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Engaging pastoralist communities through citizen movements to amplify their voice This case study examines how the Pastoralists Alliance for Resilience in Northern Rangelands (PARAN Alliance) and its members engage communities and amplify the voice of pastoralist communities in climate decision making and use traditional knowledge and climate information to build resilience in northern Kenya. Pastoralist organisations such as Waso Trust Land are supporting their communities during the COVID-19 pandemic (Photo: copyright Waso Trust Land) The 'Engaging citizens for socially just climate action...

COVID-19: UN experts urge WTO cooperation on vaccines to protect global public health Format GENEVA (1 March 2021) – UN experts said today billions of people, especially in the Global South, risk being excluded from the benefits of COVID-19 immunisation until 2024 and urged rich States to end short-sighted vaccine nationalism that is fuelling a vaccine-divide and undermining worldwide recovery. “Recovery from the pandemic is impossible unless it ends for everyone. New mutating forms of the virus that may emerge in largely unvaccinated populations can pose a threat to all, including those ...

Blue barriers: A nature-based solution to build resilience A new tide of innovation for reef-lined coasts seeks to build coastal resilience and blue growth For decades, the default coastal protection measure has been coastal hardening, such as rock armoring, seawalls, and shore structures known as groins. These interventions can cause erosion and often have negative impacts on coral reefs and other ecosystems that are crucial for tourism and the blue economy - i.e., the sustainable use of ocean resources for economic growth, improved livelihoods, and jobs while preserving the health of ocean ...

Global Update: Responding to Winter Storms and Tornadoes; $10 Million for Vaccinations; Covid-19 in the Brazilian Amazon, Ethiopian Conflict Emergency and pandemic response continue across the globe. Shipments of medical aid for Texas communities are prepped for departure at Direct Relief's warehouse on Friday, Feb. 19, 2021. (Tony Morain/Direct Relief) In Summary • As Texas confronted winter storms, power outages, and water supply issues, and North Carolina was hit by tornadoes, Direct Relief provided support to both states. • The organization has committed $10 million to support safety ...

Two Proposals for Ambitious 2021 Reforms Coping with Compound Shocks Developing countries and small economies are facing the prospect of more frequent and devastating compound shocks, defined as multiple disruptive events—including natural disasters, economic and financial crises, and pandemics—striking simultaneously or in rapid sequence. In 2020, Bangladesh, Fiji, Honduras, India, the Philippines, Mexico, Nicaragua, and 11 countries in the Sahel faced combinations of the COVID-19 pandemic; economic shocks associated with the pandemic and measures to contain it; and extreme weather event...