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Southeast Asia Drought Watch (SEADW)

Droughts in Southeast Asia negatively impact ecosystem services, food and water security, and biodiversity. These impacts are exacerbated by climate change, further highlighting the need for improved governance and decision-making in virtually all sectors. Southeast Asia Drought Watch (SEADW) helps to improve the operational, technological, and institutional capabilities to prepare for and respond to droughts in the Southeast Asia region; to support local decision-makers in drought monitoring, analysis, and forecasting; and to provide policymakers and growers with current and forecast drought indices to facilitate decision-making within the current growing season.

https://servir.adpc.net/tools/southeast-asia-drought-watch-seadw

Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) participates at Drought Resilience +10 Conference | 30 September to 03 October 2024, Geneva, Switzerland

Building on the momentum of the first High-Level Meeting on National Drought Policies in 2013, the Drought Resilience +10 Conference focuses on intensifying and expanding drought response efforts globally. This event gathered nations, experts, and practitioners to assess progress in drought management, draw lessons learned, and outline a collective path toward a more drought-resilient world. The conference is organized by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with various UN agencies, international and regional organizations, and key national bodies.

The Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) hosted a side event, “Governance in Action: Strategies for Improved Drought Risk Management,” on 30 September 2024. This event was co-organized with the UNCCD, Global Water Partnership (GWP), University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC), Sri Lanka's Ministry of Environment, and Bahir Dar University in Ethiopia.

Moreover, ADPC participated in the panel discussion on Drought Risk Finance (Workstream 7) during the conference's Plenary Session on 01 October 2024.

AHD Pakistan won HIEX Innovation Exchange award and top position from Pakistan and 2nd position at the World Health Assembly -2024, selected to accelerate safe drinking water in rural poor communities
AHD Pakistan will present its innovation in COP-29 in November with Ministry of Environment Pakistan at Pakistan Pavilion on COP-29, now a chance for no of INGOs and Humanitarian organization to scale up the Nature Based Solution ta national and international level in rural poor communities of Pakistan, Asia and Africa and help to meet UN SDG # 06 to get done.

Regional Workshop on Validation of Drought Risk Management and Mitigation Strategy for South Asia and Capacity Development

Colombo, Sri Lanka – September 9, 2024 - South Asia is highly vulnerable to drought and its impact on key sectors like agriculture, water, and hydro-power generation. In response to the growing risks posed by drought, the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC), in partnership with the Ministry of Environment of Sri Lanka hosted a four-day Regional Workshop on Drought Risk Management and Mitigation. The primary focus of the workshop is to present the comprehensive regional strategy for drought risk management and mitigation while building the capacities of participants by sharing the latest advancements in drought risk management techniques.

Held at the Galle Face Hotel in Colombo from September 9 to September 12, 2024, the workshop brings together policymakers and decision-makers from across the South Asia region, including participants from Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. International and regional experts from renowned institutions, including Global Water Partnership (GWP), International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), International Water Management Institute (IWMI), University of Nebraska (USA), Jawaharlal Nehru University (India), Kathmandu Institute of Applied Sciences (Nepal) and SAARC Agriculture Centre actively participated in the event. These experts contributed by sharing their extensive knowledge and experiences in drought management, water conservation, and sustainable development. The workshop served as a platform for South Asian nations to collaborate on creating a more resilient and sustainable approach to tackling drought and its far-reaching impacts on the region's economy and society.

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Historical drought assessment using freely available satellite datasets in South Asia. We have analysed monthly drought from 2000 to 2020 in Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sikkim part of India.
https://www.apn-gcr.org/bulletin/article/historical-drought-and-its-tre…