Heat wave plans and emergency response

Context

Chile has faced enormous fires affecting its biodiversity, forestry, agriculture and livestock production activities, which a significant part of the population depends on. The magnitude of the emergency has highlighted the difficulties of dealing with this type of event as well as the need to collaborate with the agricultural production sector to begin restoration of natural landscapes and their socio-ecological fabric, while building a culture of prevention and improving the capacity to react and respond to similar events.

ESSA is an international environmental consulting firm with over 37 years of experience in resolving complex natural resource and environmental management problems.

This food policy report reviews resilience processes, activities, and outcomes by examining a number of case studies of initiatives by nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to enhance resilience capacity, and draws implications for policymakers and other stakeholders looking to strengthen resilience.

ASSESS PROGRESS AGAINST GLOBAL TARGETS; MAKE SMART COMMITMENTS; ACCELERATE IMPLEMENTATION; ACCELERATE THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE UNDERLYING DRIVERS; FINANCE THE GLOBAL TARGETS; MEASURE PROGRESS AT THE NATIONAL AND SUBNATIONAL LEVEL

The primary objective of flood-proofing is to reduce or avoid the impacts of coastal flooding upon structures. This may include elevating structures above the floodplain, employing designs and building materials which make structures more resilient to flood damage and preventing floodwaters from entering structures in the flood zone, amongst other measures.

The description of this technology originates from Linham and Nicholls (2010).

Description:

Background: The University of Florida is seeking companies interested in commercializing a novel ultra-light device to efficiently harvest energy from motional sources. Although methods for harvesting motional energy exist the devices used are large and supply extremely limited quantities of energy. Researchers at the University of Florida have developed a solution to the problems associated with such devices by creating an AA-battery sized device that passively harvests significantly larger quantities of energy under normal human activities.

The illuminated emergency exit sign (1) within a building has a display panel (10) of different colors (17-19) to indicate the escape route to the emergency exit with white light from at least two LEDs (21-2631-36) along at least one edge of the panel. The exit sign is operated by a control circuit (40) with a smoke detector (43) and a control (50) to give a flashing light effect. -

LEAD Pakistan is a premier and an internationally recognized non‐profit organization, working to create and sustain a global network of leaders committed to promote change towards patterns of economic development that are environmentally sustainable and socially equitable. LEAD Pakistan’s mission is to create, strengthen and support networks of people and institutions.

Nirosoft develops tailormade systems which reliably deliver high quality water to densely populated areas remote communities and complex industrial sites. Nirosoft supplies water wherever it is needed -- such as deploying emergency mobile water treatment units in disaster areas treating and reusing wastewater using desalination to reliably supply potable water and producing demineralized water for industry. The company offers a complete turnkey solution -- from design and manufacture to commissioning and aftersales service.