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Displaying 135 of about 2235 resultsThis report outlines and examines the changes made to Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) in the Philippines based on lessons from Super Typhoon Haiyan. It analyses how major stakeholders transformed lessons from Super Typhoon Haiyan into policy responses and reforms to HADR operations, including civil-military coordination. This document…
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 case study outlines Oxfam’s climate change adaptation (CCA) and disaster risk reduction (DRR) programme in the Philippines, which focuses on conflict-prone and climate change-sensitive areas, as well as areas affected by Typhoon Haiyan in Mindanao. The programme aims to help poor women, men and their communities become more resilient to the impacts…
The report highlights good practice in building resilience to disasters and climate change impacts across the ASEAN, particularly at the community level, in urban areas and within the agricultural sector. It also provides examples of building resilience with a focus on safe schools, women's economic empowerment and elderly people. The case studies are d…
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 working paper presents the findings from a pilot research project that investigated how disaster-affected households in low- and middle-income countries rebuild their homes in situations where little or no support is available from humanitarian agencies. The project was an interdisciplinary collaboration involving social scientists, geoscientists,…
The Asia Pacific is the most disaster-prone region in the world. Each year, the region experiences a full range of disasters, from earthquakes and volcanic eruptions to extreme weather events such as typhoons, floods and drought. Central to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent’s (IFRC) humanitarian mandate, and in line with the Red…
This reports analyzes the economic recovery of 4,000 households in the Philippines that were badly affected by typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) in the Philippines and recommends improvements to the role of microfinance in enhancing the financial resilience of such communities.
Microfinance is now an embedded feature of almost all low and middle income countrie…
This study examines the institutional networks required to link processes of community-level deliberation to city and national level processes of decision-making and implementation, in the context of urban governance, community development and climate change.
In 2010, the Philippine government introduced a resettlement programme to remove all informal…
This report focuses on the Adaptation and Mitigation Initiatives in Agriculture (AMIA) that are designed for the rice cultivation sector in order in order to help the Philippines to deploy climate change resilient rice cultivation schemes. This sector is extremely vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and commonly associated with food security. As…
This report examines five countries - Indonesia, the Philippines, Costa Rica, Mexico and South Africa - that all have positive aspects regarding coordinated and coherent national financing of disaster risk reduction (DRR), yet issues remain regardless of progress made. The report makes recommendations based on the research targeted towards different act…
This document discusses the challenges posed by climate change and the need for increased cooperation on disaster risk reduction. It reports on an EIAS Expert Roundtable aimed to take stock of initiatives undertaken by the Philippines to respond to climate change, as well as discussing EU disaster risk management policy and the post-2015 Hyogo Framework…
This document is intended to improve the Philippines' capacity to prevent and mitigate disasters. It is a tool for enhancing regional and provincial planning analyses by recognizing risks posed by natural hazards and the vulnerability of the population, economy and the environment to these hazards. By introducing risk analysis in development planning, i…
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 book aims to explain to governments, decision makers and disaster professionals the potential uses of geoinformation technologies for reducing disaster risks and losses, based on the knowledge and experience of experts in these fields. It covers all regions of the world and all aspects of disaster risk and its management. Disasters in China, German…