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Guiding climate compatible development: User-orientated analysis of planning tools and methodologies
(Ecofys and Institute of Development Studies, 2011-09-16)The focus on climate compatible development (CCD) as an aim for development in a changing climate reflects a growing recognition that mitigation, adaptation and development need to be tackled together, not as separate ... -
Resilience in Practice. Operationalising the Ten Characteristics of Resilience Through the Case of Greening Darfur
(IDS, 2011-12)What does resilience look like in practice? How can conceptual understandings of resilience be transformed into meaningful applications at the practical level? Are existing programmes already building resilience or does ... -
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Why People Don't Behave As We Would Expect. The Role of Emotions, Unrealistic Optimism and Previous Experience in Disaster Preparedness
(IDS, 2012)Focusing on contributions from social psychology to better understand what motivates, influences or steers the behaviour of individuals, this paper seeks to introduce disaster risk managers to new concepts that they may ... -
Assessing Progress on Integrating Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation in Development Processes
(IDS, 2010-09)Climate change threatens development and the progress needed to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. In managing such risks to development, there is a significant overlap of concepts and shared goals between disaster ... -
Climate Smart Disaster Risk Management in Conflict Affected Areas: the case of Trincomalee District, Sri Lanka
(IDS, 2010)As climate change is understood to be one of many drivers of vulnerability, this case study examines how the CSDRM approach can be applied in Trincomalee District in the eastern province of Sri Lanka where people face ... -
Learning to ADAPT: monitoring and evaluation approaches in climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction – challenges, gaps and ways forward
(IDS, 2011)This working paper is a methodological contribution to the emerging debate on monitoring and evaluation (M&E) in the context of climate change adaptationand disaster risk reduction. Effectively managing disaster risk is ... -
Post-disaster housing reconstruction in a conflict affected district, Batticaloa, Sri Lanka: Reflecting on the Climate Smart Disaster Risk Management Approach
(IDS, 2010-09)Sri Lanka has been the scene of waves of resettlement due to the conflict and the 2004 South Asian Tsunami. Practical Action Sri Lanka, in partnership with DESMIO, a local NGO, sought to facilitate a housing project with ... -
Climate Smart Disaster Risk Management
(IDS, 2010)This publication is part of the Strengthening Climate Resilience Discussion Series which aims to elaborate concepts and application of the Climate Smart Disaster Risk Management (CSDRM) approach. The CSDRM approach is a ... -
Greening disaster risk management: Issues at the interface of disaster risk management and low carbon development
(IDS, 2010-09)This paper explores the links between DRM and low carbon development and thereby sheds light on a new and emerging research and development agenda. It elaborates the carbon and greenhouse gas implications of DRM interventions ... -
Integrating climate change into regional disaster risk management at the Mekong River Commission
(IDS, 2010-09)The transition to a more climate smart approach for four regional flood risk management functions are explored: joint analysis of common resources for scenario-based planning and decision-making; joint capacity building ... -
Climate change, disasters and electricity generation
(IDS, 2011)This paper explores the links between changing disaster risks due to climate change and the impacts on electricity generation. We assess the vulnerability of various electricity generation options - fossil fuels, nuclear ... -
Changing Climate, Changing Disasters: Pathways Towards Integration
(IDS, 2012)The CSDRM approach responds to the urgent need for organisations to be able to learn, reflect and integrate in better ways in order to remain relevant to their mission and goals. CSDRM is flexible, because you work in ... -
Re-shaping policy and institutions for integrating climate and disaster resilience
(IDS, 2012)It is clear that positive policy action is needed to build the resilience of citizens and the state to changing climate and disaster shocks and stresses. What is not so clear is why there is a lag in re-shaping policy to ... -
Harnessing synergies: mainstreaming climate change adaptation in disaster risk reduction programmes and policies
(IDS / ActionAid, 2011)A new report from the Institute of Development Studies and ActionAid provides practical tips, advice and guidance on the process of mainstreaming climate change adaptation (CCA) into disaster risk reduction (DRR). Written ... -
Exploring climate change and disaster governance issues
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The resilience renaissance? Unpacking of resilience for tackling climate change and disasters
(IDS, 2010-09)The term 'resilience' is increasingly used in the context of discussion, policies and programming around climate change adaptation ('adaptation') and disaster risk reduction (DRR). It has become particularly popular to ...