Case studies

This collection of case studies from across the globe showcases practical, real-world examples of disaster risk management and disaster risk reduction in action.

The need to understand, adapt to, and mitigate disaster risks is greater than ever. These case studies are in-depth studies of a particular case in a real-world context. Each case study highlights unique challenges, innovative solutions, and impactful outcomes, providing insight into the strategies that communities, organizations, and governments have implemented to protect lives, livelihoods, and ecosystems.

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Africa
Horn of Africa: Building regional risk protection for pastoralist livelihoods
This case study explores the US$360 million DRIVE project, which offers pastoralists a package of satellite-based livestock insurance, digital savings, and financial literacy training, alongside better access to livestock markets.
  • Global Shield Financing Facility
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Canada
Augmenting syndromic surveillance for real-time situational awareness during extreme heat events in Ottawa, Canada
PHIMS provides a web- and map-based display of both real-time and static data of relevance to emergency management and public health.
  • Commission for Environmental Cooperation
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Hong Kong (China)
Heat health in Hong Kong: Overview of collaborations and projects to protect health from urban heat
This case study provides an overview of the active heat health collaborations, projects and research ongoing in Hong Kong and presented during the First Global Forum on Heat and Health.
  • Global Heat Health Information Network (GHHIN)
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Indonesia
Adapting infrastructure to changing climatic conditions: The case of Indonesia
This policy paper presents the findings from an Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) policy dialogue carried out in Indonesia on mainstreaming climate resilience in infrastructure planning and development.
  • Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
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Philippines
Philippines: Prisoners of climate change
This case study highlights the ICRC’s Prisoners of Climate Change (PoCC) program, which addresses the dual challenges of increasing climate risks for overcrowded detention facilities and in the Philippines.
  • International Committee of the Red Cross
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Peru
Promotion of local adaptation initiatives to strengthen and improve the availability of water for irrigation in Peru
In the Andean countries, climate change threatens water security. The Adaptation to Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources in the Andes Project (AICCA) implemented an awareness-raising and training program in climate change adaptation.
  • Adaptation at Altitude
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El Salvador
Strengthening inter-institutional collaboration to improve early warning: a case study from El Salvador
Plan International El Salvador developed a detailed communication strategy to expand the type of information included in impact-based forecasts and to improve how these forecasts are shared.
  • Zurich Climate Resilience Alliance
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Greece
Taming wildfires in the context of climate change: The case of Greece
This paper provides an overview of Greece's wildfire policies and practices and assesses the extent to which wildfire management in the country is evolving to adapt to growing wildfire risk under climate change.
  • Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
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