Inclusion

The report presents the Infectious Disease Vulnerability Index as a method for identifying the most vulnerable countries to such outbreaks so that they might be higher priorities for technical and funding support.

The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific's (ESCAP) has created a climate risk communication platform for improved understanding of climate outlooks and seasonal forecasts in high risk-low capacity countries. ESCAP will tap into Thailand's experience and knowledge in short- and medium-range forecasts and early warning communication systems.

This policy brief presents information on the full spectrum of risks facing the inhabitants of Karonga, and these have been identified by Karonga residents as resulting in premature death or injury and/or affecting their livelihoods and assets. Full

This report details the impact of climate change on children in Bangladesh. It begins with a review of the country's disaster profile with a discussion on the impacts of climate change. The impacts on children are presented with sections on education

This assessment draws on recent conceptual advances made in the understanding of resilience in the context of food security, where resilience is understood as “the ability of individuals, households, communities, institutions or higher-level systems to

This card game aims to familiarise players with different geological hazards. The document features a series of quartet cards to print and cut and the game rules.

This brief outlines a new methodology developed to investigate aspects of resilience in very poor urban contexts where economic assets are universally constrained. It was developed in response to requests from Save the Children to explore options for

Visually impaired residents' challenges during earthquakes have been documented by Massey University in a research that explores the experiences of 12 visually impaired residents who lived through more than 12,000 aftershocks. The study participants, who experienced the 2010 and 2011 New Zealand earthquakes, suggested 17 actions for better disaster preparedness.