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Title: Department of Meteorology and Hydrology: Depression No.2, 2019, 5th November, 2019 18:00 MST
Description: "According to the observations at (17:30)hrs M.S.T today, the depression over the Eastcentral Bay and adjoining Southeast Bay of Bengal has moved Westwards and centered at about (130) nautical miles West-Northwest of Maya Bandar (Andaman Islands), India, (490) nautical miles Southeast of Paradip (Odisha), India, (170) nautical miles Southwest of Coco-Island, (320) nautical miles Southwest of Pathein (Myanmar). It is not moving towards Myanmar coasts, the present stage of the depression is coded yellow stage. Position of depression, center pressure and wind Depression is located at Latitude (13.1) degree North and Longitude (90.7) degree East, centre pressure of depression is (1003) hPa and maximum wind speed near the center is (35)miles per hour at (17:30) hrs MST today. During next (24)hrs forecast: The depression is likely to intensify into a deep depression during next (12)hrs and into a cyclonic strom during next (24)hrs. It is very likely to move West-Northwestwards initally and then North-Northwestwards. General caution: Due to the depression, rain or thundershowers will be fairly widespread in Bago, Yangon, Ayeyarwady and Thanintharyi Regions, Rakhine States, scattered in Naypyitaw, Lower Sagaing, Mandalay and Magway Regions, Shan, Kayah, Kayin and Mon States within next (48)hours commencing today evening. Occasional squalls with rough to very rough seas will be experienced off and along Myanmar Coasts. Surface wind speed in squalls may reach (40)m.p.h. Wave height will be about (8-12) feet off and along Myanmar Coasts..."
Source/publisher: Government of Myanmar via Reliefweb (USA)
Date of publication: 2019-11-05
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-06
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Title: Myanmar announces national environment and climate change policies to mark World Environment Day 2019
Description: "The Government of Myanmar today announced its vision for the country’s environmental protection and climate action, launching two new policies that will guide Myanmar’s environmental management and climate change strategy. Myanmar is widely considered one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to the impacts of climate change, and its renowned biodiversity and natural resources are under increasing pressure as the country develops. More intense and more frequent floods, cyclones and droughts have caused immense loss of life and damage to infrastructure and the economy. President U Win Myint announced the two new policies – the National Environmental Policy and the Myanmar Climate Change Policy – at an event marking World Environment Day in the capital. More than 400 attended the announcement, including senior government officials from Union ministries, states and regions and representatives from civil society, academic institutions, businesses and the international community, including the acting UN Resident Coordinator and EU Ambassador..."
Source/publisher: "UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme)"
Date of publication: 2019-06-05
Date of entry/update: 2019-08-10
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Title: WHO Myanmar: Situation report # 2: 12 August 2018 Myanmar Floods
Description: "Government is leading the response, with support provided by national and international humanitarian organizations...Ministry of Health & Sports (MoHS) leading the health response, coordinated through Health Emergency Operations Centre...Figures on population displacement to temporary evacuation sites are rapidly changing, cumulative total is 153 744 people...Continuing health service provision by MoHS with field operation visits in Bilin and Kyaikmaraw townships, Mon State3...Wells previously inundated by floodwaters were treated with chlorine in Kya-In Seikgyi Township, Kayin State by the Township Health Department...20 000 oral rehydration sachets provided to floodaffected population of Kyaikmaraw Township, Mon State through the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement5...Myanmar Medical Association, Yangon Region, deployed a medical team to Bago Region..."
Source/publisher: World Health Organisation (WHO)
Date of publication: 2018-08-12
Date of entry/update: 2019-06-13
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Title: WHO Myanmar: Situation report #1: 2 August 2018
Description: "Heavy monsoon rains since early July 2018 have resulted in flooding...Four states and regions have been affected...More than 120,000 people have been displaced in up to 288 evacuation centres...Government is leading the response, with the Ministry of Health and Sports (MoHS) spearheading the health response...MoHS activated the Health Emergency Operations Centre which have been monitoring and coordinating among central, state, and township level health departments in order to ensure an effective health response to all affected population...In Mon State, 2 826 patients received medical care from respective local health departments, and with no cases of infectious diseases of public health concern reported as at 1 Aug 2018..."
