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The African continent is uniquely vulnerable to a variety of disasters, including droughts, floods, and locust infestations, with climate change intensifying these risks. The implementation of early warning early action (EWEA) strategies within disas...
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Este informe forma parte de la serie de soluciones técnicas de la Alianza Zurich para la Resiliencia ante Inundaciones que pretende mejorar el alcance y el impacto de diversas metodologÃas y prácticas para la resiliencia. Esta solución técnica e...
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The Philippines is one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world, commonly experiencing floods, droughts, and typhoons. According to the latest assessment of the World Risk Index (2022), the Philippines is the country with the highest disaste...
Assessment or evaluation, Research
Climate vulnerability and change can have significant impacts on regional, national, and local development efforts. In order to reduce these impacts and promote climate-resilient development, decision and development practitioners need to understand ...
Case Study, Research
About Project In this project, funded by the Center of Disaster & Philanthropy (CDP), Relief International (RI) rebuilt three Flood Protection Walls in District Dera Ismail Khan, to save more than 11,000 flood affectees from future floods. The wa...
Research
In the Nexus of Heat Wave Risks: Iron oxide primer coating of corrugated iron roofs for space cooling Nadim Reza Khandaker, Ph.D., P.Eng., Arup Ratan Das, North South University Bangladesh Corresponding Author email: nadim.khandaker@northsouth.edu Th...
Report, Research
This paper is a contribution by the Danish Red Cross and CARE Denmark to the ongoing discussions on the climate change driven losses and damages. It aims to deepen the understanding of economic and non-economic loss and damage, the way it is experien...
Case Study
Persons with disabilities and other persons within vulnerable groups, can be disproportionately impacted by disasters and can therefore be more negatively impacted by disasters. The IFRC fully endorses the inclusion and the active participation of pe...
Research
St Vincent and the Grenadines is prone to a wide range of natural hazards which include hurricanes, volcanic eruptions, droughts and landslides. In 2021, the National Society and their volunteers were asked to bolster the national disaster management...
Assessment or evaluation
Climate change, lack of proper urban planning, increased urbanization, and increases in population are some of the key drivers of vulnerability in the Caribbean region. These factors contribute to the region being prone to a multitude of hazards incl...