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Toward Resilience: A Guide to Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation
4.06 MB PDF | Published in January 2013
Toward Resilience: A Guide to Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) is an introductory resource for staff of development and humanitarian organizations working with people whose live and rights are threatened by disasters and climate change.
The guide provides essential introductory information, principals of effective practice, guidelines for action in a range of sectors and settings, case studies and links to useful tools and resources, for the application of an integrated, rights-based approach to disaster reduction and climate change adaptation.
The guide is also a useful resource for other stakeholders, including staff from local, district and national government offices, the United Nations, donors, as well as social and natural scientists.
Toward Resilience is also available as a free PDF in French and Spanish and to buy in English from Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com, or in English, French and Spanish from Practical Action.
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The Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) is taking place this week in Geneva, Switzerland. The Fourth session of the platform, which is held every two years, provides a forum for information exchange, discussion about latest developments and knowledge and partnership building across sectors. Managed by the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, the platform aims to improve DRR initiatives through better communication and coordination amongst stakeholders. Read more
1 May 2013: Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation – A short course from IDS and ICCCAD
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This question is at the forefront of a new short course from the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) and the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) in Bangladesh, about Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation. Read more
30 April 2013: Dissemination of Bangladesh’s Disaster Management Act underway
In September 2012, Bangladesh’s Minister for Food and Disaster Management passed the country’s first Disaster Management Act (DMA) following over two years of joint advocacy efforts by the ECB Project’s Bangladesh consortium. Read more
25 April 2013: ‘Leaving Disasters Behind’ – an ECB guide to Disaster Risk Reduction in Ethiopia
In partnership with the International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR), the ECB Disaster Risk Reduction Initiative held a ‘writeshop’ in 2005 that brought key stakeholders together to talk about DRR, with special reference to Ethiopia. Read more
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- Disaster Risk Reduction
- View Emergency Simulations Guide
- Phase I
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- UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction Global Platform
- Africa Climate Change Resilience Alliance (ACCRA)
- Catholic Relief Services
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- Interview with Susan Romanski, Mercy Corps
- IWG principals
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- Working with the United Nations (UN)
- ECB Consortia share learning highlights from inter-agency Simulations in 2010-2011
- ECB first Joint Advocacy Strategy launched in Bangladesh
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- ECB Bolivia expands membership and works on Accountability
- Horn of Africa
- Indonesia
- ECB Indonesia Consortium finalize Disaster Response Engagement Protocols (DREP)
- ECB Consortia share learning highlights from inter-agency Simulations in 2010-2011
- Toward Resilience: A Guide to DRR & CCA
- Our learning from the PDRA Project
- The development and launch of Toward Resilience
- About this Guide
- Simulation #1: Single-Agency
- Toward Resilience: A Guide to DRR & CCA
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