Flood Resilience in Mexico: Resource Compilation
July 23, 2024
With the aim of strengthening community resilience and reducing the impact of floods, the Mexican Red Cross, together with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), formed part of the Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance.
Final report
A Pathway to Flood Resilience in Mexico
Impact brief
Flood Resilience Program in Mexico
Between 2018 and 2024, the Mexican Red Cross championed 3 fundamental pillars of change that led to significant impact at both the local and national level.
- Families have the knowledge and skills to protect their lives.
- Communities are more organised, committed and connected.
- Flood resilience is prioritised and implemented by diverse sectors in collaboration.
By leveraging the Flood Resilience Measurement for Communities (FRMC) framework, the program engaged deeply with local populations to build resilience and integrated their insights and experiences into both local actions and national strategies.
See below a selection of resources to learn more about the program activities and impact.
- Community voices (English, Spanish)
- Blog: Never stop learning: ten years of the Alliance in Mexico (English, Spanish)
- Webinar: 10 years of the Alliance, 10 years of learning (Spanish)
- Flood Resilience Measurement for Communities (FRMC)
- Executive Summary. Learning from the 2020 floods in Tabasco, Mexico (English, Spanish)
- 2020 Tabasco floods. Learning from the past to prepare for the future (English, Spanish)
- 2020 floods in Tabasco: lessons learned for strengthening social capital (English, Spanish)
- Learning from the 2020 floods in Tabasco. Moving beyond grey infrastructure (English, Spanish)
- Executive Summary. Study of Flood Resilience in Localities of the Huasteca Potosina (English, Spanish)
- Study of Flood Resilience in Localities of the Huasteca Potosina (Spanish)
- Webinar: The power of post event reviews (English)
Communities are more organised, committed and connected.
- Technical Solution: Community brigades (English, Spanish)
- National Civil Protection Award 2019 (Spanish)
- Podcast: Resilient Communities (English, Spanish)
- Blog: Stronger together: inter-community collaboration enhancing resilience in Mexico (English, Spanish)
- Blog: Community brigades were put to the test during floods in Tabasco, Mexico (English, Spanish)
- Blog: Covid-19: From physical distancing to community approach (English, Spanish)
- Infographic: What's the name of our brigade? Shaping the identity of community brigades (English, Spanish)
Flood resilience is prioritised and implemented by diverse sectors in collaboration.
- Case Study: ‘Emergent advocacy’ in long-term programming (English, Spanish)
- National Strategy for Resilient Communities (Spanish)
- Case study: Pathways toward change: A model for growth. Insights from the Mexican Red Cross' Flood Resilience Program (English, Spanish)
- Case study: Adaptability in times of Covid-19: exploring digital resilience building (English, Spanish)
- Blog: Climate change and community resilience: collaboration between the Mexico Flood Resilience Program and the Climate Center (English, Spanish)
- Video: Nature-based Solutions for flood resilience (English, Spanish)
The Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance is a multi-sectoral partnership which brings together community programmes, new research, shared knowledge and evidence-based influencing to build community flood resilience in developed and developing countries. We help people measure their resilience to floods and identify appropriate solutions before disaster strikes. Our vision is that floods should have no negative impact on people’s ability to thrive. To achieve this, we are working to increase funding for flood resilience; strengthen global, national and subnational policies; and improve flood resilience practice.