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This brief explores how the design of water resources governance systems in Colombia and Peru affect stakeholder participation, drawing on insights from SEI projects in both countries. It is based on SEI’s experience in supporting water resource planning

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The aim of this compendium of case studies is to better understand when and how different processes foster social learning and adaptive responses to climate change. Additionally, it aims to track the progression from of the process to the results

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This publication presents a framework and tool for measuring community-level resilience to flooding, built around the five capitals (5Cs) of the Sustainable Livelihoods Framework. The sustainable livelihoods framework seeks to take a more comprehensive

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This regional assessment documents experiences on Eco-DRR and its linkages with biodiversity in South America. It highlights key entry points and opportunities to catalyse actions for Eco-DRR that embraces the importance of biodiversity and ecosystems.

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The Climate Change Adaptation Planning in Latin American and Caribbean Cities project is designed to inform policy making and climate change adaptation planning in small and medium-sized cities. The focus is on floods and landslides, which are two of the

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This working paper analyses the objectives and rationale of tracking public investments on disaster risk reduction (DRR). The document also looks into the methodologies adopted for tracking public investments for various cross-cutting issues and reviews

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This study discusses dynamics and drivers of the Zika epidemic in Latin America in order to assess longer-term risks and prioritise interventions. The transmissibility of the infection, the generation time and large-scale connectivity of human populations

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This special issue, co-edited by Dr. Juan Pablo Sarmiento, Mr. Neil McFarlane, and Dr. Maria Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez consists of 13 papers authored by 30 academics from 11 higher educations institutions from 10 different countries (Brazil, Canada, Chile

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