Johannes von Engelhardt and Lindsey Jones 1. Introduction Close to 70% of the world’s population use mobile phones (GSMA, 2019). Around the world, increasing access to mobile technologies is making...
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Johannes von Engelhardt and Lindsey Jones 1. Introduction Close to 70% of the world’s population use mobile phones (GSMA, 2019). Around the world, increasing access to mobile technologies is making...
By Sebastien Malo BORGO BERI, Niger - In the West African country of Niger, millet is said to be the king of grains - the cereal crop preferred by all farmers. And the king of millet in the southern...
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By Aimee Neaverson, Catherine Gould, Katie Peters This review explores how climate resilience programmes and projects can be designed, established and managed to be resilient themselves in fragile...
This report explores the complex and tangled links between climate variability/change and the proliferation of armed networks operating in northern Niger. It does so by examining the factors...
By Emma Lovell, Gertrude Lung'ahi This note provides insights from the BRACED report ‘Building resilience for all: intersectional approaches for reducing vulnerability to natural hazards in Nepal and...
Subjective evaluations of resilience are growing in popularity. As evaluators grapple with the many conceptual and technical challenges faced in measuring resilience, subjective approaches offer a...
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Climate-related shocks and stresses threaten people and communities around the world, compounding existing poverty and vulnerability and undermining long-term development. National and international...
After four years of implementation, this report presents a synthesis of the Building Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Extremes and Disasters (BRACED) project annual reports, and evidence from...
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Research reports and studies May 2019 Emma Lovell, John Twigg and Getrude Lung'ahi Intersectional approaches recognise that ‘people have different identities, needs, priorities and capacities which...
As the climate change–conflict–security nexus has gained attention in policy circles – particularly those associated with the international security apparatus, such as the UN Security Council – media...
Daniel Chaplin, John Twigg and Emma Lovell Intersectional approaches recognise that people will have different identities, needs, priorities and capacities which are not static, and will shift and...
By Juliette Perche The Rapid Response Research (RRR) project seeks to gather information on households’ perceptions of climate change and its links to resilience. Under the wider Building Resilience...
DARGUE, Niger - Grappling with desert conditions, insurgency and decades of political instability, Niger has long struggled to feed its rapidly growing population. But experts say efforts to change...
This report presents a synthesis of project-level final evaluations, carried out after three years of implementation of the Building Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Extremes and Disasters...
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by Amy Kirbyshire and Emily Wilkinson Challenging Assumptions This series of BRACED papers explore the underlying assumptions made in the design of resilience-building approaches and whether these do...
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Natasha Grist For farmers everywhere, and especially in the Sahel, innovation is a way of life, as they adapt and change farm practices to increase yields and decrease work inputs. With climate...
Humans use shortcuts to help make decisions. Sometimes called ‘cognitive biases,’ these shortcuts are essential for making quick decisions such as deciding to swerve to avoid a car accident. However,...
By Lena Weingärtner, Alice Caravani and Pablo Suarez KEY POLICY MESSAGES INSURANCE INSTRUMENTS can help individuals, communities, businesses, organisations and governments to cope with extreme...
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Working with rural households to improve their access to met service-generated climate information has highlighted the prevalent use of traditional weather forecasting, which still remains one of the...
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This learning paper examines how the concept of resilience has impacted on the way the BRACED programme in Ethiopia (CIARE) and Burkina Faso (Zaman Lebidi) has been conceived in terms of...