Fragility and conflict

Disaster risk reduction in a context of exposure to risk combined with insufficient coping capacity of the state, system and/or communities to manage, absorb or mitigate those risks.

Latest Fragility and conflict additions in the Knowledge Base

This document presents World Food Programme's engagements in assisting communities hit by disasters and helping them re-establish food security through adaptation.

This brochure is a joint paper of the United Nations Millennium Campaign in Asia and the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) advocating for the commitment of the Asian Countries in progressing towards the fulfillment of the millennium development

The aim of this manual is to provide that practical guidance to facilitate water safety plan (WSP) development focusing particularly on organized water supplies managed by a water utility or similar entity.

It states that WSP approach should be

The water and environment ministry has prepared a National Adaptation Plan of Action (NAPA). The strategy aims to increase awareness within local communities...
The New Humanitarian

This report presents a cross-cutting summary of a country study findings and the international Vulnerability and Adaptation Resource Group (VARG) workshop deliberations. In each of the country studies assessment was made of current efforts to address

Humanitarian exchange, issue 37, March 2007

This paper examines how disaster-related activities do and do not reduce political enmity, stating that the ‘disaster diplomacy’ framework is concerned with the extent to which disaster-related activities –

UNECE Annual Report 2008

This article talks about the issues of energy security risks and risk mitigation strategies among UNECE member States and discusses their causes and appropriate policy responses.

Full report of the South Asia team

This report presents South Asia-wide review of climate change adaptation research, intended to identify present knowledge, gaps on adaptation and application including the practice of research. Unlike the case of China

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