About this Paper: This study investigates barriers to accessing and acting on Early Warning Systems (EWS) among traditional coastal communities in southeastern Brazil, focusing on Quilombola and Caiçara groups. These communities face unique challeng...

Authors and Collaborators:  Principal Investigator: Chinmayee Mishra, Department of Sociology, Utkal University Co-Principal Investigator: Dr. Bishnuprasad Mohapatra, Department of Sociology, Malyagiri Mahavidyalaya Field Investigator: Archita Bala ...

Compounded by climate change, Malawi has been a victim of repetitive hydro-meteorological disasters, notably floods and droughts, triggering widespread destruction and health risks in the country. Dry spells have caused multiple seasons of crop failu...

Malawi Red Cross Society (MRCS) and Danish Red Cross (DRC) conducted a comparative study to assess whether previous AA programming increases the chances of hearing, believing, and acting upon early warnings. The study was conducted in response to Tro...

The 2024 Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) Implementation Workshop and Training took place from October 22–24 in Leuven, Belgium, bringing together over 800 participants from 142 countries and territories. This event, hosted by TISA, USAID, NOAA, and ...

Communities in settings of fragility, conflict and violence (FCV) are disproportionately affected by disasters, as their resilience, disaster risk management and coping capacities are weakened. Effective and sustainable disaster risk reduction (DRR) ...

Authors and Collaborators:  Pradytia Pertiwi, Moya Martiningtyas, Duma Manurung, and Fadhliah Saprowi, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia Fega Pangestika, University College London, United Kingdom; Cerdas Antisipasi Risiko Indonesia (CARI) Mizan Bus...

Authors: Tirsit Sahledingle and Desalegn Amsalu, Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa University This research delves into the Indigenous early warning and early action systems developed by the agro-pastoralist communities in South Omo, Ethio...

Skill up! Technical skills, soft skills and skills from other areas are necessary to successfully implement DRR in fragile, conflict and violence affected contexts. Some of the capacity building needs can be addressed with these e-learning courses at...