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How to build resilience and reduce losses and damages in the cities

Opinion Author: Nimish Jha Posted on August 26, 2016

India has been ranked third among the top five most disaster-hit countries in 2015. With this year also recorded as the hottest year on record, according to a study by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR).

Fast growing cities are most often located in contexts that are specifically exposed to the threats and are vulnerable to impacts of climate change.

Introducing "vulnerability" to vulnerable people

Opinion Author: Srishti Singh Posted on July 25, 2016

While climate change and its associated problems are gaining wider attention globally, the concept of vulnerability remains alien to those most at risk: the communities themselves. The most critical challenge is to transfer the science of climate vagaries to those whose resilience is at risk, particularly with limited access to climate information and information about potential risks.

Humanitarianism and resilience, in the context of urban climate change in Surat, India

Stories from the field Author: Vikas Desai, Himansshu Bhatt Posted on May 23, 2016

This is a true saga of the micro experience of a coastal trade city that was marooned by floods for a record 24 times in last century. It is a story of unknown faces whose resilience and determination to survive and thrive again and whose humanitarianism to help the known and unknown, the rich and poor, has made the city what it is today.

When we look at the whole story in context with urban climate change and challenges ahead, it is this spirit of the city to rise again like a phoenix from ashes that makes it unique.

Community-based urban flood and erosion management in Can Tho, Vietnam

Urbanization in Can Tho has negatively affected rivers and drainage channels through drainage systems. As a result there has been an increased incidence of riverbank erosion, tidal floods, and poor drainage during storms. Drainage system problems are also projected to intensify in the future as a result of climate change. The overall goal of this project will strengthen climate resilience of vulnerable households in suburban areas of Can Tho city through the development of practical mechanisms for community based flood and erosion management.

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Successful ACCCRN projects in Thailand through building collaboration and partnership

Stories from the field Author: Porpla Khuan-arch Posted on March 22, 2016

Hat Yai and Chiang Rai are the Thai pilot cities that have collaborated with the Thailand Environment Institute (TEI) on the ACCCRN project to build the climate resilience in their cities. Over the past years, they have emerged as examples of the project’s successful outcomes. The cities’ working groups have found that the key factor in the success has been the building of collaboration and partnership between all the stakeholders in the cities.