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New study concludes that improving adaptation to increasing fire risk and pursuing global climate change mitigation efforts is the best strategy for limiting fire risk

The Pamoja Voices toolkits enable people and communities in Tanzania and Zanzibar to articulate their priorities for building resilience to climate change.

This case study discusses how conjunctive management should be implemented in Pakistan's mega-irrigation systems in the Punjab and Sindh provinces and attempts to move toward conjunctive management. Some conjunctive management is already happening in the country, but there is much to gain by integrating management of surface and groundwater in...

This needs and capacity assessment, carried out in six local levels (one metropolitan city, four municipalities and one rural municipality), is expected to shed some light on what policies and capacities currently exist at the local level for prevention (risk reduction and mitigation), preparedness and response (search and rescue, relief, recovery,...

This policy brief, from two European research projects analysing the global dimension of climate change impacts on Europe, presents a number of COVID-19 lessons for European climate change research and policy: The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting many areas of decision-making and policy planning. Lockdowns, economic shocks and public recovery packages...

The recent shift in humanitarianism from thinking in terms of response to anticipatory action has not only great intuitive appeal but there is also growing consensus on the value of acting early in terms of both cost-effectiveness and efficiency. As a new way of thinking and acting, this innovative approach comes with a new parlance and vocabulary.This...

This rapid assessment of Sint Maarten's (SXM) housing sector was undertaken after Hurricane Irma struck Sint Maarten in September 2017. The report facilitates a dialogue with the Sint Maarten government regarding housing development, reconstruction activities, and disaster preparedness under the Sint Maarten Recovery, Reconstruction and Resilience...

The project paper incorporates climate change into the Kenya Accountable Devolution Program (KADP) as a cross-cutting issue and a focus on strengthening the capacity of the country to address climate related vulnerability, risk management and resilience, including capacity building in environmental and social risk management and safeguards. The project...

After a record-breaking hurricane season, city planners in Florida focus on rescuing affordable housing, architects adopt new housing designs for long-term needs.

The economic impacts of both the climate and coronavirus crises will likely be felt most acutely by more than 2 billion people who rely on the informal sector.