Documents and publications

Developed by BSSC of NIBS, this 2026 resource brings together research, engineering expertise and emerging technologies to advance earthquake-resistant design and building safety.

This report finds gaps in school preparedness education, teacher training and assessment. It outlines a practical roadmap to build age-appropriate skills through curricula, community partnerships and ongoing evaluation.

A practical guide to disability-inclusive emergency preparedness, response and recovery, with advice on personal plans, support networks, accessible communication and essential supplies.

To support effective early action and enhance adaptive capacity for all, the authors outline six priority intervention areas.

This research investigates the paradox of buildability and constructability in Ghana’s construction industry and its contribution to frequent building collapses.

This guide helps national focal points and technical experts, particularly from least developed countries and Small Island Developing States, communicate their priorities on adaptation and loss and damage through Nationally Determined Contributions.

This report presents the Locally led adaptation (LLA) Evidence and Impact Framework – a structured analytical lens organised around eight LLA principles, two dimensions and six evidence categories.

This policy brief explores how climate change is affecting older people in small-scale fishing communities across South and Southeast Asia and calls for age-inclusive adaptation, social protection and climate finance.

This toolkit includes four practical templates to help people with disabilities prepare for emergencies.

This publication reports that climate change and climate mitigation policies affect poverty and inequality in Bulgaria through multiple, reinforcing channels, and their impacts fall unevenly across the income distribution.