This report analyzed nearly 300 nature-based solutions (NBS) projects across sub-Saharan Africa from 2012 to 2023. It offers a comprehensive overview of NBS in the region: what climate resilience objectives projects are addressing, where projects are occurring and at what scale, how they are funded, and intended co-benefits. It also provides recommendations to scale NBS […]
Anticipatory action is expanding and being mainstreamed across the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement. As National Societies add more Early Action Protocols (EAPs) and scale up their anticipatory action programming, developing an anticipatory action pre-financing strategy is essential to ensuring timely and effective implementation. The window for anticipatory action is a critical period when humanitarian
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Produced in partnership with the World Meteorological Organization and the Australian National University, this white paper calls for urgent action to strengthen collaboration, spark innovation and safeguard communities and economies from escalating climate risks. Extreme weather events are increasing in frequency and severity, posing growing threats to lives, infrastructure and economies worldwide. Early warning systems
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The health impacts of climate change are happening now. This report tells the stories of communities in three countries across Africa. Burkina Faso, Malawi and Somalia were chosen because they are among the African countries most vulnerable to climate change (NDGAIN, 2024). All three countries have recently experienced climate-health events, including heatwaves, cholera outbreaks and
Author: Global Center on Adaptation This year’s Stories of Resilience lays out the need for urgent and rapid reform in how global and national climate finance is delivered, in the power dynamics between providers and recipients, and in how success is measured. Read the report to find out what global and national systems are doing
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From Informality to Impact – The Untapped Potential of Scaling Urban Resilience Innovation in Informality Policy and Investment Briefing Note 9 November 2024 Currently only 1.2% of urban climate investments flow to climate change adaptation and resilience solutions. Increasing investment flows requires diversifying and strengthening the solution pipeline across different models – for-profit, not-for-profit, private-sector-led and private–public partnerships,
Effective emergency preparedness for flooding and drought: A guide for cities Implementation Guides – October 2024 DARAJA Case Study, pp. 25-26 Climate-related hazards are growing in intensity and frequency, causing significant loss and damage in cities around the world. Successful emergency preparedness, including the use of early warning systems, is critical to enabling cities and
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Urban planning at the heart of increasingly severe East African flood impacts in a warming world 23 May, 2024 DARAJA / Resurgence mention on pp.18-19 of the Full Study. The 2024 long rains in East Africa were exceptionally heavy towards the end of March and throughout April into May, causing severe flooding in Kenya, Tanzania,
Coastal Cities and Extreme Heat Project (CoCHAP): Learning Product #1 – Co-Designing Solutions for Urban Resilience This learning product from the CoCHAP project provides an overview of the co-design process for developing solutions to risks and challenges identified through city-wide risk assessments in Tanzania and Honduras. It details the key steps and processes of the
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The 2024 Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) Implementation Workshop and Training took place from October 22–24 in Leuven, Belgium, bringing together over 800 participants from 142 countries and territories. This event, hosted by TISA, USAID, NOAA, and Alert-Hub.Org CIC, with co-sponsorship from IAEM and OASIS, provided a platform for experts to share knowledge on advancing emergency
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