Documents and publications

This outline of the IDRC Davos 2010 conference outcomes, with its motto “Risks, Disasters, Crisis and Global Change – From Threats to Sustainable Opportunities”, marks the conference as another milestone toward the integration of the ever more complex and

A teacher's manual of classroom activities for K-8 focused on preparedness, response, and mitigation. Activities cover earthquakes, hurricanes, and basic first aid for K-8 students. Many activities are geared for low-resource environments.

This overview highlights projects supporting measures that minimize climate change damage by reducing the risk, or the adverse effects, of climate change, through support to LDCs, advancing achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, and supporting

Policy Research Working Paper 5342:

This paper asserts that educating young women may be one of the best climate change disaster prevention investments in addition to high social rates of return in overall sustainable development goals. The authros

Through a range of examples, this Issues Brief illustrates how public finance can catalyze climate action by piloting innovative ways to leverage both climate and development finance, such as combining resources and instruments to maximize synergies

These guidelines provide a holistic approach to addressing land issues from the immediate aftermath of a natural disaster through early recovery and reconstruction phases.

The Commonwealth Ministers Reference Book is a source of information on key aspects of policy issues for all Commonwealth ministers, from trade to transport. It includes 40 articles covering a range of topics with opinion pieces, case studies and

This book provides a political and historical analysis of climate change policy, shows how adaptive governance has worked on the ground in Barrow, Alaska, and other local communities, and makes the case for adaptive governance as a complementary approach