Community-based DRR

This manual is designed to train communities and local governments, making these practices accessible, scalable, and adaptable to local contexts.

Citizen science blends community knowledge with digital tools to fill data gaps, improve environmental monitoring, and support better policymaking. It empowers local people, boosts inclusivity, and strengthens climate and water‑management decisions.

The Forensic Investigations of Disasters (FORIN) guide provides important approaches for research and extension purposes in order to understand and reduce disaster risks.

This research identifies the barriers preventing women’s participation and leadership in DPR and assesses how women’s participation and leadership strengthen overall community resilience to disasters caused by natural hazards.

The study evaluates the PHEDM model in two Uttarakhand villages, showing that community‑level training and structured risk assessment significantly improved disaster preparedness, adaptive capacity and emergency response compared with the control village.

The brief highlights how the Philippine Red Cross has partnered with communities, local leaders, members of Barangay Flood Resilience Committees, and key government stakeholders to strengthen flood early warning systems in the Philippines.

This education booklet was produced in the context of the RAHAT project which focuses on extreme heat vulnerability in informal housing in Jodhpur, western India, where climate change is intensifying temperature extremes.