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Communicating and Preparing Rural Communities- The Case of Enlaza Mexico

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Communication is a key element in emergency response. Having access to communication before, during and after a disaster is the first element a vulnerable community should have access to in order to prepare and respond in the face of any disaster. The consequences of climate change, combined with the marginalization of the rural communities, generate […]

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Climate Change Awareness, Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction, A Bangladesh Case Study

Bangladesh is not only vulnerable to rising sea levels, but is also one of the most flood  and cyclone prone countries in the world with 25 percent of its geographical area vulnerable. The floods and cyclones not only disrupt and take lives, but also isolate communities, severely affecting the livelihoods and education of the people

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Making climate information user friendly for humanitarian organizations

The Asia Pacific zone covers 45 countries and 57% of all the disasters in the Asia Pacific are hydro-metrological in nature. Increasing climate risk threatens hard-earned development gains. A strategy for dealing with this is to better understand and pre-empt climate related hazards through systematic use of climate information  at different time scales. This can

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How to engage with National Adaptation Plans: Guidance for National Societies

This guide aims to support National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies’ engagement on national level policy discussions re­garding climate change adaptation, particularly through the de­velopment of National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) by their respective governments. While it will be increasingly important for National Societies to engage in the NAP process, this is a new area

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Cultivating hope in Syria

Since 2006, local communities in the northeast of Syria have been facing severe drought, due  to high temperatures and low rainfall. The drought has led to desertification, as the dry conditions and sandstorms have swallowed up arable land and vegetation. This has had a particular effect on Bedouin communities, who live outside the cities in

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