Source/publisher: World Health Organisation (WHO)
Date of publication: 2018-08-02
Date of entry/update: 2019-06-13
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Title: WHO Myanmar: Situation report #3: 23 August 2018
Description: "Emergency health sector preparedness and response meeting in MoHS led by Union Minister on 27 July 2018...Health sector coordination meeting led by Permanent secretary on 1 August 2018...Central Health Emergency Operations Center activated 24/7 until present...National Health Cluster meeting was held in MoHS, Naypyidaw, on 20 August 2018. Detailed flood-related actions and updates were shared by MoHS and health partners...Figures on population displacement are rapidly changing, cumulative total is 376 evacuation sites (51 sites remaining with 20 938 population)...It is critical to note that water levels in a total of 48 dams and reservoirs have exceeded full levels and are currently overflowing through their spillways5, while rainy season continues...Integrated allocation strategy (Myanmar Humanitarian Fund & UN Central Emergency Response Fund) for the flood response has been launched for all clusters and sectors...MoHS mobile clinics are implementing active surveillance for diseases under national surveillance (DUNS) through event-based reporting...Routine vaccination has been provided among the displaced population in Kayin State, and is planned in Bago Region..."
Source/publisher: World Health Organisation (WHO)
Date of publication: 2018-08-23
Date of entry/update: 2019-06-13
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Language: English
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Title: Water-saving tech, veg gardens grow hope in Myanmar's Dry Zone
Description: "Maung Maung, 46, in his home garden where he grows leafy vegetables using hydroponics in Shwe Bon Thar village, Myingyan Township, part of Myanmar's Dry Zone on Feb 22, 2017. TRF/Thin Lei Win PAKOKKU, Myanmar, March 10 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Myo Myint fondly remembers when his one-acre farm regularly produced 100 baskets of rice. But as rainfall became erratic in this arid region, he started growing betel leaves, a less thirsty cash crop. This summer, the 50-year-old is considering leaving fallow his land in Myanmar's central "Dry Zone" because when the stream behind his house dries up in March, the cost of irrigation outstrips the income from any crop. A 2016 drought followed by heavy rains already battered his farm. "Water is becoming more scarce every year. I want to keep growing the crops but there's not much I can do without water," he said, sitting beneath the ground floor of his stilt house. His village of Myay Ni Twin, in Pakokku township, is around two hours' drive from Bagan, Myanmar's top tourist destination known for its ancient Buddhist temples. "When I was growing up, the stream didn't go dry. Now there's less rain, and it's very hard to plant things," he said. Myanmar recently emerged from decades of military dictatorship only to face a bigger existential threat. The Southeast Asian nation of 50 million people is the world's second most vulnerable country to climate change, according to the Global Climate Risk Index from research group Germanwatch. Studies have shown the onset of the monsoon is becoming more variable, increasing the risk of drought. The Dry Zone, an area comprising 58 townships in Mandalay, Magwe and Sagaing, is home to around 10 million people, who mostly rely on rain-fed agriculture. It suffers from year-round water shortages. A recent assessment by the Myanmar Climate Change Alliance (MCCA), an initiative funded by the European Union and United Nations, predicted a temperature increase of up to 3 degrees Celsius and a shorter monsoon in Pakokku by 2050. Farmers like Myo Myint - already struggling to make ends meet - will bear the brunt of those changes. His village has a well, but pumping water costs too much, he said. So he was intrigued by the prototypes of soil moisture sensors in the hands of Tayzar Lin, a product designer with Proximity Designs, a Myanmar-based social enterprise that develops affordable products for farmers. "I've been curious since I saw something similar on Facebook," said the farmer, as Tayzar Lin plunged into the soil a boxy contraption with a dial at the top and an alloy-tipped brass rod at the bottom. The hand on the dial moved to green, showing the soil still held water. Red means dry, and blue means too much water. Myo Myint dreams of watering only when needed, instead of every two days as he now does, to save the precious resource..."
