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Proactive approaches to drought preparedness: Where are we now and where do we go from here?

Climate variability and droughts affect all regions of the world. Drought can occur in virtually any climatic regime, in both high and low rainfall areas. In contrast to aridity, which is a permanent feature of the climate and is restricted to low

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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Drought impact and vulnerability assessment: A rapid review of practices and policy recommendations

National policies should take a proactive approach to direct and coordinate drought vulnerability assessments with vulnerable groups. This rapid review explores the application of available approaches and methods for assessing drought impacts and

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
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The risk data hub loss datasets

The aim of this document is to report the methodology used to create the Historic Events module and the use that can be done of damage and loss data. The RDH Historical Event Catalogue consists in a collection of past events data occurred in EU created

European Commission Joint Research Centre
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Decision making improvement for Disaster Risk Management (DRM) through technological support

The workshop “Decision Making Improvement for Disaster Risk Management (DRM) through technological support” was held in Bucharest, Romania on 16th of October 2019, part of the 4th DRMKC Annual Seminar. The key objective of the session was to increase the

European Commission Joint Research Centre
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Towards anticipatory information systems and action: Notes on early warning and early action in East Africa

Despite humanitarian information being more available than ever, confusion persists as to what the information means, how to analyze it and turn it into actionable evidence.

Tufts University
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Mozambique disaster risk assessment 2020

The disaster risk assessment was carried out through key informant interviews by DTM enumerators and SDPI (Service at DisAtrict level for Planning and Infrastructures) focal points.

International Organization for Migration (IOM)
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Climate vulnerability and capacity analysis handbook: 2nd edition

The Climate Vulnerability and Capacity Analysis (CVCA) is a tool used to gather and analyze information on community-level vulnerabilities to and capacities for climate change. It informs the identification of actions, at the community level or more

Care Climate Justice Centre
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The IPCC’s special report on climate change and land: What’s in it for South Asia?

The IPCC’s own Summary for Policy-Makers focuses principally on global issues and trends. This report distils the richest material available on South Asia from the 1,300 pages of the Special Report.

Some of the IPCC’s key messages, which are explored in

Climate and Development Knowledge Network