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Displaying 30 of about 590 resultsThe IDRC Davos 2014 will address the numerous interconnected, complex and emerging risks today's societies are faced with. Environmental, technical, social and economic risks are often closely linked and can result in successive impact. Risks and disasters explored at the IDRC Davos 2014 include, amongst others, natural hazards, failures of critical inf…
The improving resilience in South Sudan (IRISS) project – funded by DFID’s building resilience and adaptation to climate extremes and disasters (BRACED) programme – sought to increase resilience to drought and floods for targeted communities, especially women and girls, while also contributing to evidence-based learning related to developing climate cha…
The purpose of this publication is to detail lessons learned from UNDP’s Climate Change Adaptation work and achievements in the Arab region on achieving sustainable and lasting results. Some lessons include building local capacity at all levels to ensure a project’s long-term viability, decentralizing infrastructure management, implicating community-bas…
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan hosted the “Impact of Climate Change and Fragility on International Security” roundtable seminar in Tokyo in January 2017, with three follow-up meetings with researchers, think tanks and involved NGOs in February and March 2017. This report is based on specific proposals from the roundtable seminar and…
This is the third edition of the Suffering in Silence report. The aim of this report is to highlight those humanitarian crises in 2018 that, though large, have received little public attention. In the final section, it also addresses the question of how to ensure better coverage, outlining eight steps to help shine a light on forgotten crises.
Using th…
This report explores the complex and tangled links between climate variability/change and the proliferation of armed networks operating in northern Niger. It does so by examining the factors influencing livelihood choices among 29 smugglers of people, arms, drugs and gold working across northern Niger. The report focuses on these smugglers because they…
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and Red Cross Red Crescent National Societies, together with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), have a long-standing commitment to addressing situations of internal displacement and provide vital support to millions of internally displaced people.
This year ma…
The event will highlight the effects of climate change on agricultural sustainability and safety, and agricultural trade trends between developed and developing countries, with a focus on standards and regulatory systems as they relate to animal, plant, and human safety.
The first day of the two-day event will look more generally at the effects of clim…
This report aims to support the United Nations (UN) and its partners in developing climate-sensitive conflict prevention approaches. It offers: (1) a literature review covering the major scholarship on the links between climate change and violent conflict; (2) in-depth case studies on climate-security dynamics in Bangladesh and Nigeria; and (3) cross-cu…
This policy brief explores initial lessons learnt from a climate security perspective of efforts to prevent violent extremism in politically and environmentally fragile contexts affected by climate change.
It draws on recent country level examples, preliminary insights from UNDP’s work streams on climate security and the prevention of violent extremism…
According to this new study led by IUCN, competition over increasingly scarce and degraded resources can exacerbate these forms of violence. The degradation of nature can lead to gender-based violence including sexual assault, domestic violence and forced prostitution.
Climate change is fundamentally challenging the ways in which societies access…
Purpose of Position
Provide strategic communications leadership and capacity building support to the Asia Pacific region in the following arena of disaster management.
- Pro-actively engage all stakeholders (both internal and external) to increase their awareness and understanding of WV’s work in emergency response and community resilience building t…
The food security and nutrition–conflict nexus: building resilience for food security, nutrition and peace
This report provides an overview of food security and nutrition across the African region, including trends, challenges and progress against key indicators. In particular, this report highlights the reversal in progress in the fight against hunger…
This report describes a study that aims to understand the causes and consequences of displacement and migration triggered by climate change, and to raise awareness about this issue amongst policy makers, development practitioners, academics and other stakeholders.
The report is comprised of nine sections which define the study, explain the methodology,…
This paper is a collection of reflections from a field visit to three districts in the middle hills and Terai belt of eastern Nepal (Sunsari, Dhankuta and Morang) which set out to explore the various dimensions of the resilience of climate-affected communities. By sharing the perceptions and insights of community members from these districts, this paper…