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Explore a comprehensive collection of publications, reports, and documents that focus on disaster risk and resilience.

These resources offer insights, best practices, and research aimed at mitigating the impact of disasters. Whether you're seeking the latest research, policy recommendations, or case studies, this library supports knowledge sharing and informed decision-making in building safer, more resilient communities.

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Beyond the tide: building flood and erosion resilience in The Gambia thumbnail
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This report presents a comprehensive flood and coastal erosion risk assessment for Gambia and proposes a prioritized investment framework combining structural measures, nature-based solutions, and policy reforms to strengthen climate resilience.

World Bank, the
Protecting jobs and employment during disasters: lessons from employment insurance system in Japan thumbnail
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This paper examines how Japan's employment insurance system has been adapted to protect jobs and support workers during natural disasters, drawing on the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake as a primary case study to extract lessons for other countries.

World Bank, the
Anticipating and monitoring water risks for agriculture thumbnail
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This paper examines water risks for agriculture and outlines a typology of tools to support public authorities in anticipating, monitoring and assessing these risks.

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Integrating the education sector into the National Adaptation Plan process: a briefing for NAP teams thumbnail
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This report aims to support National Adaptation Plan (NAP) teams to consider the education sector in the NAP process.

National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Global Network
Between the tides: Climate change adaptation in Palau thumbnail
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This photo essay is about Palau, a small island nation of extraordinary ecological and cultural richness, spread across more than 300 islands in the western Pacific. It is also among the most climate-vulnerable countries on Earth.

National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Global Network
Engaging the education sector in the National Adaptation Plan process thumbnail
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This guidance note aims to support education ministries in engaging effectively throughout the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process.

National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Global Network
Steps to identify and use adaptation indicators for national monitoring, evaluation, and learning systems thumbnail
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This brief supports members of national adaptation plan (NAP) teams involved directly or indirectly in MEL systems, and those supporting them, in identifying and using adaptation indicators for their national MEL systems effectively and efficiently.

National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Global Network
Disaster–Fragility, Conflict, and Violence (FCV) nexus diagnostic for Myanmar (Summary) thumbnail
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This report examines the current state of disaster risk management (DRM) efforts in Myanmar through October 2025, exploring the compounded risks arising from the intersection of hazards, conflict, and poverty.

Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the (GFDRR)
World Bank, the