This IFRC report highlights how climate change and disasters are driving displacement across Asia Pacific, the world’s most disaster-prone region. In 2024 alone, over 24 million people were displaced by disasters, accounting for more than half of t...

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 nat...

This toolkit brings together hands-on resources to support practitioners in implementing conflict-sensitive, effective, and sustainable anticipatory action in fragile, conflict- and violence-affected (FCV) contexts. The toolkit was developed by the R...

Over the past several decades, UNDP and many other organizations have implemented many community-based initiatives to reduce people’s vulnerability to a range of shocks and hazards. Experiences and reviews of lessons learned, however, have pointed ...

This report analyzed nearly 300 nature-based solutions (NBS) projects across sub-Saharan Africa from 2012 to 2023. It offers a comprehensive overview of NBS in the region: what climate resilience objectives projects are addressing, where projects are...

The Global Disaster Preparedness Center (GDPC) is seeking a research consultant to develop a report on inclusive early warning and early action (EWEA) for last-mile communities. The report will synthesis findings from the studies funded under the GDP...

This paper examines evacuation behaviors in response to approaching cyclones using survey data collected through face-to-face interviews with residents in coastal areas of Bangladesh. Various statistical models, including probit, panel probit, bivari...

This article charts the policy evolution of warnings within the United Nations context and outlines the progress and remaining gaps of Early Warning Systems (EWS) in the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR). Ten years into implementin...

Produced in partnership with the World Meteorological Organization and the Australian National University, this white paper calls for urgent action to strengthen collaboration, spark innovation and safeguard communities and economies from escalating ...