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Displaying 45 of about 642 resultsThis paper discusses how extreme weather disasters (EWD) can jeopardize domestic food supply and disrupt commodity markets. However, historical impacts on European crop production associated with droughts, heatwaves, floods, and cold waves are not well understood - especially in view of potential adverse trends in the severity of impacts due to climate…
The publication on good practices and lessons learned are a collection of experiences gained from the participatory process and achievements from the ARISE project. The integrated provision of emergency supplies, capacity building, and process documentation is a model and experience worth sharing. The wealth of information contained in this publication…
Across the world, flooding remains the most frequent and most damaging natural risk. This technical report begins by exploring the reasons for this state of affairs: hydrological regimes, the existence of extreme events as part of a continuous distribution of possibilities, and the concepts of hazard and vulnerability. It then moves on to describe the c…
The GEOGLAM Crop Monitor for Early Warning (CM4EW) is an international and transparent multi-source, consensus assessment of the crop growing conditions, status, and agro-climatic conditions that are likely to impact global production. The CM4EW reports on climate hazards, such as drought, flood, and extreme weather, as well as pests and crop diseases,…
This article seeks to establish the role of indigenous knowledge systems (IKS) in climate governance in pursuit of sustainable development in rural Zimbabwe. Rural communities in the developing world suffer the most from the negative effects of climate change. As such, their success in combating the effects of climate change is through establishing cult…
This BAMS special report presents assessments of how human-caused climate change may have affected the strength and likelihood of individual extreme events in 2018.
This report contributes to the wealth of information and conversations around mountains by highlighting CARE programs that address the social and environmental threats to highland ecosystems, underscoring the disproportionate impacts of these threats on women and other marginalized groups, and drawing from their experiences to outline best practices for…
This paper provides a framework, key principles, and a repertoire of options for adapting social safety net projects to unprecedented levels of insecurity. It fills an operational knowledge gap regarding project design, implementation, and supervision under insecurity; as called for by the World Bank Group's Strategy for Fragility, Conflict and Violence…
Existing research on the disaster-conflict nexus is commonly too general to inform practice. A scenario-based approach that centres on comparable cases can help aid actors to learn, identify and apply best practices in their specific context.
Research from the ‘When disaster meets conflict’ programme analyses how state, non-state and humanitarian actor…
This climate risk profile is intended to serve as a public good to facilitate upstream country diagnostics, policy dialogue, and strategic planning by providing comprehensive overviews of trends and projected changes in key climate parameters, sector-specific implications, relevant policies and programs, adaptation priorities and opportunities for…
This study aims to identify the mechanisms influencing the level of understanding of community resilience in a vulnerable community and to contribute to the understanding of community resilience to disaster risk. The Western Cape is a dynamic province that is disaster-prone, particularly the vulnerable urban communities in and around its environs.…
As you may know, 13th October has been set aside by the United Nations as International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction. In furtherance of our mandate, we propose to float a blast of campaigns and interactive sessions to mark this day and showcase the impact of collaborations. The theme is ‘Effectiveness of partnerships in accelerating disaster risk gov…
Disaster Resilience Network (DRN) Ghana And Partner’s; African Union of Broadcasting – AUB UNDRR Focal Point, Weija-Gbawe Municipal Assembly, Ghana’s National Disaster Management Organization - NADMO joins United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – UNDRR to Celebrate International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction – IDDRR 13 October 2021 on the t…
The GEOGLAM Crop Monitor for Early Warning (CM4EW) is an international and transparent multi-source, consensus assessment of the crop growing conditions, status, and agro-climatic conditions that are likely to impact global production. The CM4EW reports on climate hazards, such as drought, flood, and extreme weather, as well as pests and crop diseases,…
The Addis Ababa Water Resilience Profile represents an opportunity to continue regional efforts to build resilience capacity and explore strategies, through multiple lenses, to improve the water security of the region. The actions identified provide a foundational architecture upon which stakeholders can build upon by means of policies, projects, a…