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Tech insider: DARAJA All inclusive

Sunayana Sen, Daraja program manager at Resurgence, speaks to Meteorological Technology International about Africa’s most inclusive – and award-winning – urban weather forecasting and early warning system.
Resurgence
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Influence of hazard-related and cognitive factors of households’ flood risk perceptions in Kampala, Uganda

Using data from 612 household questionnaires, this paper documents the hazard-related and cognitive factors of flood risk perception in 3 neighbourhoods of Kampala, Uganda.
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Podcast: ‘Dynamic Drylands’ explores new ways of thinking about aid, development and resilience in the drylands of Africa and the Middle East

In this podcast series, broadcaster Bola Mosuro talks to researchers, aid workers and herders about some of the new crises facing the drylands and the dynamic ways in which people are responding to meet them.
Overseas Development Institute
International Livestock Research Institute
Mercy Corps
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Pastoralists’ perspectives on early warning, anticipatory action, and emergency response

This desk study aims to bridge pastoralist knowledge, local practices, and external interventions by synthesizing literature on pastoral knowledge and practices from the Greater Horn of Africa, Sudano-Sahel regions, and beyond.
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From apps to aquaponics: The innovators pioneering local adaptation in Uganda

Across Uganda, the impacts of climate change are threatening food security and diminishing precious water resources. In response, local innovators are pioneering adaptation solutions for farmers in rural and urban settings.
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
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Introducting anticipatory action: A feasibility study for Malteser International

This report, the abridged public version of an internal report commissioned by Malteser International (MI) in 2023, presents the key results of a feasibility study on Anticipatory Action (AA) for the organization.
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Including persons with disabilities in disaster risk reduction in Africa

This issue brief presents the key findings of a study UNDRR conducted on disability-inclusive disaster risk reduction (DiDRR) policies and practices in Africa.
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A changing climate for peace: Navigating conflict in the climate crisis

This paper is based on the experience of peace and climate change programming in the Bangsamoro, in the Philippines, Karamoja in Uganda, and Kashmir examining the junction of climate change and conflict.

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