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Explore a comprehensive collection of publications, reports, and documents that focus on disaster risk and resilience.

These resources offer insights, best practices, and research aimed at mitigating the impact of disasters. Whether you're seeking the latest research, policy recommendations, or case studies, this library supports knowledge sharing and informed decision-making in building safer, more resilient communities.

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Disaster risk management and gender: The case of Jamaica

This country profile analyzes gender gaps in the disaster risk management (DRM) agenda in Jamaica that influence the exposure and vulnerability, preparedness, and coping capacity of different populations.
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Weathering shocks: Unraveling the effects of short-term weather shocks on poverty in Paraguay

This study analyzes the extent to which short-term weather shocks have affected incomes and poverty in Paraguay. The research design exploits variation in weather shocks across districts and time, using ordinary least squares pooled regression analysis.
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Climate change and education playbook: Investing in education and skills for climate resilience in Asia and the Pacific

This publication explores how climate change impacts education systems in Asia and the Pacific. It underscores the need for investing in climate-resilient school facilities and integrating climate action in basic, secondary, and higher education
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Forecasts for pastoralists: increasing demand for weather forecasts to support adaptation in northern Kenya

This policy brief explores the low demand for formal weather forecasts by pastoralists.
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Stories of resilience: Lessons from local adaptation practice 2024

This year’s Stories of Resilience lays out the need for urgent and rapid reform in how global and national climate finance is delivered, in the power dynamics between providers and recipients, and in how success is measured.
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Climate finance for the urban poor: A review of global climate funds

The new Cities Alliance report Climate Finance for the Urban Poor: A Review of Global Climate Funds highlights a critical funding gap that must be addressed to better support climate adaptation and mitigation efforts for low-income city residents.
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Agrifood systems in nationally determined contributions: Global analysis

This publication provides an overview of the major climate-related risks and greenhouse hotspots in agrifood systems and synthesizes in seven key findings the main climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies being set forth in NDCs.
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COVID-19 increased existing gender mortality gaps in high-income more than middle-income countries

This study draws on recent data that were not available for earlier studies to examine the extent to which the gender gap in mortality shifted in high- and middle-income countries during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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