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Stanford Social Innovation Review, Stanford University

SSIR
United States of America
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Mission

Stanford Social Innovation Review is an award-winning magazine and website that covers cross-sector solutions to global problems. SSIR is written for and by social change leaders in the nonprofit, business, and government sectors who view collaboration as key to solving environmental, social, and economic justice issues.

It's mission is to advance, educate, and inspire the field of social innovation by seeking out, cultivating, and disseminating the best in research- and practice-based knowledge.

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Climate adaptation means building social infrastructure
Resilience to climate change is less about building walls than cultivating the social capacities for people to navigate uncertainty with agency, solidarity, and security.
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Keeping children in school during natural crises
The occurrence of extreme weather events has not been fully incorporated into education sector planning, education program design, and donor funding models, which makes it difficult for the sector to anticipate and/or respond to such natural crises.
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Connecting climate resilience to the bottom line
Though climate risk awareness began as a conversation about “divestment” and “stranded assets,” it has moved well beyond carbon emissions and fossil fuel exposure. The time is ripe for companies to look beyond quarterly earnings and depreciation schedules, and into frameworks and strategies that will build long-term resilience.
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Redefining disaster, preparedness, and resilience
As the nature, frequency, and scale of disasters grows, the philanthropic sector needs to shift its focus to preparedness through a shared sense of urgency and a commitment to improving data infrastructure, reads an article in the Stanford Social Innovation Review...

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Voluntary Commitments

The organization has no registered commitments.

The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.

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