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Why is there a funding blind spot for disasters in fragile states?
Building peace and stability in conflict-affected states is the highest of hanging fruits
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Reports
Routes to resilience: insights from BRACED year 2
Two years into the implementation of BRACED, this report collates and synthesises evidence from BRACED projects, to understand how projects are building resilience.
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Events
International Winter School - Gender equality and resilience to disasters and climate risks: Future research and action agenda(s)
An international winter school to share knowledge and improve global awareness of, and responsiveness to gender equality in the contexts of disaster risks, climate change and conflict.
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Article
(Freetown) has no future if we don't save the environment'
Freetown is still under threat one year after a devastating mudslide killed an estimated 1,000 people and left thousands homeless
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‘We are not to be ignored’: Young people take up climate activism
"When I think of climate change, I am driven by fear and anger."
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opinion
Should welfare recipients be first in line for scarce adaptation cash?
An experiment in Mozambique suggests targeting climate adaptation at those receiving social welfare payments makes sense
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Article
As rural Sri Lanka dries out, young farmers look for new job options
"When my father was my age, maybe the rains were much more predictable. Now only a fool will bet on the rains"
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Article
From camels to catfish? Algeria boosts fish farming in the Sahara
Fish in the desert might sound counterintuitive but Algeria hopes to tap huge aquifers beneath the Sahara to feed its growing population
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Green-fingered Burkinabe women protect shea "gold"
The shea trees women in Burkina Faso rely on for income from their butter face threats of drought and deforestation
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Kenyan herders take livestock health in their own hands
As drought worsens in Kenya, pastoralists have set up a drugstore to treat animal diseases without involving veterinarians
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