El Nio Ready Nations and Disaster Risk Reduction: 19 Countries in Perspective

1. Introduction - 1.1 META-OBSERVATIONS - 2. What it Means to be El Nio Ready - 3. Case study overviews - 4. Africa - 4.1 ETHIOPIA - 4.2 KENYA - 4.3 SOUTH AFRICA - 4.4 ZIMBABWE - 5. Asia - 5.1 CHINA - 5.2 VIETNAM - 5.3 THE PHILIPPINES - 6. South Pacific Island Region - 6.1 PACIFIC ISLAND REGION - 6.2 FIJI - 7. South Asia - 7.1 THE MALDIVES - 7.2 PAKISTAN - 7.3 SRI LANKA - 8. Central America & The Caribbean - 8.1 CENTRAL AMERICA - 8.2 CUBA - 8.3 PANAMA CANAL - 8.4 SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA - 8.5 TIJUANA, MEXICO - 9. Portal Review - 9.1 SIX CALLS-TO-ACTION - 9.2 INTRODUCING "ENSO READY NATIONS" EL NIO, LA NIA AND NEUTRAL - 10. Crosscutting Themes - 10.1 El Nio's Characteristics - 10.2 Forecasts - 10.3 NMHSs (National Meteorological and Hydrological Services) - 10.4 Governance - 10.5 Awareness - 10.6 Media including Social Networking - 11. Summary of the Executive Summary