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Governance

The institutional structures and processes that drive decision-making and management of DRR programs at regional, national and local level. This theme also includes institutions, legislations, policies and coordination mechanisms such as regional and national platforms.

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Preparing and responding to extreme heat through effective local, state, and federal action planning

Heat action planning systematically and scientifically organizes short-, medium-, and long-term heat interventions within a spectrum of context-specific, socially, and fiscally responsive options.
Federation of American Scientists
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The political economy of adapting to climate change

This column studies the drivers of voter support for public adaptation, focusing on voters who vary by age, income, and beliefs about the efficacy of such policies.
Centre for Economic Policy Research
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Briefing note: Human mobility in national adaptation plans

As NAPs serve as a means of identifying and addressing countries' adaptation needs and developing national strategies and programmes, the integration of human mobility into all their key steps and elements is crucial.
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El Niño disasters: governments know what’s coming, but are unprepared – what must change

Drought disasters in southern Africa are mainly attributed to a lack of preparedness, inadequate response and mitigation and poor risk reduction measures.
Conversation Media Group, the
MCR2030 Flames of Change Special Report
Documents and publications

Flames of change - special report on disability inclusion in disaster risk reduction and prevention

MCR2030 Flames of Change: Innovating Heat and Wildfire Governance for Inclusive Communities - Special Report on Disability Inclusion in Disaster Risk Reduction and Prevention
Flames of change
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Flames of change: Innovating heat and wildfire governance for inclusive communities

This report focuses on innovative and inclusive heat and wildfire governance in Europe, aiming to equip policymakers and stakeholders with knowledge, solutions and tools to tackle issues of reducing heat, drought and wildfire risks, leaving no one behind.
Research briefs

Engaging with the politics of climate resilience towards clean water and sanitation for all

In this article, world-leading water specialists from academic and practitioner communities reflect on, and share examples of, the importance of keeping people and politics at the centre of work on climate resilient water security.
weADAPT
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Innovation and deadlock in governing disasters and climate change collaboratively - Lessons from the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia

This paper outlines the use of collaborative approaches by a climate change and disaster community of practice across seven local government areas in the Northern Rivers region, New South Wales, Australia.

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