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Bangaun community sets a good example in managing mixed vulnerability
This blog from Practical Action Nepal shares how one of the Community Disaster Management Committees they work with as part of the Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance is managing the mixed vulnerability arising at the intersection of risk from the coronavirus and the annual monsoon season.
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July,
2020
July,
2020
High unemployment and Coronavirus hit flood and landslide preparations in Bangladesh
Increased unemployment and income loss caused by Coronavirus will make it harder for vulnerable communities in Bangladesh to prepare for floods and landslides this monsoon season.
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July,
2020
July,
2020
Let the Money Flow: Funding Flood Resilience at Local Levels
The Green Climate Fund is currently reviewing its work plan for engagement in the water sector. Reconsidering the make-up of its portfolio; how funding is distributed and projects implemented will be a critical step in ensuring flood resilience is built at regional, national and local levels. Ensuring it’s easier for subnational governments and NGOs to apply for funding for the Green Climate Fund to implement proven flood resilience programming is an essential first step in helping communities around the world fight the growing impacts of climate change.
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June,
2020
June,
2020
Carrying out research during lockdown: how to do remote surveys in rural communities
Mercy Corps and Practical Action’s report Avoiding a perfect storm: COVID-19 and floods in Nepal is based on findings from a remote, telephone, survey we conducted with 46 Community Disaster Management Committees (CDMC) which we work with as part of our programmes within the Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance. As we are sure others are having to change the way they collect information or data from communities we thought we’d share some of our reflections from this experience.
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June,
2020
June,
2020
A new mindset for resilience in the face of concurrent climate and health risks
The COVID-19 crisis demonstrates the need to invest much more in pre-disaster risk reduction and preparedness for a range of risks, including climate change and its accompanying hazards such as flooding. But what, asks Swenja Surminski, does this kind of investment need to consider in practice – and why is ‘resilience’ not already widely taken into account when making policy and investment decisions?
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June,
2020
June,
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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