Inclusion

Cities are becoming increasingly vulnerable to hazards such as flooding and heat stress due to increasing urbanisation and climate change, with poor communities hit hardest. But many adaptive measures already exist, such as including poor populations in planning processes and communicating about disasters by reflecting traditional beliefs.

The Mexico earthquake and California Wine Country wildfires demonstrate how socioeconomic structures create disasters, as poor and vulnerable populations are hit the hardest. Though early warning systems and forest management contribute to decreased disaster risk, in the end it is social resilience among Mexicans and Californians that has enabled recovery.

After closing COP23, insurance as a mechanism to protect the poor and vulnerable and strengthen resilience emerged as a clear highlight. Though insurance is often also unaffordable for low income people, a new global insurance scheme aims to cover 400 million poor and vulnerable people against climate risks by 2020.

New Zealand's government is planning to create the world's first humanitarian visa for climate refugees. Though the commitment addresses climate injustice, other considerations need to be taken into account when developing humanitarian climate policies. They include reasons for migration, determining who is most in need, and joining existing international initiatives.

The report highlights good practice in building resilience to disasters and climate change impacts across the ASEAN, particularly at the community level, in urban areas and within the agricultural sector. It also provides examples of building resilience

Mangroves provide natural protection from storm surges, which reduces vulnerability among communities in low-lying coastal areas. New research on the protective capacity of mangroves in Bangladesh suggests that mangroves work best when combined with built infrastructure such as embankments.

This paper explores the intersection of the social determinants of health, disaster vulnerability, and severe and morbid obesity. Previously identified vulnerable groups are also represented in severe and morbid obesity data. This poses the prospect for

The document aims to serve as a guide to support national Red Cross/Red Crescent societies in mainstreaming the cross-cutting themes of gender and diversity, protection, and community engagement and accountability. It is based on an inventory of good