Blogs
Strengthening community resilience in times of COVID-19
In 2020 Nepal has been hit hard by the health and socio-economic effects of the Coronavirus pandemic as well as natural hazards exacerbated by climate change. In this blog Mercy Corps Nepal share how they have helped communities cope with COVID-19 during the monsoon season, and how they support policy makers to make climate smart, risk informed decisions.
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November,
2020
November,
2020
Pekalongan Flood Risk and Impact Assessment predicts 90% of the City will be inundated by 2035: how is climate change impacting Indonesia?
As part of the Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance Mercy Corps is working with the Pekalongan City and Regency in Indonesia to promote evidence-based policy making and program development. In this blog we share findings from a Flood Risk and Impact Assessment of the Kupang Watershed, and how we are using these to support governance of flood risk.
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October,
2020
October,
2020
COVID-19 is a wake-up call to invest in resilience
Failing to plan for climate change will be similarly damaging and costly
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October,
2020
October,
2020
Why loss and damage must feature strongly in NDCs
It is critical that targets and contributions relevant to loss and damage be included in national climate plans, write Sandeep Chamling Rai and Sunil Acharya.
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October,
2020
October,
2020
Revealed: Ambitious plans to help two million people cope with climate change and build resilience to natural hazards like floods
From Peru to Indonesia, climate vulnerable people have acted to cope with climate change and build community resilience to natural hazards, thanks to support from the Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance (The Alliance).
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October,
2020
October,
2020
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It’s been a horrible year but worse will follow without action on climate change
By any measure, 2020 has been a shocker for humanity. In this blog Practical Action's Colin McQuistan reflects on the challenges we've faced, and those we need to gear up to tackle as we app...
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Sustainability, durability, long term impacts… what are we talking about and why?
Back to the future: planning for long term impacts part one. This is the first in a series of four blogs about long term impacts of Practical Action’s work where we ask: what can we lea...
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Forensic examination: what can we learn from the past?
Back to the future: planning for long term impacts part two. In this second of four blogs on lasting changes, we discuss durability factors based on completed Disaster Risk Reduction proj...
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Tools and processes to plan for long-term impacts in our current work
Back to the future: planning for long term impacts part three. In this third of four blogs on lasting changes, we discuss what we can do now to better embed “long term” thinking in ou...
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It’s been a horrible year but worse will follow without action on climate change
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