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Assessment or evaluation, Report

Opportunities and challenges for people-centered multi-hazard early warning systems: Perspectives from the Global South

12 May 2025
This perspective critically examines the challenges and opportunities of implementing people-centered multi-hazard early warning systems (MHEWS) in the Global South. Despite global initiatives, such as the Early Warnings for All initiative, operation...
Assessment or evaluation, Report, Anticipatory action, Community Engagement and Accountability, Early Warning Systems
Other type of resource

Call for Consultancy: Urban Heat Action Plan Evaluation

06 May 2025
Increasing heat risks combined with rapid urbanization trends, especially in Africa and Southeast Asia, and aging population trends, for example in Europe, result in a need to scale action to prevent impacts on lives, health, and wellbeing. Recognizi...
Other type of resource, Urban Resilience
Other type of resource

Call for Consultancy: Curating Urban Resilience Processes and Tools

06 May 2025
The International Federation of Red Cross Red Crescent (IFRC) has started implementation of a five-year (2022-2027) Coastal City Resilience and Extreme Heat Action Project (CoCHAP) in Collaboration with the Global Disaster Preparedness Center (GDPC) ...
Other type of resource, Urban Resilience
Guidance material

Community-based resilience-building: A UNDP guidance note

05 May 2025
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 ...
Guidance material, Climate Change Adaptation, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management
Report

Growing Resilience: Unlocking the Potential of Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa

21 Apr 2025
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...
Report, Nature-based solutions
Guidance material

Qualitative Guide to run Focus Group Discussions (FGD) with communities and local authorities on Early Warning Systems

17 Mar 2025
This tool provides structured guidance for conducting focus group discussions (FGDs) with communities and local authorities to assess the effectiveness, inclusivity, and trustworthiness of Early Warning Systems (EWS). Part of the IFRC’s Enhanced Vu...
Guidance material, Community Engagement and Accountability, Early Warning Systems
Guidance material

Communication Landscape Analysis Tool for Early Warning Systems

17 Mar 2025
This tool is designed to help practitioners identify the most trusted and accessible communication channels and sources within communities, with the goal of strengthening the reach and effectiveness of Early Warning Systems (EWS). It provides step-by...
Guidance material, Early Warning Systems
Research

The hidden power of community: Unveiling social capital’s role in Australia’s disaster resilience

06 Mar 2025
Social capital – the social ties and connections between people and communities – is a crucial component of disaster resilience. But evidence that demonstrates the economic benefit of investing in social capital has been anecdotal and primari...
Research, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management
Research

Understanding Barriers to Early Warning Messages for People Living with Non-Communicable Diseases in Nepal

04 Mar 2025
About this Paper This study explores the challenges that people living with non-communicable diseases (PLWNCDs) face in accessing early warning messages (EWMs) during disasters in Nepal, focusing on flood-prone districts of Kanchanpur and Kailali. Fi...
Research, Community Engagement and Accountability, Early Warning Systems, Mental Health and Psychosocial Support
Case Study

Pre-Financing Anticipatory Action: Lessons Learned from the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society

28 Feb 2025
Since 2015, the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) has been at the forefront of anticipatory action, developing trigger models and testing early action activities for cyclones, floods, and heatwaves. By 2024, BDRCS had validated three Early Acti...
Case Study, Anticipatory action, Disaster Risk Financing

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