Exposure to disaster risk is often dictated by social constructs such as gender, class, race, sexual orientation, etc. The overlap and interconnectedness of these constructs is known as...
Afghanistan + 9 more
Executive Summary The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and associated social and economic costs have placed infectious disease at the top of sovereign and corporate risk registers. The high...
By Louise Vaughan, Independent Consultant; Roy Bouwer, SouthSouthNorth; Tiffany Chalmers, SouthSouthNorth KEY MESSAGES Future Climate For Africa (FCFA) made significant progress in terms of both...
Community Development and Sustainability This progress report highlights Year 4 achievements of the USAID-funded Livestock Market Systems (LMS) Program which is being implemented in Isiolo, Wajir,...
Executive Summary Poverty and climate nexus needs special attention. Climate and disaster risk poses a serious threat to the socioeconomic development of Indonesia and undermines the country’s...
Timor-Leste: Rebuilding After Cyclone Seroja Will Be Costly but Offers Opportunities to Strengthen Disaster Resilience Dili, January 23, 2022 – The cost of recovery from the severe damage caused by...
Executive Summary Disaster risk management (DRM) and climate change laws are part of a national framework of laws which need to work together to support women’s resilience. This report focuses on...
Kenya + 21 more
Dec 2021 In 2019 and 2020 alone, sub-Saharan Africa was hit by a once-in-a-century desert locust upsurge and the COVID-19 pandemic while simultaneously facing conflict, droughts, and floods among...
Nepal Nepal is one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world. With a population of 28 million people it experiences frequent flooding, landslides, earthquakes and exposure to the impacts of a...
Abstract COVID-19 school closures in East Asia and the Pacific threaten to widen existing learning inequities and increase the number of children out of school. During the pandemic, governments...
World + 10 more
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY More than a year has passed since COVID-19 began its seemingly unstoppable spread across the globe. This report examines the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on people who...
Brief Report from the UK National Commission for UNESCO and PRAXIS at the University of Leeds. Session held on Tuesday 23rd February 2021. Disasters have significant physical, environmental,...
Executive summary The four-year Food and Nutrition Security Resilience Programme (FNS-REPRO) has been funded by the Government of the Netherlands through the Food and Agriculture Organization of the...
Executive Summary On July 6th 2021, five months after the Myanmar military unlawfully seized power from the newly elected civilian government, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet...
Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic led to school closures around the world, affecting almost 1.6 billion students. The effects of even short disruptions in a child’s schooling on their learning and...
Overview The COVID-19 pandemic represents a health system shock of unprecedented scale. Health systems resilience – defined as the ability to absorb, adapt, and transform to cope with shocks – is...
Abstract Countries in West and Central Africa strived to implement national responses to continue learning activities during school closures. These responses relied on a mix of channels, including...
ASHAR Alo (Action for Supporting the Host Communities: Adaptation and Resilience), meaning ‘Light of Hope’ in Bangla. The project activities are focused on Jaliyapalong, Haldiapalang,Ratna Palong,...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY REBUILDING: RESILIENCE AND INNOVATION The theme of the conference this year was Rebuilding: Resilience and Innovation. The main focus was on navigating the impact of COVID19 and...
Niger : de nombreux projets de la Banque africaine de développement contribuent à améliorer les conditions de vie de millions de personnes entre 2009 et 2020 (rapport) En finançant de nombreux...