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A DFID-funded consortium research programme asked crisis survivors what we could do better in the design and delivery of humanitarian response

Lesly, from the Piura region of Peru, covers her face in a blanket during the hour long walk through the dusty desert to reach school. A few months

The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 was agreed in 2015.  Since then the global disaster risk reduction community has been

When disaster hits, assessing the severity and magnitude of its impact is often determined through household surveys based on the two most frequently

The first thoughts after a disaster are never with an interesting design process for the hit area. First concerns need to be with the people that

The Sendai Framework for DRR, like the SDGs and the Paris Agreement, represents a global consensus to address pressing issues for humanity. In May

Are ecosystem based solutions to reducing risk gaining ground? And what can be done to bring these solutions from small pilots to scale and integrated

2015 was the year of hope for the global migration and humanitarian communities. 

That year, we saw the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development call

The scene is as familiar as it is tragic: A devastating hurricane or earthquake strikes a populated area in a poor country, inflicting a high number

On August 27, 2015, there was little sense of anxiety or urgency in Dominica as the first rains landed on this small Eastern Caribbean island state