Creator/author: Thin Lei Win, Maung Maung
Source/publisher: UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme)
Date of publication: 2017-03-15
Date of entry/update: 2019-06-11
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Title: Myanmar announces national environment and climate change policies to mark World Environment Day 2019
Description: "The Government of Myanmar today announced its vision for the country’s environmental protection and climate action, launching two new policies that will guide Myanmar’s environmental management and climate change strategy. Myanmar is widely considered one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to the impacts of climate change, and its renowned biodiversity and natural resources are under increasing pressure as the country develops. More intense and more frequent floods, cyclones and droughts have caused immense loss of life and damage to infrastructure and the economy. President U Win Myint announced the two new policies – the National Environmental Policy and the Myanmar Climate Change Policy – at an event marking World Environment Day in the capital. More than 400 attended the announcement, including senior government officials from Union ministries, states and regions and representatives from civil society, academic institutions, businesses and the international community, including the acting UN Resident Coordinator and EU Ambassador. Speaking at the launch, the President said, “I am greatly honored to launch these policies in this auspicious ceremony. I have no doubt that we have confidence to achieve sustainable and harmonious development which balances economic, social and environmental pillars. I would like to urge Myanmar citizens to participate for the current and future sustainable development of our country by changing your daily lifestyles in order to support environmental conservation. And, I also would like to urge you again to beat air pollution as an important part of Myanmar’s sustainable development to benefit our society as a whole.” The new policies explicitly recognize the increasing threat of extreme weather and other climate change impacts to the country’s economic and social development and set out an ambition to transform Myanmar into a climate-resilient, low-carbon society that is sustainable, prosperous and inclusive. They are a culmination of five years of work spearheaded by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation (MoNREC) with support from UNDP and the Myanmar Climate Change Alliance, an effort funded by the European Union with technical support from UN Environment and UN-Habitat. Kristian Schmidt, Ambassador of the European Union to Myanmar, said “We Europeans have made a lot of mistakes in the past. We now see what we must change, and we are developing the policies and the technologies to do so. Today, we are no longer the largest emitter of greenhouse gases, we do not deny the science or the reality, and we are seeking binding international cooperation to address the urgency. I therefore hope our Myanmar partner will continue to see us as ambitious and reliable partners as humanity seeks to address what is probably the greatest risk ever posed to our survival and way of life." Among the principles in the policies that will serve to guide government decisions on environmental management are goals to realize healthy and functioning ecosystems and sustainable economic and social development. The two new policies will allow the Government to integrate the environment across all its development planning, particularly in harmony with the recently adopted Myanmar Sustainable Development Plan 2018-2030. Dechen Tsering, UN Environment’s Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, said, “With these new policies, Myanmar is now better equipped to pursue sustainable development and mobilize resources to address climate change. Myanmar enjoys natural abundance and realizing the country’s potential will mean protecting and managing its environment well. UN Environment will continue to support Myanmar in these efforts every step of the way.” Peter Batchelor, Resident Representative of the UN Development Programme, said, “The future of Myanmar looks bright when we look at the vision for its environment and people that are provided by these important new policies. UNDP congratulates the Government of Myanmar for its continued commitment to a sustainable development agenda and is proud to have supported the development of the new National Environmental Policy. We will continue to help implement these new policies in partnership with the Government and other development partners.” UN-Habitat Country Programme Manager, Bijay Karmacharya said, “With the climate change policy, strategy and sectoral master plans in place, it is now time for implementation. Myanmar is now ready for concerted actions to combat the challenges of climate change. To do this, climate action shall be mainstreamed in annual planning and budgeting of line ministries.” Today’s announcement was made on the occasion of World Environment Day, the annual global celebration of our planet. Myanmar’s new policies support this year’s theme of #BeatAirPollution, which aims to spur action to reduce the airborne pollutants, many of which directly contribute to climate change, and which claim up to 7 million lives a year. Myanmar has not avoided this scourge. 62 per cent of child deaths from acute lower respiratory infections can be attributed to indoor air pollution. The National Environment Policy and Climate Change Policy will play an important role in helping to address this severe problem, as they mandate actions to reduce emissions of air pollutants including those that can impact the climate and are co-emitted with greenhouse gases..."
