Disasters - Open Development Mekong https://opendevelopmentmekong.net Sharing information about Mekong and its development with the world. Sat, 28 Nov 2020 05:32:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en-US Pandemics COVID-19 in the Mekong The novel coronavirus has triggered a global response of extreme measures. The immediate changes are countable. As of April 15, 2020, over 2 million cases of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) have been counted globally, with over 100,000 confirmed deaths. Tech tools to track the movement of infected people are being deployed […]

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]]> https://opendevelopmentmekong.net/topics/covid-19-in-the-mekong/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=covid-19-in-the-mekong Disasters Introduction The Lower Mekong Countries (LMCs) are extremely vulnerable to disasters. Vietnam and Thailand were in the top ten countries in the world most affected by weather-related events over the period 1999-2018. In 2018 Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, and Vietnam all ranked in the top 50 countries most affected by weather-related events in the world.  […]

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]]> https://opendevelopmentmekong.net/topics/disasters/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=disasters Sustainable Development Goals In September 2015, the UN General Assembly adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2030 Agenda). This contained 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), intended to drive action in critically important areas to the year 2030. These goals have been broken down into 169 targets and 232 indicators. They build on the momentum of the […]

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