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Displaying 15 of about 52 resultsThis synthesis report presents an updated analysis of the social protection landscape in Asia and the Pacific and identifies priorities for enhancing both food security and nutrition and improving responses to risks and shocks.It draws on scoping studies commissioned by WFP exploring social protection in eight countries (Cambodia, Lao PDR, Nepal, Pakist…
To put in place inclusive strategies that increase the resilience of women and men in all their diversity, there is an urgent need to better understand the gendered effects of climate change across countries. To achieve this, this paper explores the connections between phenomena related to climate change and gender related outcomes in Ban…
This report summarizes the outcomes of the fourth Nansen Initiative Regional Consultation, which was hosted by the Government of the Philippines in Manila from 15 – 17 October 2014 to discuss “Human Mobility in the Context of Disasters and Climate Change in Southeast Asia.”
The overall objectives of the Nansen Initiative Southeast Asian Regional Consul…
ASEAN region is home to various types of disasters, large and small scales caused by various drivers. Risk drivers in ASEAN countries may vary, but among many vulnerable groups and sectors, children regularly lose school days, have more detrimental effects and bear the negative impacts on their education over their whole school experience. Damaged schoo…
Southeast Asia is home to an estimated 36 million people living below the international poverty line, about 5% of the global total. If efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals in this region are to succeed, undertaking disaster risk-informed developments is not a choice, but a necessity. Natural hazards impact large areas throughout the…
This paper addresses a need for a paradigm shift towards more proactive and adaptive drought management across South-East Asia. The report provides the evidence base for these interventions, including the recently adopted ASEAN Declaration on the Strengthening of Adaptation to Drought.
The report presents three policy tracks: i) reduce and prevent; ii)…
This book is a compilation of six country case studies that discusses the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Safe Schools Initiative's (ASSI) best practices and key learnings from the implementation of comprehensive school safety frameworks.
The first phase of ASSI involved a series of consultations in nine of the member States w…
This document provides a compendium of the main findings and lessons learnt from food security climate analyses undertaken by WFP and partners under the Climate Adaptation Management and Innovation Initiative (C-ADAPT).
This compendium is targeted at government policy makers, humanitarian partners, and technical analysts interested in accessing a snap…
This briefing paper addresses the governance of funding for climate change adaptation in developing countries at the global and country level in order for the needs of the most vulnerable to be met. It particularly considers country-level ownership of adaptation finance and advocates for climate funding to prioritize and clearly provide resource allocat…
This document developed by World Vision International, Asia Pacific Region provides cases studies from 8 different countries in Asia on Safe Schools initiatives. These initiatives are aimed to promote the three pillars of the Comprehensive School Safety Framework (CSSF) as an integrated approach to reduce risk and promote resilience in the education se…
NTS Bulletin February 2015:
This bulletin addresses the progress on DRR of the ASEAN Member States. It is a review of the progress made under the Hyogo Framework and consider the way forward for DRR. This brief review is provided by By Centre for Non-Traditional Security (NTS) Studies S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Singapore.
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This paper examines the emergence of transformative resilience (i.e., dynamic project capabilities to pursue fundamentally new strategies and practices) when facing external disruptions. A process-orientated case study was conducted within a culturally diverse project network of disaster risk management actors from Sweden and four Asian countries during…
This report examines processes of anticipation in Southeast Asia by analyzing what methods and tools are used to anticipate climate futures and their role in climate policy and decision-making. Despite being most vulnerable to climate change, research into anticipatory climate governance processes in the Global South remains very limited. To unders…
This publication provides children and youth in Asia a platform to report on progress made towards "the need to protect women, children and other vulnerable groups from the disproportionate
impacts of disaster and to empower them to promote resiliency within their communities and workplaces" (as recognized in the declaration adopted in Incheon by the As…
This document reflects the inputs received from an extensive multi-stakeholder consultations process involving governments, organizations and various networks in the Asia-Pacific region from March 2012 to date. At the request of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly, the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) has facilitated consultations wit…