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This briefing examines the role that anticipatory action can play in addressing and mitigating heat waves, drawing on the process followed to implement a forecast-based financing project in Hanoi, Viet Nam.
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Drawing on case studies from Ecuador, Kenya, Mongolia and Viet Nam, this briefing explores the mechanisms that set up these science–humanitarian partnerships for success, and some of the shared benefits they deliver.
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This article seeks to fill the void related to how risk-taking behaviour is influenced by the interplay of agency and social structures by utilising Bourdieu's theory of practice to develop the Practice-Oriented Risk Habitus and Multiple-Capital Model.
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Viet Nam is a country that is particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. For this reason, Viet Nam fielded the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) for the period 2021-2030, with a vision to 2050.
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Viet Nam's Voluntary National Report for the Midterm Review of the Implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 (MTR SF).
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Viet Nam's updated nationally determined contributions (NDC) 2022 has been formulated based on NDC 2020 and contains new points showcasing the efforts of the country to fulfill the commitments at COP26.
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This feasibility study was conducted for the InsuResilience Solutions Fund (ISF) to assess the setting up of disaster risk transfer solutions for climate-vulnerable cities in Viet Nam.
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This study aimed to compare the short-term temperature-dengue associations during different dengue outbreak periods and ascertain if there was an association between heatwaves and dengue outbreaks in Hanoi, Vietnam.

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