This briefing provides an overview of the wide range of socio-economic benefits that nature-based solutions can achieve alongside addressing the intertwined climate change and biodiversity loss crises. The briefing highlights the central role these
This dataset proposes a method that combines different drought indices (SPI, soil moisture anomalies and fAPAR anomalies) in order to identify areas affected by agricultural drought and also areas with the potential to be affected. Drought monitoring is
This guidebook is a planning tool to design, manage and assess recovery following a disaster. It describes institutional options, successful characteristics and management lessons based on real-world experience with disaster recovery operations.
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery - UNDP
This report is a rapid assessment of the needs created by COVID-19, and presents a framework to lift the bottom quintile of South Africa’s population from falling deeper into poverty, squalor, and exclusion.
South Africa - governmentUnited Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
The study highlights learnings from past disasters and features 10 lessons and good practices from Asia-Pacific. The study also provides a few Recommendations for covid-19 socio-economic recovery.
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Ecosystem‐based adaptation (EbA) is increasingly being used to reduce the impacts of climate change on vulnerable people and landscapes. The international EbA South project implemented EbA interventions across three countries
This document highlights some lessons learned from experiences of drought and Cyclone Idai in Zimbabwe along with providing recommendations to improve resilience programming in the future.
In this brief, we examine the impact of the floods on some of the poorest people living in Mangochi and Nsanje; the extent of the damage caused to their households; and the warnings and type of assistance received. We also investigate differences in the impact of the floods on households enrolled on Concern’s Graduation programme.