This research aims at informing development initiatives that responds to capacity gaps and requirements of stakeholder sectors in Myanmar in relation to mitigation and management of risks relevant to climate variability and change. The research concentrates on Dagon Seikan Hpa-An, Keng Tung, Kyauk Phyu, Labutta, Mawlamyine, and Meiktila; and select communities therein.

This manual is intended to serve as a guide for national and local government officials on how to assess vulnerability of townships of Myanmar to climate change and hazards. The assessment framework presented herein captures a wide array of issues related to climate change and its impacts on townships and communities. Those are grouped into environmental, socio-economic and infrastructure components.

The Myanmar Climate Change Alliance (MCCA) was launched in 2013 to support the Government of the Union of the Republic of Myanmar in addressing the challenges posed by climate change. MCCA is an initiative of the Environmental Conservation Department (ECD) of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation (MoNREC). It is funded by the European Union as part of the Global Climate Change Alliance (GCCA), and implemented by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-…

This document provides evidence to support community climate related experiences and perceptions, in key townships of Central Dry, coastal and hilly zones of Myanmar; and develop inferences, opportunities and risks offered by location specific climate variability, extremes, and trends.

This provides a comprehensive narrative of UN-Habitat Myanmar’s 10 years of engagement in the country describing achievements in the areas of disaster risk reduction and urban resilience, climate change, basic services, housing, urban planning and development, land administration, and slums improvement.

The Early Warning System for Myanmar (Training Manual) is composed of 7 modules, which will comprehensively build participants’ capacity for a more effective disaster risk reduction: Module 1 - Contextualization of the EWS for Myanmar Training, Module 2 - Introduction to EWS, Module 3 - Risk Knowledge, Module 4 - Monitoring and Warning Service, Module 5 - Dissemination and Communication, Module 6 - Response Capability, Module 7 - EWS Sustainability for Enhanced DRR.

This photo book showcases the project implementation where the human spirit of target population has got united to work for the improvement of their communities. ‘The Project for Emergency Support to Poor and Vulnerable Communities in Ethnic Areas’ supported by the Government of Japan has focused on empowering communities to jointly work to build/renovate quality services (WASH and community infrastructure), and housing (affected by the 2015 floods), to give people basis for healthy and…

The purpose of Rapid Urban Diagnostic Report Myanmar is to give a brief and concise snapshot of the fundamental conditions of the urban sector in Myanmar as observed at the end of 2015.

Based on the Rapid Urban Diagnostic Report Myanmar (February 2016), the National Urban Policy Framework outlines five priority areas for further work on the National Urban Policy. The purpose of the framework document is to serve as discussion paper on the ministerial level. Simultaneously, the framework document can be used as a starting point for policy dialogues with a wide range of stakeholders in civil society. A key function of a NUP is to serve as an instrument for future decision-making…