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      • 1. Understanding risks, vulnerabilities & impacts
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The Human Cost of Floods: Anecdotes from the Global South

Ahead of the Flood Knowledge Summit 2022, the UNU Climate Resilience Initiative (CRI) of people in seven countries from the Global South. Contributors from Bangladesh, Brazil, India, Nepal, Nigeria and the Philippines provided insights on the impact of flooding on their lives, familie
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June 30, 2022
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Floods

UNU Researchers are addressing the ‘grave and mounting’ climate risks highlighted by IPCC

On 28 February 2022, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its most worrying report. The report underscores the impact of climate-induced shocks on cities, people, and nature while stressing the crucial need for cross-border cooperation. In recognition of the m
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March 09, 2022
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Climate Action, SDG13

UNU Climate Resilience Initiative Contributes to 4th UNESCO MOST Winter School 2022

A post-Covid19 world troubled by multi-faceted environmental, political and economic crises, requires us to rethink the interconnected global challenges at hand today. A combination of drastic geopolitical shifts, restructured economic and social domains, novel political opinions, amp
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February 21, 2022
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The UNU Climate Resilience Initiative will participate in IWPP3 BUDAPEST

The UNU Climate Resilience Initiative will participate in IWPP3 BUDAPEST – The International Public Policy Association’s International Workshops on Public Policy, June 28 – 30, 2022, Budapest, Hungary contributing to thematic session: Policy Process, Policy Making, Policy
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February 18, 2022
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