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Community Heat Risk Perception Studies: Honduras, Indonesia, and Tanzania

This collection brings together four community-level research studies examining how urban populations perceive, experience, and respond to extreme heat. Published in late 2025, the studies were conducted as part of the Coastal City Resilience and Extreme Heat Action Project (CoCHAP) — a joint initiative supported by National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the American […]

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Evidence-Based Communication Strategies for Protecting Communities from Extreme Heat

This series of guidance notes presents evidence-based communication strategies for protecting vulnerable communities from extreme heat, drawing on heat risk perception surveys conducted across five cities: Choluteca and San Lorenzo (Honduras), Surabaya and Medan (Indonesia), and Tanga and Unguja (Tanzania). Across all contexts, surveys consistently identify older adults, outdoor workers, pregnant women, people with pre-existing

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The macroeconomic case for investing in climate adaptation

This report from the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics (LSE) provides a groundbreaking new synthesis of the economic and fiscal risks arising from physical climate change and the economic case for investing in adaptation to climate impacts. The report combines the results of nearly 300

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Urban Guide: Road Map to Community Resilience via Enhanced Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment

Urban considerations for operationalizing the Framework for Community Resilience through the Enhanced Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment (EVCA) This guide supports National Societies to adapt the Roadmap to Community Resilience via EVCA (R2R via EVCA v2) for urban contexts. Developed by IFRC in collaboration with the German Red Cross, it complements the existing EVCA toolbox by

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Edible Rooftop Gardens: A Community and Nature-based Climate Resilience Building Strategy

Authors and Collaborators: Chandan Sarangi Parama Roy Gourav Suthar Akshaya Ayyangar Ramachandran A. Summary: Extreme heat is an escalating climate risk in Indian cities, disproportionately affecting socio-economically vulnerable populations, especially children who spend long hours in public schools and Anganwadi’s. Nature-based solutions such as edible rooftop gardens offer a promising, low-cost strategy for localised cooling

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Investigating and Scaling-up Effective Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Resilience in Dessie City Administration, Ethiopia

Authors and Collaborators: Amogne Asfaw Eshetu Abebe Mohammed Ali Girma Moges Meshesha Abebe Arega Mekonen Marie Addis Desta Hailu Ayene Kebede Summary: Due to its steep topography, rapid urbanization, and inadequate infrastructure, the Dessie city administration is among the most climate change-sensitive urban centers in Ethiopia where landslides and flooding have been the most catastrophic challenges. To overcome these

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Nature-Based Solutions for Flood Management and Soil Stabilization in Mbale City, Uganda

Authors and Collaborators: Arnold Tigaiza, Makerere University Namara Shannon, Makerere University Shafic Mutegule, Makerere University Emmanuel Balinda, Makerere University Nagawa Bridget Tamale, Makerere University Martin Mujjabi Mukasa, Ministry of Water and Environment Godliver Businge, Women Climate Centers International Comfort Hajra Mukasa, Makerere University John Bosco Isunju, Makerere University Summary: Urban flooding is an escalating climate-related

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Exploring community-based stewardship of nature-based solutions (NbS) in upgraded informal settlements: the case of Bangkok, Thailand

Authors and Collaborators: Hanna Akila B. Abdul Rauf, Heriot Watt University Alexander van der Jagt, Heriot Watt University Supreeya Wungpatcharapon, Kasetsart University Sani Limthongsakul, Kasetsart University Harry Smith, Heriot Watt University Summary: Community gardens and canal revegetation are common urban nature-based solutions (NbS) initiated in informal settlements for climate resilience. Engaging with and tending to

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Effectiveness of Urban Agriculture as a Nature-Based Solution for Urban Climate Resilience in Mutare, Zimbabwe

Authors and Collaborators: Munashe Catharine Kurehwatira – Africa University Sebastian Chakeredza – Africa University Joseph Kamuzhanje – Coopers Zimbabwe Faith Chinete – Africa University Vigillance Zibako – Africa University George Pfumai Miti – Africa University Summary: Urban communities are increasingly vulnerable to climate change and the impacts of climate change, and these challenges are compounded

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Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Climate Risks: Assessing Local Engagement, Implementation and Scalability in Bharatpur, Chitwan, Nepal

Authors and Collaborators: Ravi Mohan Tiwari, Kathmandu Institute of Applied Sciences Susma Giri, Kathmandu Institute of Applied Sciences Jagannath Adhikari, Birendra Multiple Campus Summary: As climate change accelerates, urban areas are increasingly exposed to risks such as flooding, heat stress, and environmental degradation, which disproportionately affect marginalized communities. Nature-based Solutions (NbS), including urban forests, wetlands,

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