Civil society /NGOs

Civil society /NGOs

Civic action, collective community action, community-based organization (CBO) action, grassroots action, integrative DRR, NGOs and PVOs.

With support from YAKKUM Emergency Unit’s (YEU) IDEAKSI project, PB Palma has developed an innovative DRR system, aimed to support KPGW’s emergency response in the event of a flood.
YAKKUM Emergency Unit member of ACT Alliance
Young woman wearing a traditional scarf on her head attends a public event in Northern Mozambique
The ARA has launched the Grassroots Action Research Micro-grants, a new funding opportunity for action and research entities to collaborate to unearth knowledge, ideas and opportunities for climate change adaptation in the Global South.
Adaptation Research Alliance
The Averted Disaster Award (ADA) today named the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) as the winner of the 2022 ADA award for outstanding Disaster Risk Management (DRM) intervention.
Averted Disaster Award
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2022
This article examines the policies and institutional arrangements for integrating informal volunteers, the methods and tools for their engagement, and the reported benefits and challenges of involving volunteers in disaster management.
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (Elsevier)
Anticipatory action and disaster risk finance: Guiding the setting of humanitarian targets
2022
This report contributes to the evidence base for scaling up anticipatory action and pre-arranged disaster risk finance. It builds on our previous research conducted in 2019 that estimated that over half of crises are somewhat predictable
Start Network Overseas Development Institute
A How-To Guide for the SEM
2022
This guide seeks to provide the SEM community with further knowledge and information about the Paris Agreement, as well as tips for meaningfully engaging in the intergovernmental process, in order to have an impact in the climate process.
Stakeholder Engagement Mechanism
Wildfire and dark clouds approaching Hollywood City
Communities of fire adaptation and mitigation practitioners are attempting to improve fire outcomes by using their power as a system of connected entities – as networks – to influence each other, those who they serve, and the systems they work in.
Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network
Philippines Lessons Learned from Typhoon Yolanda
2017
This document is an assessment of specific aspects of the Philippines' short and medium-term recovery from the Typhoon Yolanda.
World Bank, the