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    Climate and Development Outlook: Stories of Change from CDKN Issue No 1

    In this document the first article “Towards action in the Caribbean” discusses this island nation’s vulnerability to extreme weather events and sea level rise. Their economies are also heavily dependent on imported fossil fuels. That’s why climate c…

    Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN)

    • Climate Resilience in Africa
    • Disaster Risk Reduction
    • Climate Finance
    • Climatic changes
    • Environmental management--Developing countries
    4 pages

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    Managing Climate Extremes and Disasters in the Water Sector: Lessons from the IPCC SREX Report

    "This thematic brief summarises the key findings of the report relevant to water resources, and water management. It draws exclusively on material from SREX. It includes an assessment of the science and the implications for society and sustainable d…

    Emma Back

    Catherine Cameron

    Gemma Norrington Davies

    • Disaster Risk Reduction
    • Water Resource Management
    • Climate Extremes
    • Climatic changes
    • Water management
    • Sustainable development
    36 pages

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    Managing Climate Extremes and Disasters for Ecosystems: Lessons from the IPCC SREX report

    "Good ecosystems management is critical for managing climate extremes and disasters. It plays three positive roles: delivery of ecosystem-based adaptation; delivery of co-benefits for livelihoods and biodiversity conservation; and support for cl…

    Catherine Cameron

    Gemma Norrington Davies

    Emma Back

    • Disaster Risk Management
    • Disaster Risk Reduction
    • Ecosystem Management
    • Climatic changes
    • Environmental policy
    36 pages

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    Conflict Management and Disaster Risk Reduction : A Case Study of Kenya

    The links between disaster risk reduction and conflict prevention is explored in this report and the focus is specifically on Kenya. Mainly, it aims to develop a livelihoods approach to understanding and reducing the risk of households and communiti…

    Nairobi Peace Initiative Africa (NPI)

    • Disaster Risk Reduction
    • Conflict Prevention
    • Conflict Management
    • Livelihoods
    • Peace-building
    • Violence
    88 pages

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    Resilient Ecosystems and Disaster Risk Reduction: Opportunities for Coastal Cities in Africa

    Natural disasters are a threat to both natural and human systems. As a result of climate change, extreme weather events are expected to become more frequent. As climate change will continue having devastating effects on African coastal cities, it is…

    Siyasanga Sauka

    • Disaster Risk Reduction
    • Ecosystem-based adaptation
    • United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
    • Coastal Communities
    • Climatic changes
    • Environment
    15 pages

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    Awareness of Climate Change by Rural Women in the Niger Delta Region: Implication for Empowering Women on Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction Initiatives

    Climate change is one of the most urgent concerns of our time with widespread implications for the earth’s ecosystems and human development across sectors. Nigeria, like many other African countries, is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate ch…

    Andrew G Onokerhoraye

    Job Imharobere Eronmhonsele

    Mercy Omuero Edejeghwro

    • Disaster Risk Reduction
    • Niger Delta Region
    • Rural Women
    • Women Empowerment
    • Climatic changes
    • Environmental management--Developing countries
    6 pages

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    Community Survey and Mapping for District Disaster Risk Management

    This study was commission by Puntland Ministry of Interior, Federalism and Democratization through the support of UNDP Somalia programme to assess current disaster management system in nine of the UN Joint Programme on Local Governance and Decentral…

    Somali Institute for Development Research and Analysis (SIDRA)

    • Disaster Risk Management
    • Disaster Risk Reduction
    • Natural Disaster
    • Emergency management
    119 pages

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    Anticipatory Governance in SADC: Reducing Disaster Risk After COVID-19

    Humans exist in complex adaptive socio-ecologically linked systems that interact, learn, react, change and adapt. Disaster risk reduction (DRR) functions within these systems in SADC and its member states. However, DRR cannot be viewed as the respon…

    Dewald Van Niekerk

    • Governance
    • Southern African Development Community (SADC)
    • Disaster Risk Reduction
    • COVID-19 Pandemic
    • Governance and civil society
    • Political development
    31 pages

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