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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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Country Risk Reduction Profiles: Disaster Risk Reduction in Vietnam
Vietnam is among the top 5 most vulnerable countries facing the consequence of climate change. The country is hit by typhoons an average of five times a year, resulting in devastating floods, landslides, and salinity intrusions that affect millions along
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Country Risk Reduction Profile: Disaster Risk Reduction in Indonesia
Children and their communities in Indonesia are among the most vulnerable in the world to the effects of natural and man-made disasters. The country is regularly subjected to a wide range of disasters stemming from climate change and environmental degrada
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Cobwebbed: International Food Price Crisis and National Food Prices. Some Experiences from Africa
The paper provides an overview of what caused high and volatile prices in international food commodity markets, the major causes of national food price increases, the winners and losers within countries when food prices are high and volatile, and then loo
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Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management in the Pacific
A paper that addresses Small Island developing states (SIDS) ongoing projects and projects in the pipeline targeted at implementing adaptation measures. In the Pacific alone there have been a range of such initiatives starting with the Pacific Islands Cli
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Changing climate, Changing disasters: Pathways towards integration
A guide from the Strengthening Climate Resilience consortium (IDS, Plan and Christian Aid), focusing on a Climate Smart Disaster Risk Management (CSDRM) approach that offers different ‘routes’ to integration (and indicators to track progress) for agencies
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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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Addressing climate change and migration in Asia and the Pacific
Climate change will increase the frequency of extreme weather events, making more geographic places inhospitable to human habitation and secure livelihoods. This report presents a detailed picture of the potential impacts of climate change on migration in
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Responding to emergencies in Southeast Asia: Can we do better? A review of the humanitarian response to the 2011 Thailand and Cambodia floods
Following flooding in south-east Asia in 2011 that affected millions of people in Thailand and Cambodia, adherence to disaster management systems proved challenging. And, while neither the Thai nor Cambodian governments made a formal appeal for internatio
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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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Owning adaptation: Country-level governance of climate adaptation finance
As financing for climate change adaptation in developing countries begins to flow, it is essential that the governance of funding at the global and country level be shaped so that the needs of the most vulnerable can be met. The core issue is country-leve
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Country Risk Reduction Profile: Disaster Risk Reduction in Myanmar
There are a number of hazards faced by Myanmar, including cyclones, floods and whirlwinds that cause a high level of damage, particularly to homes and shelters. Save the Children's approach to Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in Myanmar took the form of: Com
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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