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Increasing healthcare continuity during floods – Solutions Brief

This solution brief forms part of the Zurich Climate Resilience Alliance’s solutions series. The solution series aims to improve outreach and impact of such resilient practices at a global level. This brief explores how the Philippine Red Cross has worked to strengthen local capacity and increase healthcare continuity during floods. This resource presents the process […]

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Localized early warning voice messages – Solutions brief

Based on Climate Resilience Measurement for Communities (CRMC) data and community input, Practical Action identified a need for flood early warning messages to reach the most vulnerable in Faridpur District, Bangladesh. Using information from the national forecast, Practical Action develops understandable and actionable voice messages and sends them to registered mobile phone numbers to warn

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Unpacking the Summer: Learning About Heat in Adelaide

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Listening Over Coffee: Stories Behind the Data  The Post-Event Review Capability (PERC), developed by the Zurich Climate Resilience Alliance, offers a structured approach to understanding how and why hazard events escalate into disasters. In South Australia, this framework is being put into action to unpack the complexities of heat in an urban context. The Adelaide

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Scorched Future: The Rising Toll of Extreme Heat in the Philippines

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  Authors: Mia Grace Ligutan, Seth Sarmiento, Steven Villena, Cale Johnstone Rising temperatures in the Philippines, particularly in urban areas like Metro Manila, present growing health and economic risks. Many remain unaware of extreme heat as a serious threat. The Philippine Red Cross is actively enhancing resilience through education, early warning systems and community engagement.

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Call for Consultancy: Urban Heat Action Plan Evaluation

Increasing heat risks combined with rapid urbanization trends, especially in Africa and Southeast Asia, and aging population trends, for example in Europe, result in a need to scale action to prevent impacts on lives, health, and wellbeing. Recognizing this need, the Global Disaster Preparedness Center (GDPC) has been supporting heat action at multiple levels, from

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Call for Consultancy: Curating Urban Resilience Processes and Tools

The International Federation of Red Cross Red Crescent (IFRC) has started implementation of a five-year (2022-2027) Coastal City Resilience and Extreme Heat Action Project (CoCHAP) in Collaboration with the Global Disaster Preparedness Center (GDPC) of the American Red Cross, the RCRC Climate Center, and partner RCRC National Societies of Bangladesh, Indonesia, Honduras, and Tanzania. However,

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Strengthening Risk Governance from the Ground Up: Nepal’s MDRGA Tool in Action

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Authors: Bhesh Parajuli | Cale Johnstone | Anil Rai Local Solutions for Local Risks Disaster risk is most acutely felt—and most effectively managed—at the local level. In Nepal, the rollout of the Municipal Disaster Risk Governance Assessment (MDRGA) Tool is showing how empowering local leadership can lead to systemic change. With the support of the

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Case study: A catalyst for strengthening local governance in Nepal

The Municipal Disaster Risk Governance Assessment (MDRGA) Tool empowers municipal authorities to review the current status of disaster risk reduction and management governance, identify and take action on needs and priorities. The tool is a resource developed out of a partnership between IFRC, the Nepal Red Cross Society (NRCS) and the Ministry of Federal Affairs

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Infographic: Nepal’s Municipal Disaster Risk Governance Assessment (MDRGA) tool

The Municipal Disaster Risk Governance Assessment (MDRGA) Tool empowers municipal authorities to review the current status of disaster risk reduction and management governance, identify and take action on needs and priorities. The tool is a resource developed out of a partnership between IFRC, the Nepal Red Cross Society (NRCS) and the Ministry of Federal Affairs

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