Philippines

Extant research has explored the effect of natural hazards on the risk of armed conflict, but very few studies have examined how conflict dynamics affect disaster risk reduction (DRR), including climate change adaptation. This is surprising given the

This report summarizes the outcomes of the fourth Nansen Initiative Regional Consultation, which was hosted by the Government of the Philippines in Manila from 15 – 17 October 2014 to discuss “Human Mobility in the Context of Disasters and Climate Change

Throughout the world, countries have been developing and implementing Comprehensive School Safety (CSS) policies that address the three CSS pillars: safer learning facilities (pillar 1), school disaster management (pillar 2), and risk reduction and

With a high natural hazard risk and lack of comprehensive policy addressing the wellbeing of children in emergencies, Philippines developed a comprehensive policy of supporting the security and well-being of children in emergencies and enacted the

This book provides a paradigm shift from poverty reduction to building resilience of each element at risk in the community. This will offer a new thinking of framing our work from the specific hazard perspective, how we address the hazard and how to build

Drawing on the cases of JICA’s and other organizations’ past and on-going relevant projects, this report analyzes how external interventions in the Philippines and Sri Lanka in 2015 have contributed to changes in gender relations, as well as the

This briefing paper draws on a conceptual analysis of meso-insurance and the results of field research conducted in March 2018 with indigenous Palaw’ans in the Philippines. The paper finds that climate risk insurance (CRI) needs to be attuned to the

This report is an update of the Sustainable Banking in ASEAN report issued by WWF in partnership with the National University of Singapore (NUS) Centre for Governance, Institutions and Organisations (CGIO) in October 2017. This report benchmarks 34 banks