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Office of the UN Resident Coordinator – Flash Update No. 3 -...
Content Type: Resource
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Publisher(s): Office of the UN Resident Coordinator
Date: May 2019
Location: Bangladesh

5 May 2019: After crossing Bangladesh on Saturday without causing major damage, Cyclone “Fani” has dissipated. According to the Bangladesh Metrological Department’s latest weather situation update...

Forecast-Based Financing and Early Action For Drought
Content Type: Resource
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Publisher(s): British Red CrossFrench Red CrossRed Cross/ Red Crescent Climate Centre
Date: Jun 2022
Location: Global

This research, which serves as guidance notes for the Red Cross Red Crescent, aimed to synthesize knowledge about anticipatory action for drought, highlight major questions, and propose pathways...

Adapting According to Plan: Early action and adaptive drought...
Content Type: Resource
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Publisher(s): ALNAP
Date: Jun 2022
Location: Kenya

This study looks at the relationship between organisational adaptiveness and the ability of humanitarian and state actors to respond effectively to slow-onset cyclical disasters. The study focuses...

Strategic Framework for Drought Risk Management and Enhancing...
Content Type: Resource
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Publisher(s): United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
Date: Jun 2022
Location: Africa, Namibia

This report highlights six principles for a Drought Resilient and Prepared Africa (DRAPA). It was developed in the framework of the African Drought Conference held in August 2016 in Windhoek,...

Adapting humanitarian action to the effects of climate change
Content Type: Resource
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Publisher(s): ALNAP
Date: Oct 2022
Location: London

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Third Global Conference on Strengthening Synergies Between the Paris...
Content Type: Resource
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Publisher(s): UNDESA
Date: Oct 2022
Location: Tokyo Japan Hybrid

1. The Conference was co-convened by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) and the Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC...

Extreme heat: Preparing for the heat waves of the future
Content Type: Resource
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Publisher(s): United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairsthe International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societiesand the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre.
Date: Oct 2022
Location: Worldwide

This paper has two broad objectives. First, it aims to review the scale and nature of the humanitarian challenge posed by extreme heat, both now and under future climate change scenarios. This...

Early Warning, Early Action: The Use of Predictive Tools in Drought...
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Publisher(s): World Bank
Date: Feb 2024
Location: Ethiopia

This paper investigates the use of early warning tools as part of Ethiopia's Disaster Risk Management framework. Analyzing, in particular, the Livelihoods, Early Assessment and Protection tool,...