Community-based DRR

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.

This research aims to investigate the impacts of external interventions on the responsive adaptation process by studying a riverside flood-prone urban slum in Bangladesh.

In this podcast episode, Rehana Parveen, a Local Resilience Agent (LRA) from Bangladesh, shares how her role as an LRA is helping to build resilience against flooding in her community.

This publication explains that by ensuring that resources reach those who are most affected and by involving communities in planning and implementation, locally-led adaptation principles aim to provide an inclusive approach to climate change adaptation.

This study explored how government place-based planning and citizen-driven placemaking transform place identity of lost places after the 2011 Japan tsunami.

Cuba's "Mi Costa" and "AdaptHavana" projects, supported by UNDP and the Green Climate Fund, use nature-based solutions like wetland restoration and community involvement to protect coastal areas from climate change and promote long-term resilience.

Locally led anticipatory action - where communities prepare for forecastable hazards before they occur - provides a sustainable, community-centred approach to disaster management.

The publication highlights the vulnerability of older persons to climate change, calling for their protection in policies. It urges a rights-based approach to ensure their safety and participation in climate action, particularly in developing regions.