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The Cantagalo favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Many informal settlements are built on steep slopes, exposing them to landslides (Photo: Outdoor Life, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Can one billion people in informal settlements be protected from climate change?
… research group . This blog originally appeared on the Climate Home website , and was based on a background paper for the conference on …
Insight, 06 March 2018
Busy road with people and motorbikes.
Film exploring the lives of urban refugees wins best documentary at Kenyan film festival
News, 14 December 2021
Slow onset climate disasters leaving migrants at greater risk of human trafficking
News, 25 May 2022
Time zones and travel rules mute voices of least developed countries at Glasgow climate talks
… face 14 days of quarantine at their own expense on return to their home country.  Border closures mean delegates from Tuvalu and Kiribati …
News, 13 September 2021
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Building homes, changing official approaches: The work of Urban Poor Organizations and their Federations and their contributions to meeting the Millennium Development Goals in urban areas
Publication, 01 July 2005
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Protecting children on the move: using endogenous practices in urban Mali
… Governance …
Publication, 01 November 2017
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MDG3-ch5.qxd 31/8/05 10:01 am Page 99 99 5 Meeting the MDGs in urban areas: the forgotten role of local organizations
… Governance …
Publication, 01 January 2005
A view of Mafraq City, Jordan
Rethinking humanitarian aid for refugees as investment in urban water and sanitation
… in Jordan. This is one of the world’s most water-scarce countries and home to 655,000 registered Syrian refugees, living in both camps and … for Science and Technology (JUST) , and water resource management and governance experts at the West Asia-North Africa (WANA) Institute  in …
Project, 27 May 2021
A woman walks along a bamboo walkway in Iloilo, Philippines.
Study identifies political leadership as No. 1 issue in managing disaster risk
… your resilience to disasters and avoid unnecessary disruption in the home and the workplace." Report author, Dr Cassidy Johnson, of … Governance …
News, 04 September 2012
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Mali: Uncertainty as all sides wonder, 'What Next?'
… thousands of well-armed, battle-hardened Tuareg and others returned home from Libya, determined to achieve their longstanding aim of … Governance …
Insight, 29 March 2012