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Heat Action Day 2026: Empowering School Students Through Heat Risk Awareness and Anticipatory Action in Bangladesh

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To mark Heat Action Day 2026, the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) organized heat awareness activities in 12 schools across Chuadanga, Jashore, Satkhira, Kushtia, Meherpur, and Magura. The initiative supports this year’s global theme, “Indoor Heat: Recognizing and Taking Action Against the Health Risks We Face Indoors,” while promoting Anticipatory Action to reduce the health

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Strengthening participatory processes for locally led resilience in the Philippines

The ‘Pathways to locally led adaptation: Lessons for effective climate resilience finance’ report explores cross-cutting approaches to strengthen and operationalize locally led adaptation, offering practical recommendations for intermediaries, donors, funders, and governments. The full report features 10 case studies from across the Zurich Climate Resilience Alliance. This document includes the executive summary and the Philippines

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Impact report: From local action to lasting impact

This report captures the outcomes and impact of the Urban Climate Resilience Program (UCRP) in Spain between 2023 and 2026. It demonstrates how a systemic approach—combining community-led action, innovation, partnerships, and evidence-informed decision-making—strengthened resilience to floods and extreme heat in Madrid and Valencia. Through stories, data, and key achievements, the report highlights the program’s impact,

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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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