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Climate Change Adaptation (CCA)
There is no scientific ambiguity to the fact that the world’s climate is warming and that this warming over the past 50 years is attributable in part to man’s activities. There is a wide consensus that this warming will lead to changing rainfall patterns, rising sea levels, increased spread of tropical disease, loss of biodiversity and increased frequency and amplitude of weather related natural disasters. Children are particularly at risk in a disaster and vulnerable to the incremental impacts of climate change. It is essential that their immediate and longer-term survival, protection and developmental needs are considered in any activities to prepare for or mitigate a potential disaster, or adapt to the negative impacts of longer-term climatic trends. Communities and local authorities need to listen to children to find out what risks they might face and how they might respond to them.
CCA programs are activities which aim to make adjustments in natural and human systems in response to actual or expected climate change and their effects. For Save the Children, adaptation is principally about practical measures in programming, policy and advocacy which reduce vulnerabilities or increase resilience of children and their communities from the negative effects of climate change. Disaster Risk Reduction and CCA are not mutually exclusive but in fact interdependent; a CCA project may be just as vulnerable to natural hazards as any other project and therefore needs a DRR component to protect the CCA investment. To address the risks and uncertainty predicted by climate change, both DRR and CCA analysis and programming must attempt to take account of the unpredictability of what may happen in the future as the planet continues to get warmer.
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Children’s Action for Disaster Risk Reduction. Views from Children in Asia
This publication seeks to document the perspective of children from seven Asia countries (Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, Nepal, Philippines, Thailand and Viet Nam) on how disasters and climate change affect their lives and their rights. The report highl
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World Vision Disaster Risk Reduction Toolkit: Annex D- Worksheet Templates
World Vision Disaster Risk Reduction Toolkit: Annex D- Worksheet Templates. Annex D of the World Vision Disaster Reduction Toolkit includes samples of worksheet templates for Tool 1 [Initial Risk Assessment]; Tool 2 [Risk Assessment for Design Phase]; Too
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World Vision Disaster Risk Reduction Toolkit: Annex C- Sector-based samples
World Vision Disaster Risk Reduction Toolkit: Annex C- Sector-based samples. This Annex includes samples of recommendations for mitigation measures in diverse sectors, including Water Sanitation, Agriculture, Education, Health & Livelihood/Microenterprise
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World Vision Disaster Risk Reduction Toolkit: Tool 4- Risk Monitoring & Evaluation
Risk Monitoring & Evaluation: Tool 4 of World Vision's Disaster Risk Reduction Toolkit. This tool is for the use of the Annual Development Programme (ADP) Manager, National Office and the Support Office in monitoring and evaluating the integration of Disa
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World Vision Disaster Risk Reduction Toolkit: Tool 3- Assessment Report and Design Document Review
Assessment Report and Design Document Review: Tool 3 of World Vision's Disaster Risk Reduction Toolkit. This tool requires basic knowledge on disaster management and is used by the National Office and Support Office staff in assessing the integration of d
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Guía para la aplicación de criterios para la priorización de acciones programáticas de reducción del riesgo de desastres (RRD) en América Latina y el Caribe
This methodological guide accompanies the document titled "Criteria for prioritizing disaster risk reduction actions at the national level in Latin America and the Caribbean" (Criterios para la priorización de acciones de reducción del riesgo de desastres
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Breaking the Mould: Transforming the economic development paradigm
Since the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were agreed more than a decade ago, the world has made dramatic progress in its fight against poverty. Some 600 million people have been lifted out of extreme poverty, 56 million more children go to school tod
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Livelihoods at the limit: Reducing the risk of disasters and adapting to climate change. Evidence from the consolidated Household Economy Analysis database
This report draws on the compiled Household Economy Analysis dataset and analysis tools to answer some of the most pressing questions about disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in a range of livelihood contexts:- Which single shock has th
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How to Integrate DRR and CCA into Education
This chapter provides practical advice and examples of how to integrate Disaster Risk Reduction into Save the Children programs. The chapter discusses how Disaster Risk Reduction can be incorporated within each of the pillars of the Comprehensive School S
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Children's Charter- an action plan for disaster risk reduction for children by children
This is a charter for children and by children. It aims to raise awareness of the need to put children at the heart of efforts to prepare for disasters before they strike, and calls for stronger commitment from governments, donors and agencies to take app
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Children and Disasters: Understanding Impact and Enabling Agency
From a child rights perspective disaster impacts affect not only a child's basic right to survival and development, but cut across their right to participate and for decisions to be made in their best interests. Child-centred approaches recognise the role
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The Adaptation Coalition Toolkit Building Community Resilience to Climate Change
This adaptation coalition toolkit was developed to promote the strategic empowerment of people by creating more inclusive, cohesive, and accountable societies in the face of climate change. Its purpose is to guide facilitating groups or teams of developme