Nicaragua: Disaster Preparedness for Climate Change
The Red Cross of Nicaragua has four strategies to address climate change: (1) increase awareness of climate change and disasters through seminars and informal discussion with stakeholders from the local to national level; (2) work with the Ministry of Education to disseminate information on climate change to teachers and students by integrating the issue in the curricula and in research programmes; (3) raise awareness about the impacts of climate change with community leaders; and (4) improve the Red Cross’ capacities in the areas of disaster preparedness and response. Link to Source
| Region | Latin America |
| Sector | Disaster-Risk Management |
| Scale | National |
| Objective | Climate-Proofing |
| Impacts | Flooding |
| Targetedness | Building Response Capacity |
| Country | Nicaragua |
| Adaptation Strategies Employed | Raising Awareness |
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