COPE Books for Children: COVID-19
Learn about disaster risk reduction, COVID and how the virus is spread in this illustrated book for children from COPE
Environmental Linkages to Population Health and Wellbeing in Coastal Areas of the Bay of Bengal (EnHealth-BoB)
EnHealth-Bob is a network created among stakeholders in the Bay of Bengal to link information and data from both public health and climate change domains, to promote appropriate policy action plans.
Recovery with Dignity
The Recovery with Dignity project aims to understand the experiences of recovery in post-disaster situations across three states in India – Odisha, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala.
72-hour Emergency Assessment approach
This document provides an overview of the aims, applications and general method behind the 72-hour assessment method, by which WFP can respond quickly and appropriately to humanitarian disasters.
From Impacts to Adaptation: Canada in a Changing Climate
From Impacts to Adaptation: Canada in a Changing Climate 2008 reflects the advances made in understanding Canada’s vulnerability to climate change during the past decade.
National Disaster Management Authority India
The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), headed by the Prime Minister of India, is the apex body for Disaster Management in India.
Chennai flood 2015 case studies
Case studies of how different sectors built resilience during the 2015 Chennai floods provide insights into local actions. Understanding the actions can improve preparedness for extreme events.
Strengthening disaster risk management in India
This research analyses in detail the state disaster management plans from five very different states (in terms of climate, geography and size): Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Odisha and Uttarakhand.
Climate and Syria
During 2015 the media started connecting climate change with the conflict in Syria and subsequent refugee movements across Europe. This report looks at their appraoch and whether they got it right.
The climate change, migration and economic development nexus in North Africa
This article addresses the climate change and migration nexus from the perspective of disaster risks and employment, and focuses on Morocco, Tunisia and Egypt.
Climate extremes and resilient poverty reduction
Three ODI case studies – on drought risk in Mali, heatwaves in India and typhoons in Philippines – illustrate the relationship between climate change, climate extremes, disasters and poverty impacts
Adaptation Fund Projects in Action
VIDEO: An overview of Adaptation Fund projects under implementation all over the world.
Gender and Resilience
Individual, household and community resilience to climate extremes and disasters depend on the local context and the extent to which agencies address existing social dynamics and power relations.
emBRACE Flyover Northern England
Check out this Google Earth Flyover video for the emBRACE case study Northern England in the UK
Adaptation Without Borders
Climate change – and adaptation to it – will occur in a globalized, hyper-connected world.
SREX
This report presents key findings from the Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX).
Everyday Disasters and Everyday Heroes
Read here about Frontline: A programme that uniquely finds out from local people what threats they face.
Alpine Hazards in South Tyrol and Grison
Alpine Hazards in South Tyrol (Italy) and Grison (Switzerland)
When people move
Podcast by UK Climate Change and Migration Coalition: When people move. Understanding how climate change creates the movement of people
Jamaica Rural Economy and Ecosystems Adapting to Climate cHange (Ja REEACH)
A community member presents the direct and indirect impacts of flooding in the community of Troy as part of the Ja REEACH CEDAR (Communities Engaged to Drive Adaptation...
Preparing for glacial lake outbursts in Peru
School children practice their emergency response in Carhuaz, Peru. © PRAA project staff / CARE
Peru has one of the largest concentrations in the world of tropical...
Using Mobile Phones to Reduce the Adversities of Climate Change in Rural Nepal
The initiative aims to build resilience by improving the livelihood assets of vulnerable communities, and the work reported here focuses on the rural communities around South-Central Nepal.
PREFUS - Pathways of Resilience to Future Storms
The PREFUS project is co-led by Dr Jadu Dash and Dr Emma Tompkins at the University of Southampton, and Dr John Duncan is a full time researcher on the project. It is a...
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