The following is a list of all conten labeled as "Namibia"
Namibia is often affected by natural hazards, such as floods, droughts and desertification. These events combined with the HIV/AIDS pandemic, food insecurity and poverty, contribute to increasing the country’s vulnerability (CADRI, 2016).
Namibia presentation in the Strengthening Disaster Risk Reduction, Coordination, Planning and Policy Advisory Capacity of SADC Project Inception Workshop, held in Johannesburg, South Africa, 20-24 January 2020.
The document outline standard operating procedures, integrating the context specificity of Namibia, and provides a practical understanding of its application. The Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) has been developed to serve as a guiding tool for national authorities and partners in the immediate response phase where assistance is been provided based on scope of the emergency.
The purpose of NDP5 to set out a roadmap for achieving rapid industrialization while adhering to the four integrated pillars of sustainable development: Economic Progression; Social Transformation; Environmental Sustainability; Good Governance.
The policy seeks to outline a coherent, transparent and inclusive policy on disaster risk management appropriate for the Government of the Republic of Namibia as a whole with a proportionate emphasis on disasters of different kinds, severity and magnitude that occur or may occur in Namibia.
Regulations made by the Prime Minister, under section 57 of the Disaster Risk Management Act, 2012 (Act No. 10 of 2012) and following the recommendation of the National Disaster Risk Management Committee.
This National Strategy and Action Plan lays out the guiding principles responsive to climate change that are effective, efficient and practical. It further identifies priority action areas for adaptation and mitigation. Namibia is ready to learn from and adopt best practices from other parts of the world in dealing with issues of climate change.
This Policy presents an overview of climate change from Namibia perspective, vulnerability of Namibia to climate change per sector, predictions for Namibia.