Inclusion

This briefing paper summarises where the issues of displacement, migration and planned relocation stand within the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) agreements, decisions and discourse. Seizing the Momentum highlights opportunities and

This study discusses the potential role that Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) can play in disaster risk reduction activities and in mapping the disaster-related vulnerabilities of clients in order to assess opportunities for more effective disaster

This briefing report looks at the anticipated impacts of climate-induced migration on efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) on climate change – SDG13. More specifically, this brief describes the SDG targets relating to climate change

This report provides a summary of foreign residents' risk perception and their disaster preparedness, as well as lessons learnt from a disaster preparedness activity in Kobe, Japan. In a globalised world, the awareness of risks in a new environment and

The first-ever National Conference on Child-Centred Disaster Risk Reduction in Viet Nam was held in the coastal province of Ninh Thuận. In light of the increasing vulnerability of Vietnamese children to climate change and natural disasters, experts called for specific measures to protect and respond to their needs.

An educational programme, run by Bangladesh's government with support from charity Save the Children and ECHO, a European Commission humanitarian aid effort, aims to make school children ambassadors for disaster preparedness in their neighbourhoods, spreading the knowledge they gain at school among family members and the wider community.

Including Syrian refugees in Turkey’s earthquake risk assessments could boost the death toll from a major earthquake in the country’s most populated districts along the Syria-Turkey border by up to 20 percent. The research highlights the importance of including physical, political, cultural and socio-economic factors in natural hazard risk assessments.

This paper reviews the effect of natural disasters on human mobility or migration. Although there is an increase of natural disasters and migration recently and more patterns to observe, the relationship remains complex. While some authors find that