To map or not to map – that is the question
Mapping the resilience of vulnerable groups is a contentious issue – Ingrid Coninx explores workshop findings from the EDUCEN conference.
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How do CCA and DRR actors interact?
How are the actors connected to each other across the networks, and what sort and level of interactions do they have? We applied social network analysis to find out.
European & national-level approaches to integrating CCA & DRR
Efforts to link and integrate the CCA and DRR knowledge base and policies are underway – join us at ECCA where we will explore recent approaches and demonstrate good practice.
Exploring a foresight approach for CCA & DRR
How can we deal with climate risks and reduce future vulnerability? What about the implications of socioeconomic development on future vulnerability? Find out more at our ECCA 2017 session.
Telling stories to help increase resilience
Do stories differ if they are told from a disaster risk reduction or from a climate change adaptation point of view? We asked a group at the EDUCEN conference.
Do narratives improve CCA & DRR?
How do we best communicate climate change adaptation (CCA) and disaster risk reduction (DRR) to civil society, companies and decision-makers?
International conference on climate risk management
International Conference on Climate Risk Management from 5 to 7 April 2017 in Nairobi (Kenya). Practitioners, scientists and policymakers from all over the world participated. The aim was to develop recommendations for the IPCC AR6 scoping meeting in May 2017 on the IPCC risk framing framework, required metrics, related research topics and a better integration of practitioners’ knowledge in IPCC reports.
Enhancing learning, communication & knowledge – sharing by design
How do we sort through information and find what is most relevant and useful to us? Julia Barrott and Sukaina Bharwani from SEI explain the importance of classification.
Using foresight in public to public partnerships – reflections from ERA-LEARN training
Foresight in Public to public partnerships (P2Ps) – ERA-LEARN training course provided some useful lessons for Markus Leitner & Julia Bentz.
Investing in prevention saves money and life – World Disasters Report 2016
The IFRC World Disasters Report 2016 has a clear message: investing in prevention saves money and life in the long term. Markus Leitner went along to the launch event in Vienna