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This briefing note addresses the need for the fight against hunger and malnutrition in the Sahel to be fought before, during and after crises. It calls for contingency planning to be systematically included into long-term policies and programmes and considers Disaster Risk Reduction…
This document addresses land degradation and desertification (LDD), extreme weather events and rising sea levels as a challenges to security and survival. It presents: (i) the strategic orientations of French development cooperation in order to further the implementation of actions benefiting affected populations directly; (ii) the efforts undertaken, i…
A glance at urban interventions by Red Cross Societies in Latin America and the Caribbean:
This publication was developed in an effort to complement and inform the internal process of defining urban intervention strategies in the Americas in order to manage urban risk related to health and sanitation; food security and nutrition; road safety; social, e…
This report presents a system-level mapping and analysis of the performance of international humanitarian assistance. Section 4.3.2 focuses on preparedness, disaster risk reduction and the rise of resilience. This section highlights positives and negatives, for example:
- Through pooled funds, South Sudan has increased its preparedness capacity, with…
This booklet reveals and explains the linkages between people and the environment in the Balkans. As part of the present risks intensified by climate warming, it considers forest fires, desertification, drought and heat waves, decreasing farming productivity, sea level rise impacts on coastal erosion and salt water intrusion, and floods; and addresses a…
Press release
12 months ago Governments and NGOs raced to East Africa to prevent a humanitarian disaster caused by the worst drought in 60 years.
They responded to dire warnings that 12 million people were threatened by malnutrition after rain had failed to arrive for the second year in a row.
Livestock was dying, crops were failing and a crisis was…
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 Helen James
The Start Network has signed a ‘game-changing’ insurance policy, intended to pay out if a drought hits Senegal, enabling aid agencies to offer live-saving help before a famine threatens to take people’s lives.
The Start Network has taken this bold step because it believes that pre-emptive disaster financing could revolutionise the aid s…
"Funding for disaster risk reduction and disaster preparedness is not very 'sexy' for donors - global, domestic and private," said Jouni Humberg of FinnChurchAid. Writing for the Edmonton Journal, authors Craig and Mark Kielburger warn that preparing for disasters, such as teaching sustainable farming practices or supporting local governments to manage…
If development, disaster risk and climate change adaptation practitioners don’t start coordinating their actions in a ‘climate smart’ way, natural hazards will continue to devastate vulnerable people in developing countries. That’s the message from the authors of a new guide, Changing climate, changing disasters: pathways to integration, launched today…
This document presents lessons from the Somalia Resilience Program (SomReP), a multi-year effort to tackle the challenge of recurrent droughts and the chronic vulnerability that results among pastoralists, agro-pastoralists, and peri-urban households across Somalia. Designed to address communities’ unique needs toward building resilient livelihoods, the…
By Sanjiv Phansalkar
Once we realize that one size does not fit all, it will be easier for the government and civil society organizations to tailor strategies to manage water in the different agro-climatic regions of the country that truly benefits the rural poor.
There are arguably three basic types of rural poverty in India. The first and perha…
Development and Climate Days 2021 will take place on 9 and 10 November, and will see grassroots representatives, researchers, development practitioners and policymakers from all over the world discuss how to build a climate-resilient future for all.
Development and Climate Days (D&C Days) 2021 will be held during the annual Conference of the P…
The School of Environmental Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam is organizing the Disaster, Risk and Vulnerability Conference - 2020 (DRVC 2020). In the present COVID-19 scenario the conference will be conducted through Virtual Mode on focused themes during 9–10 October and 16–17 October 2020.
The conference is in continuation of th…
Online Conference: When Disaster meets Conflict
Lessons on Disaster Governance and Humanitarian Action
When disasters happen in a conflict-setting, responses involve many state and non-state actors that try to reach affected populations. Who are these actors and do they work together? Who can affect communities' trust to work for their interests? How…