Social impacts and social resilience

This book addresses the social implications of climate change and climatic variability on indigenous peoples and communities living in the highlands, lowlands, and coastal areas of Latin America and the Caribbean where indigenous people already perceive

Experiences and lessons learnt from the project "Building resilience to tsunamis in the Indian Ocean":

This document reports on an initiative which objective is to build the resilience of communities and nations to disasters by strengthening national

Disaster Risk Reduction Symposium/Disaster Reduction Alliance Forum 2010:

This report summarizes the outcomes of a forum addressing challenges of international disaster risk reduction and roles by member organizations of the Disaster Reduction Alliance

'Vulnerability, a lack of preparedness and appropriate, timely and relevant responses to natural disasters has left millions in need of humanitarian assistance' stated OCHA-Kenya, IOM, UNEP and ISS, the agencies involved in the launch of a regional initiative, Security in Mobility (SIM)...

This publication draws on the most up-to-date thinking on adaptation planning and resilience to describe how managers, communities and reef-based industries can “manage for climate resilience” through the maintenance of properties that confer resilience

This report reviews the current Safer Islands Programme (SIP) concept established in the Maldives following the tsunami and its contribution to Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), and puts a figure on the costs and benefits of climate change adaptation and DRR

Water Sector Board Practitioner Notes (P-Notes) series, issue 42:

This brief presents a study aiming to enhance the state's capacity to assess long-term effects of drought and increase resilience to drought risks at state, district, and community levels

This report explores the implications of climate change for pastoralists and agro-pastoralists in Ethiopia and Mali. It is intended to support the work of NGOs, policy makers and researchers to improve coherence in efforts linking climate change with