VRC Case Study
This chapter summarizes the structure and utility of Vulnerability Reduction Credits and shows how VRCs are created and integrated into adaptations to heterogeneous climate risks.
Insurgency, Terrorism and Organised Crime in a Warming Climate
This report examines the links between climate-fragility risks and non-state armed groups. It draws on four case studies in the Lake Chad region, Syria, Afghanistan and Guatemala.
Prairie Climate Centre
The Prairie Climate Centre is a collaboration of the University of Winnipeg and the Internati
Round-up of the 10th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation (CBA10)
This article summarizes the discussions that took place at the CBA10 international conference, which this year had an urban focus, with the theme of ‘enhancing urban community resilience’
SEI Initiative on Transforming Development and Disaster Risk
This SEI Initiative seeks to integrate DRR around the world with equitable, sustainable and resilient development by transforming the relationship between development and DRR.
Focali
Focali (Forest, Climate, and Livelihood research network) is a Swedish research network focusing on forest / bio-energy, climate change and poverty issues.
Building Community Resilience to Disasters in Upland Areas of Vietnam (BCRD)
The highland areas of Vietnam are particularly vulnerable to the consequences of climate change. This study describes a far-reaching prevention program in the Kon Tum province undertaken in 2007.
Strengthening Actions for Fostering Resilience through Early Warning and Risk Sensitive Planning in Nepal (SAFER)
SAFER Nepal is one of the projects under the DEPECHO VII funded by the European Commission's Humanitarian Aid & Civil Protection department.
The project is...
Helping Vietnam Improve Capacity for Disaster Risk Management
Vo Trung Kien/World Bank
Project overview The project has helped improve the disaster early-warning and forecasting capacity for the Southern hydrometeorology...
