Items tagged:
Disaster risk reduction
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Urban Crises Learning Fund
Urban areas are increasingly the sites of humanitarian crises, from natural disasters to conflict and displacement. Through a programme of research, documenting and learning from experience and development of tools and approaches, IIED is working to build the knowledge and capacity to respond of humanitarian actors working in urban areas, and of urban actors facing humanitarian crises
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IIED hosts international conference on humanitarian response in urban crises
A conference in November will examine how to improve humanitarian aid and collaboration when crises hit urban areas
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Insuring against climate risk in Kenya
Vincent Mutie Nzau from the National Treasury of Kenya highlights how innovative approaches to disaster risk finance can help communities manage climate uncertainty
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Urban risks: where are the top five biggest blind spots?
Whose lives are most at risk in urban areas of the global South – for instance from preventable diseases and disasters? And what are the most serious risks they face?
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How risk accumulates in African cities – and ways to break the cycle
At a meeting of community organisations in Ibadan, Nigeria, local government officials and academics explored how to deal with the risks facing Africa's urban poor. Challenging long-held assumptions about how African cities work – and who holds the power – will be key to tackling the build-up of risk
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Urban Africa Risk Knowledge (Urban ARK)
Urban ARK is a partnership of 12 policy and academic institutions, led by Kings College London. It seeks to open up an applied research and policy agenda for identifying risks in urban areas in sub-Saharan Africa
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International Disaster and Risk Conference 2016: key resources
With this year's International Disaster and Risk Conference running from 28 August to 1 September in Davos, Switzerland, IIED has collected a range of resources detailing its work with partners on disaster and risk issues
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New film tracks city's recovery from deadly typhoon
The documentary "Lessons from a storm" follows Tacloban City's recovery after Typhoon Haiyan
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Cyclone Roanu hits Bangladesh: a story of loss and damage avoided
Although Cyclone Roanu killed 30 people in Bangladesh last week, steps taken to reduce the country's risk from disasters saved many more lives
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Can we transform our cities?
Can cities prosper while meeting their responsibilities for acting on climate change? This is the focus of a new book by IPCC authors, co-edited by IIED's David Satterthwaite
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New Urban ARK website launched
A new website profiles a research and capacity building programme focusing on urban disaster risk reduction in sub-Saharan Africa
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2015: a critical year for the Least Developed Countries
As four major strands of global decision-making come together in 2015, IIED senior fellow Saleemul Huq explains why they are so important for the world's least developed countries
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Keep it simple: helping local governments reduce the risk from the next disaster
The World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction aims to make communities safer in the face of new disasters – but could complex guidance be confusing issues, asks Cassidy Johnson
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Philippines to lead global forum of vulnerable countries
As people start to return to their homes in the wake of Typhoon Hagupit, the Philippines is to assume the next presidency of the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF)
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Conference to examine finance options for local communities adapting to climate change
An international conference in Nepal next month aims to show how to unlock finance that can help communities in developing countries adapt to climate change
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Poorest urban children failed in disasters, says report
Disasters in Asia's megacities hit the poorest children hardest, a new report finds.
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Study identifies political leadership as No. 1 issue in managing disaster risk
A new study of a major urban safety campaign launched by the UN two years ago has found that political leadership is more important than a city’s wealth when it comes to protecting the lives and economic assets of cities and towns from disasters.
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Vietnam: project with children at its heart wins CBA6 Solidarity Grant
The children in Hong Ca commune, Vietnam, know that practising rescue drills can save lives in the event of a real natural disaster.
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Building one village’s resilience to climate change starts with a cave
It might talk about the people living in the cave thousands of years ago.
