Community-based DRR

El evento fue organizado por la Secretaría Técnica de Gestión de Riesgos, la Administración Zonal Centro del Municipio de Quito y el Banco Mundial quienes en conjunto diseñaron este plan piloto a fin de que cada barrio identifique...

Can you contribute to building understanding of the role of governance in climate change adaptation and reducing risk to disasters? The CDG Programme offers research bursaries of up to US$1,000 to developing country researchers...

Over a billion people - the world's poorest and most vulnerable communities - will bear the brunt of climate change. For them, building local capacity to cope is a vital step towards resilience. Community-based adaptation (CBA) is emerging as a key

This is a report from the workshop on community disaster resilience Fund (CDRF) pilot organized by the National Alliance for Disaster Risk Reduction (NADRR) in Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India from 3rd June to 5th June 2009.

Piloted at the end of 2008, the

A report from the International Federation of the Red Cross and the Red Crescent Societies on water management issues in North-Eastern province of Kenya...

Schools in Jakarta and Bogor practiced flood simulation exercises yesterday to raise awareness 'Children are no longer the last ones to know about flood risk reduction,' said Katharina Anggraeni, from Plan Indonesia...

This publication highlights the role of children in the process of change and SEED's efforts to tap these powerful agents of change to create safe schools. SEEDS, through its School Safety Initiative seeks to create safe environments for children in

A storybook for children from Colombia about climate change and protection of natural resources, especially the forests.