway Region, have caused record flooding since the night of October 24, according to locals. Heavy rains on the evening of October 24 flooded the low-lying areas of Taungdwingyi town and...

Heavy rains in Taungdwingyi, Magway Region

26 October 2021 - Source: Eleven Media - Heavy rains in Taungdwingyi, Magway Region, have caused record flooding since the night of October 24, according to locals.Heavy rains on the evening of October 24 flooded the low-lying areas of Taungdwingyi town and on the main road until the morning of...

Call for Application: ASEAN Young Climate Leaders Programme (ASEAN YCLP)

What? Thos programme creates an opportunity for young people to share and exchange ideas on sustainability, environment, and climate action-related issues in the ASEAN region and collaborate with others to resolve the issues. The programme promotes contribution to the ASEAN Community Blueprint 2025 ...

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