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Tetra Tech ARD, a leading international development consulting firm based in Burlington, Vermont and Washington, D.C., is currently accepting expressions of interest from qualified national, regional and local technical and policy experts for the USAID funded Biodiversity and Watersheds Improved for Stronger Economy and Ecosystem Resilience…
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Oxfam Australia (OAus) has been working with rural communities in Lao PDR since 1989. We support communities in strengthening their resilience to and ability to mitigate the impact natural and manmade disasters. We work with local partner organisations and government bodies to help develop sustainable livelihoods, and to improve food securit…
The Himalayan Climate Change Adaptation Programme (HICAP) is a pioneering collaboration among three organizations – CICERO, ICIMOD, and GRID-Arendal – aimed at contributing to enhanced resilience of mountain communities, particularly women, through improved understanding of vulnerabilities, opportunities, and potentials for adaptation. Under its communi…
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The Salween-Mekong basin is one of China’s most climatically, ecologically, and ethnically diverse regions and the headwaters of many of China’s major river systems. The impacts of changes in water supply and climate vary greatly depending on elevation, environmental conditions, and the socioeconomic situation of rural inhabitants. Floods an…
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The main objective of the research on climate resilient livelihoods is to identify the most appropriate and feasible livelihood options that are climate resilient, gender responsive and benefit the main target groups.
Specific objectives of the research are:
To suggest and agree in consultation with the project staff and partners on…
Oxfam GB is seeking an international consultant to undertake qualitative research to follow-up on our effectiveness review of the Community-based Disaster Risk Management and Livelihoods Programme in Pakistan.
The specific objective of the consultancy is to explain and build upon the findings of this review, asking in particular why programme intervent…
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Afghanaid is mandated to facilitate and support Afghan women, men and children in their fight against poverty, inequality and vulnerability through a range of interventions, most supporting grass-roots and local level capacity development, facilitating local development processes, and institution building with policy influencing and advocacy…
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…
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 reports on a workshop addressing the problems and impacts of floods and aiming to provide more understandable and action-oriented information to policymakers in the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) region (Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and Sri Lanka), in order to develop a regional road map…
Each newsletter in this FAO Regional Emergency Office for Southern Africa (REOSA) series for DIPECHO/ECHO Food Security Partners introduces a specific disaster risk reduction (DRR) food security project, presents country updates and upcoming meetings.
Issue 3: Reducing the risk of disaster in community based agriculture in Malawi
Issue 5: Mains…
Women and men do not experience climate change the same way, writes Georgina Aboud on Alertnet. Since there are economic and cultural restrictions that restrict women's access to employment in most developing countries, their livelihoods are linked to climate-sensitive sectors like agriculture or water collection.
Bridge, a research programme has recen…
The European Union has announced additional funding of €15 million in order to continue delivering immediate relief to the victims of two humanitarian crises in Pakistan. These funds will provide assistance to those affected by the on-going conflict in the north of the country as well as to the victims of three successive years of major flooding in the…
A new film depicts how a women’s organisation in India’s northeast provinces is helping local communities share and strengthen their knowledge for dealing with the impacts of climate change.
Adapting effectively to climate change requires a mind shift in how we approach climate knowledge, according to Greeshma Hegde and Sahil Sasidharan from the I…
By Kathlee Freeman
A project in My Loi climate-smart village helps women and ethnic minorities access weather data and use it to inform agriculture decisions.
As climate change reshapes weather patterns, forecasting helps smallholder farmers protect themselves and their farms against erratic weather. Smallholder farmers, however, especially women…