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Report, Research
28 Sep 2023
The rise in extreme temperatures due to climate change is generating a direct impact on human health, ranging from dehydration, heat cramps, heat strokes, increased mental illnesses, to renal and cardio-pulmonary diseases, and even premature death. M...
Tags: Report, Research, Heat Wave
Case Study, Report
27 Sep 2023
Climate change, rural to urban migration, an aging population, municipal task shifting, and changes in the way people volunteer – many forces will affect the risk landscape local disaster preparedness and emergency response actors will have to ...
Tags: Case Study, Report, Capacity Building for Disaster Risk Management, Climate Change Adaptation, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management
Report
01 Sep 2023
Towards effective early warning systems: Impact and lessons from Nepal and Peru. A report with findings from Practical Action’s commissioned assessment to better understand the impact of our people-centred early warning system (EWS) programming...
Tags: Report, Early Warning Systems
Awareness material, Report
05 Jul 2023
2023 Heat Action Plan developed by Nepal Red Cross Society for the city of Nepalgunj. The Heat Action Plan (HAP) provides a framework for implementing, coordinating and evaluating extreme heat action across different timescales in Nepalgunj to minimi...
Tags: Awareness material, Report, Climate Change Adaptation, Heat Wave, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management, Urban Preparedness
Awareness material, Report
27 May 2023
The accumulation of mismanaged plastic waste is a serious issue globally. It has severe negative impacts on biodiversity and the environment, as well as on livelihoods and human health. As climate change makes rainfall events more intense and frequen...
Tags: Awareness material, Report, Flood
Awareness material, Report
24 Apr 2023
Early warnings for hazards are essential for living safely and minimizing economic losses. For many hazards, it is possible to give advance notice and accurate information to help communities prepare and respond. However, issuance of the warning ...
Tags: Awareness material, Report, Community Engagement and Accountability, Early Warning Systems, Hazard, Hurricane / Typhoon / Cyclone, Volcano
Report, Research
06 Apr 2023
In recent years, chatbots have offered humanitarian operations the possibility to automate personalised engagement and support, inform tailored programme design and gather and share information at a large scale. However, adopting a chatbot is never...
Tags: Report, Research, Mobile Technology
Report
04 Apr 2023
This compendium of multi-hazard early warning cooperation will capitalize on recent publications to identify county-specific challenges and note good practices cooperation arrangements to strengthen forecasting capabilities, early warning coverage, a...
Tags: Report, Early Warning Systems
Report
20 Mar 2023
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 ...
Tags: Report, Flood, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management
Report
20 Mar 2023
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 ...
Tags: Report, Flood, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management