This policy brief has been written by Lucia Letsch, Shouro Dasgupta and Elizabeth JZ Robinson Nearly 60% of Bangladesh’s population is exposed to high flood risk, a higher proportion of the...
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Foundations for Change: How the Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance is building ecosystems for advocacy - Lessons and case studies from Year 4
1.0 Introduction The goal of development funding has always been to improve the lives of the vulnerable. To improve the lives of the vulnerable beyond the project level, however, you need to engage...
India + 4 more
Saving lives and livelihoods: The benefits of investments in climate change adaptation and resilience, March 2021
Summary Adaptation to and resilience against the impacts of climate change are urgent and growing priorities around the world as levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere continue to increase...
Foundations for Change: Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance Phase II - Lessons from Year 2
Foundations for change: Lessons from Year 2 of the Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance project Phase II of the Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance was launched in July 2018. In Year 2, from July 2019 –...
Climate and disaster risk insurance in low income countries: reflections on the importance of indicators and frameworks for monitoring performance and impact
The use of climate and disaster risk insurance (CDRI) in low income countries has received significant interest over the last decade, as its ability to enable faster and more reliable access to funds...
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At what cost? How chronic gaps in adaptation finance expose the world's poorest people to climate chaos
Author: Tilly Alcayna EXECUTIVE SUMMARY On 7 May 2020, the United Nations released an urgent appeal for US$6.7 bn in humanitarian assistance for low-income countries facing challenges in managing the...
Governance Implications of Epidemic Disease in Africa: Updating the Agenda for COVID-19 (April 2020)
Alex de Waal African countries have much experience with epidemics of communicable diseases. Nonetheless, certain aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic are new; for example its impacts on the global...
No Plan B: The Importance of Environmental Considerations in Humanitarian Contexts - An Analysis of Tools, Policies, and Commitments of DEC Members
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Humanitarians understand the importance and urgency of the environmental agenda, and they have a clear desire to incorporate environmental considerations into their work. However,...
Avoiding a perfect storm: COVID-19 and floods in Nepal: Findings from Community Disaster Management Committees – June 2020
By Yoko Okura, Sajan Neupane, Bikram Rana Background Introduction COVID-19 is a serious risk for flood vulnerable communities in Nepal as the monsoon season begins in earnest. Confirmed cases have...
OPEN LETTER: Uniting Behind A People’s Vaccine Against COVID-19
Humanity today, in all its fragility, is searching for an effective and safe vaccine against COVID-19. It is our best hope of putting a stop to this painful global pandemic. We are calling on Health...
Localising humanitarian aid during armed conflict: Learning from the histories and creativity of South Sudanese NGOs
Executive summary In contexts of armed conflict, international humanitarian organisations increasingly rely on local and national actors to deliver aid. South Sudan is no exception: while...
Mozambique + 2 more
Bridging the divide: Lessons from disaster risk reduction, development and humanitarian approaches to Cyclones Idai and Kenneth
Key messages and recommendations Extreme weather events, like Cyclone Idai, are predicted to become more frequent, more intense, and more unpredictable. We must do more; if we do not, these events...
Food and power in Somalia: business as usual? A scoping study on the political economy of food following shifts in food assistance and in governance
Susanne Jaspars, Guhad M. Adan, Nisar Majid Executive Summary Food and power in Somali have been intimately linked for decades. Ranging from land grabs and the manipulation of food aid to looting and...
New Consumer Price Index estimates for Syria reveal further economic deterioration and alarming levels of humanitarian need
Highlights According to our new estimate, food and beverage prices in Syria rose by a factor of 20 since 2010. Half of that increase took place during 2019. Taking 2010 as the base year, our analysis...
Foundations for Change: Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance Phase II - Lessons from Year 1
Foundations for change: what we've learned in year one of the Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance project Phase II of the Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance was launched in July 2018. The first year...
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Famine early warning and information systems in conflict settings: challenges for humanitarian metrics and response
Daniel Maxwell KEY MESSAGES • Food insecurity early warning systems are not very good at conflict analysis. Conflict data are available and could be used more effectively. Existing conflict data sets...
Transnational Conflict in Africa (10 October 2019)
Overview This memo explores transnational conflict in Africa. Section I is concerned with the wide (and under-acknowledged) extent and pattern of conflict between states and across borders, and how...
What makes International Standards interesting for National Disaster Management Authorities? - Opportunities and Challenges of engaging with NDMAs
Executive Summary The adoption of international standards in national disaster response is expected to improve the quality and coordination of humanitarian response and disaster preparedness at a...
The future of protection of civilian sites: Protecting displaced people after South Sudan’s peace deal (February 2019 )
Overview This memo addresses the future of the nearly 200,000 residents of the Protection of Civilians Sites (POCS) in South Sudan in the context of the implementation of the current peace agreement...
The Politics of Humanitarianism: Perspectives from South Sudan
Introduction South Sudan has for forty years been a crucible of experimentation in the field of humanitarianism in situations of conflict. Humanitarian operations have been critical in saving lives,...