Source/publisher: United Nations Environment Programme
Date of publication: 2019-06-05
Date of entry/update: 2019-06-09
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Language: English
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Title: New sustainable rice project to guard Myanmar’s rice sector against climate change
Description: "Nay Pyi Taw, 10 May 2019 – A new initiative will introduce sustainable rice-growing practices to farmers across Myanmar, with the goal of reducing vulnerability to climate change and natural disasters, project partners announced today. The Climate Smart Rice Project will introduce sustainable standards and best practices to 4,000 smallholder farmers around Mandalay, southern Shan, Mon and Bago over the coming three years, working closely with the Government of Myanmar and the agri-business sector. The project is funded by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD) and the Swiss Agency for Development (SDC) and implemented by a consortium of partners including UN Environment, the Sustainable Rice Platform, Helvetas Myanmar and PRIME Agri Group. The Government of Myanmar has previously announced its intention to boost sustainable rice production in order to both satisfy domestic demand and turn the country into a sustainable rice exporter. This project is fully aligned to the government’s policies and has been endorsed by the Parliamentary Committee for Agriculture, Livestock and Rural Development. Rice production in Myanmar faces several challenges, including the rice sector’s vulnerability to climate change impacts like higher temperatures, drought, flooding and other stresses. The sector is also challenged by its demand for water, land, fertilizer and pesticides and its own environmental impact, including a significant contribution to greenhouse gas emissions..."
Source/publisher: reliefweb
Date of publication: 2019-05-10
Date of entry/update: 2019-05-12
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English, Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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Title: Global Climate Risk Index 2019
Description: "The Global Climate Risk Index 2019 analyses to what extent countries and regions have been affected by impacts of weather-related loss events (storms, floods, heat waves etc.). The most recent data available — for 2017 and from 1998 to 2017 — were taken into account. The countries and territories affected most in 2017 were Puerto Rico, Sri Lanka as well as Dominica. For the period from 1998 to 2017 Puerto Rico, Honduras and Myanmar rank highest. This year's 14th edition of the analysis reconfirms earlier results of the Climate Risk Index: less developed countries are generally more affected than industrialised countries. Regarding future climate change, the Climate Risk Index may serve as a red flag for already existing vulnerability that may further increase in regions where extreme events will become more frequent or more severe due to climate change. But the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season also proved: High income countries feel climate impacts more clearly than ever before. Effective climate change mitigation is therefore in the self-interest of all countries worldwide. At this year’s Climate Summit in Katowice (COP24), countries should adopt the 'rulebook' needed for implementing the Paris Agreement, including the global adaptation goal and adaptation communication guidelines. Loss and damage appears as a cross-cutting issue with significant risk of being used as a negotiation chip..."
Source/publisher: reliefweb
Date of publication: 2018-12-05
Date of entry/update: 2019-05-06
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Title: Climate Change Impacts on Health and Living Standards in Myanmar (video)
Description: ''ရာသီဥတုပြောင်းလဲမှုနဲ့ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ ~~~~~ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံဟာ ရာသီဥတုပြောင်းလဲမှုဒဏ်ကို အဆိုးဆုံး ခံစားရမယ့် နိုင်ငံတွေစာရင်းထဲမှာ ပါဝင်နေကြောင်း မကြာသေးခင်က ပြင်သစ်နိုင်ငံ ပဲရစ်မြို့မှာ ကျင်းပခဲ့တဲ့ ရာသီဥတု ပြောင်းလဲခြင်းဆိုင်ရာ ကုလသမဂ္ဂ ညီလာခံကနေ ထုတ်ဖော်ကြေညာခဲ့ပါတယ်။ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံဟာ ရာသီဥတုပြောင်းလဲခြင်း အကျိုးဆက်တွေကို ဘယ်လိုပုံစံနဲ့ ဘယ်လောက်အထိ ခံစားနေရသလဲဆိုတာနဲ့ ပတ်သက်ပြီး ပညာရှင်တွေရဲ့အမြင်တွေကို RFA သတင်းထောက် ကိုမျိုးဇော်ကိုက စုစည်းတင်ပြထားပါတယ်။...''
