Comprehensive Disaster Risk Management Plans: Grenada The Challenge: Grenada’s government ministries and schools lacked standardized frameworks for disaster risk management. There was no unified approach to operational continuity planning across institutions, limiting the country’s ability to maintain critical services during and after disasters. Our Work Working with the World Bank, I led the development ofContinue reading “Climate Resilience and Adaptation in the Caribbean: Grenada Case Study”
Author Archives: Cristóbal Mena
Transfluvial Emergency Response Coordination
Crisis Management Planning & Exercise: Uruguay The Challenge: A crisis management team in Uruguay needed practical tools and realistic testing to strengthen their capacity to respond to complex, multi-sector crises. What We Did Working with RCML, I designed a comprehensive crisis management plan tailored to the Uruguayan context and facilitated a tabletop exercise with theContinue reading “Transfluvial Emergency Response Coordination”
Disaster Risk Management Law: The Chilean Experience (Ley 21.364)
National Disaster Prevention and Response System: Law 21.364 (Chile) The Challenge: Chile’s institutional framework for disaster risk reduction and emergency response was fragmented. There was no unified national system to coordinate across government levels and align disaster risk reduction with long-term national planning. Leadership & Implementation As National Subdirector at ONEMI (Chile’s National Emergency Office),Continue reading “Disaster Risk Management Law: The Chilean Experience (Ley 21.364)”
Why G7 Climate Pledges Don’t Reach the Communities That Need Them Most
G7 pledges on climate finance are necessary but insufficient. Why early warning systems alone cannot close the adaptation gap.
Resilience and Climate Change Adaptation
Fostering community resilience and introducing adaptation initiatives to withstand and reduce the impacts of Climate Change are essential to sustain livelihoods. Catholic Relief Services (CRS) Technical Advisor on Resilience, Disaster Risk Reduction, and Food Security for Latin America and the Caribbean. 2023-Today We are working with the NGO Catholic Relief Services to provide technical adviseContinue reading “Resilience and Climate Change Adaptation”
Guide to Manage Spontaneous Volunteers in Emergencies
Here’s a guide from Chile, in Spanish, on how to manage eficiently and safely the spontaneous volunteers that respond to a disaster.
News
Here we share news on our current projects and activities around the globe. Understanding Risk 2022. Florianopolis, Brazil. We participated in the Understanding Risk Global Forum organized by GFDRR during the last week of November as part of the Emergency Preparedness & Response Global Program of GFDRR and The World Bank. In this forum, weContinue reading “News”
Emergency Preparedness & Response
Building an efficient and effective capacity to respond to emergencies, but most importantly, to prepare and reduce disaster risk, is paramount for sustainable development. The World Bank and the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) Emergency Preparedness & Response Global Program. 2022-Today We are working with the World Bank and GFDRR to supportContinue reading “Emergency Preparedness & Response”
Government Continuity Planning
We have extensive experience and deep knowledge of the best practices, standards, and regulations to ensure proper government continuity planning, particularly at the municipal and local levels. World Bank Thessaloniki Municipality Government Continuity Plan and Resilience Strategy 2016-2017. Thessaloniki has a rich history as a major hub of business and culture, from the Roman periodContinue reading “Government Continuity Planning”
World Food Programme Colombia
For six months we had the opportunity to work in the beautiful and challenging Colombia for the World Food Programme Country Office in Bogota. During this consultancy we: We would like to thank the Colombian WFP for trusting in us and giving us such a warm welcome!
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