1. Home
  2. Knowledge Base
  3. Themes

Inclusion

Ensuring an all-of-society engagement and partnership for DRR through empowerment and inclusive, accessible and non-discriminatory participation, paying special attention to people disproportionately affected by disasters, especially the poorest.

Latest Inclusion additions in the Knowledge Base

Illustration with Black men and women
Update

Intersecting realities: Four approaches to making locally-led adaptation more inclusive

The impacts of climate change disproportionately affect the least prepared and most disadvantaged. Locally-led adaptation initiatives must recognise these intersectional power imbalances to be truly empowering.
Climate and Development Knowledge Network
Cover
Documents and publications

Climate change and healthy ageing: An assessment of the impact of climate hazards on older people

The urgency to address both population ageing and climate change necessitates a rethink and assessment of the impact of climate change on older people.
Update

Is climate action on extreme heat a human right?

The case for federal heat protection laws.
Yale Climate Connections
Cover
Documents and publications

I can't cool: extreme heat and human rights in the context of climate change

This report examines the consequences and risks of extreme heat through a human rights lens and offers concrete recommendations for actions that can be taken – starting now – to protect populations from harm.
A flooded street in Da Nang, Vietnam during heavy typhoon rains
Research briefs

Preparing for urban floods with an eye toward equity

Researchers and collaborators in a densely populated California floodplain developed a way to help planners see how infrastructure designs, sea-level rise, and severe storms fueled by climate change will affect flood risk at the local level.
Stanford University
Young woman wearing a traditional scarf on her head attends a public event in Northern Mozambique
Update

Women are 14 times more likely to die in a climate disaster than men. It’s just one way climate change is gendered

A growing body of evidence demonstrates women and gender-diverse people are disproportionately vulnerable to the changing climate and the consequences it brings.
Conversation Media Group, the
Cover
Documents and publications

An analysis of the vulnerability of informal and formal households to disaster risks in the Rand West City region

This study aimed to compare how vulnerable informal and formal households are to disaster risks in Bekkersdal mining area in the Rand West City municipality, using a mixed method.
Farmer in drought-struck field
Update

Heat waves can be deadly for older adults: An aging global population and rising temperatures mean millions are at risk

Regardless of where or when a heat wave strikes, one pattern is a constant: Older adults are the most likely to die from extreme heat, and this crisis will worsen in the coming years.
Conversation Media Group, the

Is this page useful?

Yes No
Report an issue on this page

Thank you. If you have 2 minutes, we would benefit from additional feedback (link opens in a new window).