COPE: helping children and youth prepare for disasters

Author Martha Keswick creates books to help children and youth prepare for disasters.

Heat stress management and gender-sensitive heat adaptation plans in Sri Lanka

Data collection in Colombo

Mumbai heatwave leaves fewer fish in the sea for women sellers

Incomes dip for South Asia's women home workers as heat rises

From victims to agents of change

How women recovered from the 2010 tsunami in Chile

What is gender inequality costing the Caribbean region?

Countries in the Caribbean are recovering from a recent volcanic eruption, coping with COVID-19, and preparing for the hurricane season. This case study highlights the work of the EnGenDER Project and the gender inequality studies carried out across eight countries to date.

Germany: Inaction on heat plans threatens health

Can SE Asian workers take the heat? Researchers tackle rising temperatures

India: Women act to make slums climate-resilient, one house at a time

India: Identifying hotspots for gender-focused climate-smart interventions

With warning drums and river clean-ups, Indonesian women head off disasters

Women often suffer worst when floods or earthquakes hit - but given the right resources, they are well-placed to protect their communities

India: In rural Manipur, women feel the heat of climate change

As heat rises, women risk death in South Asia

With a touch of paint, India's women slum dwellers battle extreme heat

APEC: Women lead way in disaster risk reduction in vulnerable Asia-Pacific - Press release

Women entrepreneurs, civil society groups and disaster management and gender equality officials assembled in Sendai

Daily report of the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR)

Changes afoot to ensure gender aware climate change policies in the Pacific Island countries and territories

Mitigating the impacts of desertification and drought