Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Information Platform

Project Report of AP-PLAT Capacity Development Program on Compound and Cascading Disaster Risk in Bangladesh

March, 2023

This project aims to develop a national guidebook for addressing compound and cascading disaster risk in Bangladesh as a part of AP-PLAT's capacity development efforts. This work was led by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) and Brac University with the collaboration of the national government of Bangladesh and the support from the Ministry of the Environment, Japan.

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Guidebook for Compound and Cascading Disaster Risk Management (Bangladesh)

March, 2023

Prepared by Brac University and the Institute for Global Environmental Studies (IGES) in cooperation with the Government of Bangladesh, this guidebook is a national-level capacity development material on compound and cascading disasters risks (CCDR) in Bangladesh. The collection includes useful information such as explanations of basic terms of CCDR, case studies of CCDR in Bangladesh, guidance for training, and more.

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PROJECT REPORT OF AP-PLAT CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM ON COMPOUND AND CASCADING DISASTER IN NEPAL

March, 2023

This project aims to develop a local guidebook for addressing compound and cascading disaster risks (CCDR) in Nepal as a part of the AP-PLAT’s capacity development efforts. With support from the Ministry of Environment Japan, the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) in collaboration with local partners conducted a series of consultations and capacity building workshops on CCDR.

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COMPOUND AND CASCADING DISASTER RISK IN NEPAL: A GUIDEBOOK FOR LOCAL LEVEL DISASTER PLANNING

March, 2023

This guidebook advises local governments on developing and implementing a holistic and integrated local strategy that contributes to building resilience against compound and cascading disaster risk (CCDR). It outlines basic concepts and steps to understand CCDR risk, build a resilience strategy, formulate and implement framework with supplementary examples of CCDR cases from Nepal and Japan.

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“Capacity Development” for climate change adaptation in international cooperation

March, 2022

This book aims to define the “capacities” required for a local government officer in developing countries in the Asia-Pacific region, ranging from planning to coordination of funds needed to implement adaptation measures, with the aim of providing a framework for the continuing challenges and cooperation needs. Based on this objective, this book tries to identify the intrinsic value of international cooperation on climate change adaptation and to suggest some of the ways in which capacity development should be strengthened.

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Consultation Meeting of AP-PLAT Capacity Development: Meeting Report

March, 2022

This session was organized to show a draft of the publication entitled “Capacity Development” for climate change adaptation in international cooperation and seek feedback from the participants as well as to discuss potential training programs/modules on adaptation for the future AP-PLAT activities through mapping exercises.

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