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Impact infographic: Action for urban resilience in Madrid and Valencia

This infographic provides a visual snapshot of the Urban Climate Resilience Program’s impact in Spain between 2023 and 2026. Organised around three impact pathways—innovation, community preparedness, and partnerships—it highlights key achievements, evidence, and participant perspectives that demonstrate how the program strengthened resilience to floods and extreme heat in Madrid and Valencia. The Urban Climate Resilience […]

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Standard Operating Procedures: Early Action to El Niño/La Niña Episodes

These inter-agency Standard Operating Procedures set out how humanitarian and development actors should act ahead of El Niño and La Niña episodes rather than waiting for impacts to materialize. Endorsed by IASC Principals, they establish a common, phased framework for translating ENSO forecasts into concrete early action at global, regional, and country level. The SOPs

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Green Response in Emergencies: A Practical Process Guide

This process guide helps National Societies turn Climate and Environment commitments into practical action. Making emergency response more environmentally sustainable isn’t easy – there are lots of systems, decisions, and people involved, and it requires both internal buy-in and community input. The guide offers a simple, structured way to start integrating climate-smart and environmentally friendly

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The Last-Mile Challenge: Implementation Roadmap for Malawi (2026 -2030)

This Implementation Roadmap responds to the 2027 mandate of the United Nations Early Warnings for All (EW4All) initiative by designing a localized, multi-hazard early warning strategy for Malawi — a Least Developed Country (LDC) in sub-Saharan Africa that epitomizes the structural inequalities underpinning global disaster vulnerability. Drawing on the UNDRR January 2026 Update, the World

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Contingency Planning as a Continuous Learning Process: Lessons from Canadian Red Cross Technical Support in Central Asia — A Case Study from Tajikistan

This case study documents how the Red Crescent Society of Tajikistan (RCST) strengthened its Disaster Risk Management (DRM) systems by developing a scenario-based, multi-hazard contingency plan and a new DRM Policy, with remote and in-country technical support from the Canadian Red Cross and IFRC under the ECHO Pilot Programmatic Partnership (PPP). Building on a completed

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Protecting jobs and employment during disasters: lessons from employment insurance system in Japan

This World Bank discussion paper examines how Japan uses its employment insurance system to protect jobs and support workers during disasters, offering a detailed case for designing adaptive social protection that goes beyond traditional emergency social assistance. Set against the backdrop of disasters becoming more frequent and severe — and disproportionately harming the poor and

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Public warning and evacuation experiences during recent GLOF events (2019 and 2023) and recommendations for future preparedness: Insights from Lunana, Bhutan

This peer-reviewed study offers the first comprehensive documentation of how a remote Himalayan community experienced warning dissemination and evacuation during recent glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs). Focusing on Lunana in Bhutan — one of the world’s most at-risk basins, surrounded by dangerous glacial lakes and a nine-day walk from the nearest road — the authors

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Illustration of a Sudanese courtyard under a bright sun, showing mud-brick walls with small high windows, a shaded structure (Al-Rakoba) with a palm-frond roof, a clay water pot, a traditional woven bed, a hanging food-storage basket, a shade tree, and people gathering and walking through the space.

Amidst the Heat and Breeze: A Documentation of Traditional Cooling Practices in Sudanese Houses

This illustrated booklet documents the enduring wisdom of traditional Sudanese homes and the indigenous, low-cost techniques communities have long used to stay cool during extreme heat. Developed as a collaborative effort between the Sudan Urban Development Think Tank (SUDTT), the Sudan Meteorological Authority (SMA), and Resurgence under the DARAJA project, the publication was created in

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Heat in cities: Impacts of heatwaves and measures to mitigate risk

In a changing climate, many cities are experiencing higher temperatures and more frequent and severe heatwaves. The following six infographics by the USAID-funded Adaptation Thought Leadership and Assessments (ATLAS) project highlight key messages about heatwaves in cities, including the impacts of heatwaves and vulnerability to heat, as well as steps cities can take to understand

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