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This document aims to present a selection of case studies from India and other countries showing how Shock-Responsive Social Protection approaches have been used in response to disasters and shocks.
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The paper aims to highlight the urgency and importance of including risk assessment rising from natural hazards within bridge management to render
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This paper evaluates India's existing vulnerability and risk assessments, their varied scopes and methodologies, and offers recommendations informed by global best practices, that could be scaled up at national and sub-national levels.
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The policy brief is based on experiences from an initiative on integration of CCA-DRR in Gram Panchayat Development Planning (GPDP) process undertaken in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India by Government of Uttar Pradesh in technical cooperation with GIZ.
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This policy brief explores the scale and nature of commercial opportunities from adaptation to climate change, whilst stressing that adaptation to climate change is also a public good.
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This paper describes the current state of rainfall-driven flood research in India, focusing on how the scholarly community approaches the causes, impacts, and mitigation strategies in urban settings.
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The authors piloted SenseMaker, a digital ethnography tool designed to capture individual, embodied experiences, biases, and perceptions to map vulnerabilities and resilience to climate impacts in the Gaya District in Bihar.
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This policy brief aims to further the presidency’s priority on green development, climate finance & lifestyle for environment (LiFE) for this year’s G20.

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