14 Dec 2018
Between 2014 and 2016, Red Cross National Societies worked with communities, governments, and regional organizations to develop and implement an “early warning early action” approach in eight island nations in the Pacific. The Finnish-P...
Tags: Case Study, Capacity Building for Disaster Risk Management, Early Warning Systems
02 Mar 2018
Bringing an Urban Lens to the Forced Displacement Challenge This policy note published by the World Bank aims to advance our understanding of urban forced displacement, induced by conflict, by looking at the issue from the perspective of receiving to...
Tags: Report, Urban Risk Reduction
18 Jul 2014
Extreme climate variability and rapid, unplanned urbanization are magnifying risks to the most vulnerable people. These changing risk patterns, compounded by poverty, epidemics and demographic shifts, can exacerbate the vulnerability of communiti...
Tags: Report, Climate Change Adaptation