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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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Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan’s journey to a disaster damage and loss assessment system: Institutionalizing the national methodology for damage and loss assessment (DLA) in agriculture and eDLA software
Kyrgyzstan adopted a unified Damage and Loss Assessment methodology to standardize agricultural loss data, improving impact reporting, comparability, and its use in planning, resilience efforts, and Sendai Framework reporting
  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
  • United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
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Lebanon
Leveraging agricultural loss and damage data for post-conflict recovery: FAO’s 2023–2024 assessment in Lebanon
Lebanon used agricultural losses and damages data to map conflict impacts, target recovery to the hardest‑hit districts, and design a needs‑based reconstruction plan, showing how solid losses data drives resilient recovery.
  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
  • United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
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Ethiopia
Enhancing resilience in Ethiopia’s Simien Mountains through community-led ecosystem-based adaptation
This case study explores the RELIVES project, implemented by ORDA Ethiopia and CARE Ethiopia, and how it supported community resilience through locally led adaptation approaches.
  • Climate and Development Knowledge Network
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Mozambique
Advancing gender equity and climate resilience through baobab fruit value chains
This case study explores how the commercialisation of baobab fruit in northern Mozambique is creating new opportunities for rural women while strengthening climate resilience.
  • Climate and Development Knowledge Network
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Uganda
Integration of city-centric approaches into national policy processes: Kampala’s case
This case study examines how Kampala, Uganda's capital, is integrating city-centric approaches into national policy to manage climate-related human mobility
  • Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
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Ethiopia
Developing nature-based solution pathways to new layers of complexities for urban communities coping with armed conflict and climate change
This study was conducted to scientifically develop a pathway to urban climate resilience by exploring pragmatic approaches from communities and local humanitarian organizations experiencing the compounding risks of armed conflict and climate change.
  • Global Disaster Preparedness Center (GDPC)
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Ethiopia
Investigating and scaling-up effective nature-based solutions for climate resilience in Dessie City administration, Ethiopia
This study opted to investigate and scale up effective nature-based solutions (NbS) for climate resilience in Dessie City, Ethiopia, using a mixed research approach.
  • Global Disaster Preparedness Center (GDPC)
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India
Edible rooftop gardens: a community and nature-based climate resilience building strategy
This study investigates the heat adaptation potential of edible rooftop gardens in Chennai, India, through a mixed-methods approach combining quantitative monitoring and qualitative analysis.
  • Global Disaster Preparedness Center (GDPC)
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