Toward resilience a guide to disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation

Toward Resilience is an introductory resource for development and humanitarian practitioners working with populations at risk of disasters and other impacts of climate change. It is aimed at program management, advisory and technical staff of development and humanitarian organizations, and seeks to strengthen staff understanding of the basic approaches and principals that can be applied to disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation initiatives. It also provides practical guidance on how to integrate disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation into the program cycle and adapt activities to a range of contexts and development and humanitarian sectors.This guide includes examples from practitioners' experiences that illustrate good practice and learning, and suggests tools and resources that practitioners find useful. This book is a core resource developed as part of the Emergency Capacity Building (ECB) project. The ECB Project is a collaborative effort comprised of six agencies: CARE International, Catholic Relief Services, Mercy Corps, Oxfam, Save the Children and World Vision International.

Introduction	p. vii
Purpose of the guide	p. vii
Contents and structure of the guide	p. vii
How the guide was developed	p. viii
1 Understanding disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation	p. 1
1.1 Disaster and climate change risk concepts	p. 1
1.2 Constructing an integrated approach to disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation	p. 7
1.3 Principles of an integrated approach to disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation	p. 11
2 Key groups for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation	p. 17
2.1 Children	p. 17
2.2 Women and men	p. 21
2.3 High-risk groups	p. 24
2.4 Checklist for participation of, and action by, key groups	p. 30
3 Program cycle management for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation	p. 31
3.1 Overview of program cycle management	p. 31
3.2 Analysis	p. 33
3.3 Design	p. 37
3.4 Implementation	p. 43
4 Key sectors for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation	p. 47
4.1 Food security	p. 47
4.2 Livelihoods	p. 55
4.3 Natural resource management	p. 63
4.4 Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH)	p. 72
4.5 Education	p. 77
4.6 Health	p. 82
4.7 Protection	p. 87
5 Key contexts for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation	p. 92
5.1 Conflict settings	p. 92
5.2 Early recovery from a humanitarian crisis	p. 98
5.3 Urban contexts	p. 104
5.4 Slow-onset disasters	p. 111
6 Creating an enabling environment for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation	p. 119
6.1 Governance	p. 119
6.2 Advocacy	p. 127
6.3 Advocacy networks	p. 132
Annexes	p. 133
Tools and resources	p. 133
Glossary	p. 154
Acronyms and abbreviations	p. 165
Endnotes	p. 168
Index	p. 173
Contributors	p. 179

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