Evaluating the progress made in climate change adaptation using indicators of resilience, Part III: Resilience & Vulnerability
Making sense of - and operationalising - the abstract concepts of resilience and vulnerability
Sri Lankan investment in disaster risk insurance gives fast payoff
First national policy, bought 6 weeks ago, provides help to those flattened by flooding and a major landslide
Protecting mangroves, Kenya's fishermen net cash - and more fish
Coastal Kenyan community earns $30,000 in two years selling carbon credits from mangroves they protect
To make good decisions, Africa needs its own climate knowledge
How do you get the right information to the right people, at the right time?
You're invited: The annual BRACED learning event
All BRACED partners are invited to the annual BRACED learning event, 9-11 February 2016, in Dakar, Senegal
“That’s not my job!” Responsibility of getting evaluation results into use
Is getting evaluation evidence into use by decision makers the responsibility of those doing the evaluations, or no?
From floods to disease, disaster risk rising in surging African cities
But plenty of ideas on how to sort out the problems are emerging, from organising slumdwellers to simply deciding which are the key risks to take on first
How can science play a bigger part in reducing disaster risk?
Conference in Geneva explores key role of science and technology in implementing Sendai Framework
Debugging agriculture
Niger residents find an organic alternative to chemical pesticides
Climate extremes reveal the expected and unexpected ways communities respond to shocks
Climate extremes give us the chance to learn why some people are able to cope with the shocks, and why some are not. The BRACED webinar on Reality of Resilience brought practitioners and scientists together to explore how best to learn from extreme events and apply lessons learned into practice.