Climate Change, Natural Disasters and the Urban Poor

In October and November of 2020, a series of cold fronts and two cyclones caused severe flooding in the states of Chiapas, Tabasco, and Veracruz, Mexico. Tabasco also received significant rainfall in the month of November. Floods, landslides and the ...

This book gathers a mix of experience and academic insight  into how local communities are learning how to cope – and even thrive – through difficult times. Written in an accessible style its stories highlight experience from Cumbria to the Sc...

The IFRC has focused its planning 2009-2010 on early warning, early action. This entails proactively using existing knowledge and resources to better identify risks and to act before disasters happen. This community-based, preventive approach not onl...