Creator/author: Dr. Tun Lwin, Daw Daywi Thant Zin, U Win Myo Thu
Source/publisher: RFA Burmese
Date of publication: 2016-01-01
Date of entry/update: 2019-02-24
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Language: English, Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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Title: Myanmar's Inle lake is under assault (video)
Description: ''One of Myanmar's most important lakes and cultural sites is under assault from development and climate change. One man is trying to turn things around. Listen to the radio story: https://www.pri.org/stories/2017-03-10/myanmars-inle-lake-just-one-small-body-water-man-dedicating-his-life-saving-it ...''
Creator/author: Katie Arnold
Date of publication: 2017-03-11
Date of entry/update: 2019-02-24
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English, Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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Title: Climate Change: Myanmar at high risk of climate change events (video)
Description: ''World leaders are gathering in Poland for the COP24 summit. They'll be discussing ways to implementing the historic Paris Accords and continue to reduce global warming and cut emissions. It may be a long way from where the conference is being held in Poland, but Myanmar is a country where climate change is having a dramatic effect on the local population. Nick Davies-Jones has more...''
Creator/author: Johan Rockstrom, Naing Lin Tun, U Win
Source/publisher: TRT World
Date of publication: 2018-12-03
Date of entry/update: 2019-01-28
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Language: English
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Title: Myanmar’s Farmers Face Climate Change Challenges
Description: ''Myanmar is one of the nations in the world most vulnerable to extreme weather and losses linked to climate change, according to the Global Climate Risk Index 2018. Subscribe to our channel: http://youtube.com/subscription_cente... RFA's official site: http://rfa.org Follow RFA: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RadioFreeAsia Twitter: https://twitter.com/RadioFreeAsia About RFA: Radio Free Asia (RFA) is a private, nonprofit, multimedia corporation, bringing award-winning, domestic journalism and uncensored content to people in six Asian countries that restrict free speech, freedom of the press, and access to reliable information beyond their borders. For more information, please visit http://www.rfa.org/about/ ...''
Creator/author: Suu Kyi, U Win
Source/publisher: Radio Free Asia (RFA)
Date of publication: 2018-12-04
Date of entry/update: 2019-01-28
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Language: English, Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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Title: Myanmar?s Initial National Communication under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Description: CHAPTER HEADINGS: National Circumstances...National Development... National Greenhouse Gas Inventory...Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessment...Mitigation Options Assessment and Strategies...Development and Transfer of Environmentally Sound Technologies...Research and Systematic Observation...Education, Training and Public Awareness on Climate...Integration of Climate Change Concerns into Development Plans and Programmes...Information and Networking...Capacity Building...Other Information Considered Relevant to the Achievement of the Objective...Constraints and Gaps, and Related Financial, Technical and Capacity Needs...Conclusions and Recommendation.....ANNEXES:- AnnexI: Abatement Project Profiles on GHG Mitigation and Adaptation in Myanmar... AnnexII: Report on Research on ENSO Impact on Climate Fluctuation and Frequency of Extreme Climate Anomalies in the Region and in Myanmar... Annex III: Estimation of CH4 Emission fromRice Cultivation in Myanmar - Field Survey Research Paper... Annex IV: Draft National Climate Change Policy, Strategies and Actions... Annex V: EST Database on Emission Reduction Projects..... FROM THE CONCLUSIONS: "...To reduce the vulnerability to the possible climate change impacts, policies, legislations and other supporting tools are to be developed collectively. It will help identify andimplement adaptation strategies, ensuring the continued progress of Myanmar towards a peacefulmodern developed country. In this context, institutional strengthening,technology innovation and transfer, provision of advanced tools and equipment, enabling condition with adequate funds and collaboration with relevant institutions and agencies at the national, regional and international levels are indispensable.".....TABLES.....FIGURES...
Source/publisher: Myanmar Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry
Date of publication: 2012-00-00
Date of entry/update: 2014-06-12
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Title: Statement delivered by Dr. Hrin Nei Thiam, Head of Delegation of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, at the COP 19 in Warsaw Poland
Creator/author: Dr. Hrin Nei Thiam
Source/publisher: United Nations/UNFCC
Date of publication: 2013-11-22
Date of entry/update: 2014-06-09
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
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