resilience Archives

The empty houses that foreign aid built

Media coverage / The failure of aid agencies to "rebuild better" after the 2004 tsunami.

3 December 2019 / About Adaptation, Climate policy, Disaster risk and Public policy

Political Capabilities for Equitable Resilience (POL-CAPS)

Project / Including marginalized groups in development and disaster risk planning in Nepal and Thailand.

2019 - 2022 / About Disaster risk and Participation

Why gender matters in tackling marine plastic litter – a Q&A with May Thazin Aung and Babette Resurrección

Perspective / Interview with the lead authors of the UN Environment report, Marine Plastic Litter in East Asian Seas: Gender, Human Rights and Economic Dimensions

11 November 2019 / About Adaptation, Behaviour and choice, Participation, Pollution, Sanitation, Sustainable lifestyles and Wellbeing

Careless development models in wake of Yolanda

Media coverage / As Tacloban city struggles six years after being devastated by Typhoon Yolanda, a call to transform current development and recovery models.

9 November 2019 / About Adaptation, Cities, Climate policy, Disaster risk, Innovation, Participation and Public policy

Indigenous knowledge for the future – a talk with community leader Mama Aleta

Feature / Lauded indigenous leader from West Timur Mama Aleta recently spoke with SEI, urging the use of Indigenous knowledge to meet today's environmental challenges.

7 November 2019 / About Food and agriculture, Land use, Participation and Public policy

Indigenous Peoples of Southeast Asia reaffirm their rights

Perspective / The lands and livelihoods of Indigenous Peoples in Southeast Asia face mounting threats. Their knowledge and rights are vital to addressing these threats.

28 October 2019 / About Adaptation, Food and agriculture, Participation, Public policy and Sustainable lifestyles

Recovering from Typhoon Haiyan: planned resettlement displaces farming communities

Feature / Resettlement planning after the devastating Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines has led to displacement of farmers that had been living on land for generations.

30 September 2019 / About Adaptation, Cities, Climate policy, Disaster risk, Participation and Public policy

Children sit on a hill overlooking rice fields in Vietnam

Building a resilient future

Past event / Join the resilience movement ahead of the UN Climate Action Summit.

22 September 2019 / About Adaptation

Addressing the land degradation-migration nexus: the role of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification

Other publication / This report looks at how UNCCD implementation can address desertification, land degradation and drought as drivers of migration.

1 August 2019 / About Adaptation, Climate policy, Ecosystems and Mitigation