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This report is the first-ever global analysis of climate risks to cotton production. The study provides a high-level analysis of physical climate risks across global cotton-growing regions for the 2040s. Both environmental and social impacts of climate change will affect the entire cotton value chain and cannot be tackled in isolation. The...

This report is the first-ever detailed physical climate risk and vulnerability assessment for India’s cotton value chain. The study considers a wide range of climate hazards including thresholds that are specific to cotton production.  A total of 41 climate hazard indicators and socio-economic indicators were used to assess the risk...

This research collaborated with diversity and inclusion practitioners in the sector to develop an evidence-based Diversity and Inclusion Framework for Emergency Management Policy and Practice. Diversity is the blend of different people in an organisation or community, each with their own identities, goals and abilities, while...

This article will address the disaster resilience village (DRV) approach as a disaster preparedness method in Indonesia. This scheme became operational in 2012, exactly 5 years after disaster management legislation was passed in 2007. This DRV strategy is a component of the central government’s decentralisation of disaster management to local...

This report discusses losses from natural hazards are escalating dramatically, with more properties and critical infrastructure affected each year. Although the magnitude, intensity and/or frequency of certain hazards has increased, development contributes to this unsustainable trend, as disasters emerge when natural disturbances meet vulnerable assets...

Using a cost-benefit analysis, this paper assesses whether it is optimal for the United States to follow the lead of many European countries and introduce a nation-wide lockdown. Though COVID vaccines have been available since December 2020, the rate at which they are administered remains slow, and in the meantime the pandemic continues...

Climate finance is delivered by a broad and expanding range of specialised climate funds, with the Green Climate Fund (GCF) being the largest of them. The main objective of this study is to showcase ways in which civil society organisations (CSOs) could access GCF climate finance. It analyses barriers and entry points for CSOs by combining policy analysis...

Ce document présente les résultats de l’étude de base menée dans le cadre du projet Renforcement de la résilience des communautés touchées par le changement climatique et la dégradation de l’environnement en Guinée. Ce projet porte...

This climate risk profile is intended to serve as a public good to facilitate upstream country diagnostics, policy dialogue, and strategic planning by providing comprehensive overviews of trends and projected changes in key climate parameters, sector-specific implications, relevant policies and programs, adaptation priorities...

Pandemie und Klimakrise haben viele Gemeinsamkeiten. Ursache ist jeweils die Naturzerstörung. Die Folgen sind global, langfristig, vielschichtig und verschärfen soziale Ungleichheit. Sie sind Ausdruck von Marktversagen, führen zu einer Rückbesinnung auf die Bedeutung des Staates und lassen sich nur multilateral lösen. Wenn die jetzt aufgelegten...