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Nature-based Solutions to accelerate Sendai and beyond
19/05/2022 - If joining the Global Platform for DRR next week, please join this session on Nature-based Solutions, to be held 26 May, 16:30 - 18:00 (Bali UTC+8). It will look cross-thematically at the Global Platform’s themes and address how Nature-based solutions can contribute to the implementation of the Sendai Framework 2015-2030 and what is still needed at country level.
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Ensuring the Global Biodiversity Framework prioritises measures to safeguard wetlands and wetland biodiversity
30/03/2022 - Wetlands cover just 7 percent of the planet but are home to 40% of the world’s biodiversity. They should be better protected!
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Wetlands: a Vital Artery for a Secure Sahel
21/03/2022 - Wetlands International at the World Water Forum: a Vital Artery for a Secure Sahel (21-26 March 2022). How are the key actors aiming to strengthen the safeguarding and restoration of wetlands in order to benefit more from all its constructive roles in a context increasingly affected by climate change?
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Podcast on gender issues and nature based solutions
16/03/2022 - Welcome to Talks 4 Action Episode 3! In honor of International Women’s day, this episode talks about #Breakthebias, gender issues, and Nature-based Solutions
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PfR's Autumn Newsletter is out!
10/11/2021 - A series of disaster events in the last few months reminded us of the ongoing climate crisis. Partners for Resilience, together with other organizations and networks, continues to support the implementation of international climate agreements. Read more about it in our newsletter.
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Passing the Baton, PfR's final report Dialogue & Dissent
27/10/2021 - After 5 years of implementiation the programme Dialogue & Dissent, funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the programme has been completed and is being taken forward by the local partner organisations that were involved. Read more about the results in the final report "Passing the Baton".
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Celebrating International DRR Day, 13 October 2021
13/10/2021 - This years International DRR Day focuses on the importance of international cooperation and funding for disaster risk reduction to build resilience and reduce losses. With ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction proving itself to be an effective way to protect both rural and urban communities, investing in Eco-DRR is a no-regret choice.
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Restoring Uganda’s Aswa Basin
08/09/2021 - This story shows a great example from Uganda about the restoration of degraded eco-systems, realized by local farmers. They were trained by Wetlands International under the Partners for Resilience Eco-DRR programme, supported by UN Environment Programme and European Union.
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Parliament of Uganda passes the Climate Change Bill 2020: it is now an Act
14/06/2021 - 27th April will go down in history as one of the memorable days in the climate change discourse in Uganda. It is the day the parliament of Uganda passed the Climate Change Bill 2020, into an Act of Parliament.
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Climate resilience in humanitarian aid and development
09/06/2021 - Resilience. It is the somewhat fashionable term humanitarians use to describe people’s capacity to cope with threats to their lives and environment. In the past decade, resilience programme manager Karen Stehouwer has fought the good fight with colleagues from all over the world to reduce disaster risks and their impacts when they do strike.
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