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Between April 2015 and December 2016, the Latin American Social Science Faculty participated actively in the Climate Development Knowledge Network-CDKN- financed project on “Decision, implementation and social and economic impacts of climate risk induced

The MAP-Fire project team have developed a prototype of a monitoring and alert platform to support the planning and decision making at local and regional scales related to the fire occurrence in the MAP region - Western Amazon.

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This report documents first person experiences of flood, disaster risk and early warning of vulnerable and marginalised women in Peru and Nepal. The authors capture the perspectives of marginalised women including those who are elderly, those with

The development of multi-hazard risk assessment frameworks has gained momentum in the recent past, aiming to provide a complete risk panorama at locations and portfolios exposed to the occurrence of different perils. Nevertheless, for a proper risk

This joint report by the OECD and the World Bank takes stock of how a sample of governments in OECD and non-OECD countries manage the implications of natural disasters for public finances. The report draws on a set of nine in-depth case studies, completed

Lima is the capital of and largest city in Peru, with an estimated population of about 10 million people. SEDAPAL, Lima’s water utility, provides water to most of the metropolitan region. While SEDAPAL is generally able to meet the current needs of its

With the intention to better understand barriers and successes of mainstreaming processes, GIZ has assessed entry points for ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) mainstreaming and governance aspects in five partner countries (Philippines, Viet Nam, South

This guidance provides information and advice on how to integrate consideration of ecosystems and their services into a climate change Vulnerability and Impact Assessment (VIA). VIAs are conducted to inform the objectives, focus and content of adaptation

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