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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
Background The three-year, £110 million UK Department for International Development (DFID)-funded Building Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Extremes and Disasters (BRACED) programme aims to build...
Could tackling climate change help bring peace to South Sudan? By Adela Suliman The world's youngest nation, South Sudan, has been embroiled in war and conflict for years. The oil-rich nation - which...
Summary The current and expected impacts of climate change are influencing government policies and services as well as donor and NGO activities. The shifts have been influenced by the ‘resilience...
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Executive summary Despite growing support for resilience-building initiatives within the international development community, efforts to measure resilience face a number of critical challenges...
Synthèse Ce rapport explore les liens entre les violences basées sur le genre (VBG) qui affectent principalement les femmes et les filles, et la résilience des survivant(e) s, de leur foyer et de...
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Roop Singh, Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre The 2016–2017 drought across the Horn of Africa has contributed to failed harvests,extensive livestock deaths and food insecurity. Key informant...
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This report examines three examples of crisis modifiers, a set of innovative risk financing options, in the Sahel and examines their use as a potential solution for a more flexible aid system. This...
This policy brief synthesises consortium learning about the processes and partnerships required to develop climate services which can best support those people whose lives and livelihoods are...
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This paper explores different mechanisms for delivering climate finance at the local level. It focuses on the experiences of a national climate fund – the Climate Resilient Green Economy (CRGE)...
This paper assesses the role of village savings and loan associations (VSLAs) in building resilience to climate extremes and disasters in Niger. The findings aim to inform a broader conversation on...
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"This week, the Building Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Extremes and Disasters (BRACED) programme launched the Resilience Exchange, which presents experiences and learning from the first two...
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The effects of climate change are being felt by farmers throughout the world. Flooding, drought and weather that does not follow typical seasonal patterns have resulted in poor and unpredictable crop...
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For farmers in the Sahel, innovating and adapting to variable environmental conditions have been part of life for centuries. This paper examines innovative approaches that have been adopted in four...
This report highlights lessons from the 2015–16 drought in Ethiopia, including how and why different communities were impacted, effective approaches to resilience-building and challenges faced. Key...
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Martina Ulrichs and Rachel Slater In this BRACED working paper we present a synthesis of findings from Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda on the role of social protection programmes in contributing to...