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Africa Regional Workshop for Environment, Climate and Resilience Report
Document Type: ReportsThe workshop focused on biodiversity including the protection and restoration of nature (Global Biodiversity Framework); networking and advocacy. Other important perspectives that were highlighted were religion and development, youth engagement, gender, conflict and artificial intelligence in development work.

Women’s Leadership in Risk Resilience
Document Type: ReportsSuccess stories of women participating in disaster risk reduction have been brought to public attention for many years. Yet women’s leadership in building disaster-resilient nations and communities has not been adequately highlighted across the world.
The Role of Social Capital in strengthening Disaster Resilience in Thailand
Document Type: ReportsThailand is no stranger to the devastating consequences of natural disasters. Over the last decade, its vulnerability to large-scale flooding has been steadily increasing as volumes of water from monsoon rains are becoming less predictable – due to climate change, urbanisation and issues around land use practices. The unprecedented scale of the 2011 flooding prompted national and international attention, including IFRC and TRCS’s commitments to invest more in building Thailand’s capacity in disaster risk reduction (DRR), from the national to the community level.

The Role of Social Capital in Reinforcing Community Resilience
Document Type: ReportsOver recent years, the concept of community resilience has gained prominence in the humanitarian and development context, and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has promoted it through guidelines and practical work, defining it as “the ability of communities exposed to disasters and crises and the underlying vulnerabilities to anticipate, reduce the impact of, cope with, and recover from the effects of adversity without compromising their long-term prospects” (IFRC 2012:7).

Road to resilience- Bridging relief and development for a more sustainable future
Document Type: ReportsThe purpose of this document is to present to our key partners the IFRC’s definition of and perspectives on resilience. It also serves as a reference across the network of National Societies. We invite all key stakeholders to support the Red Cross Red Crescent’s operational work on resilience so that together we can bring about the serious changes needed for sustainable development in the years ahead.