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Cooperation in Integrated Risk Management in Cebu Province: Multi-stakeholder Platforms as a Catalyst for Climate Action
15/04/2019 - The Islands of Cebu face an increase in sea level rise in low lying coastal zones, reduced rainfall, and increased temperatures and intensity of storms and typhoons – as a result of climate change. With changing land use and increased population pressures Cebu province needs to be prepared!
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PfR joins UN-E in launching the Network of African Women Environmentalists
29/03/2019 - A new network of African Women Environmentalists has been launched on 15 March 2019 in Nairobi, and Partners for Resilience is proud to be part of this new platform.
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World Water Day 2019
22/03/2019 - During this 2019 World Water Day it is important to address the complexity of dealing with water challenges, however also how simple the solution can be: water is a human right. For all. And nobody should be left behind.
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Mutual Gains Approach
14/03/2019 - Mutual Gains Approach is a negotiation tool to strategically work with multiple stakeholders on eco-system resilience and sustainable livelihoods. PfR team Ethiopia organsed a joint training with relevant stakeholders, i.e. representatives from government, NGOs, private sector, and local communities.
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Cooperation in Integrated Risk Management in Surigao Del Norte
19/02/2019 - Surigao del norte is a hazard prone area in the south of the Philippines. PfR is working on resilience building in this region, in order to reduce the impact of recurrent disasters.
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Meeting Minister Kaag at COP24
05/02/2019 - On Saturday 15th December, the UNFCCC 24th Conference of the Parties (COP24) concluded in Katowice, Poland. PfR/ Care Netherlands led a meeting of Southern leaders with the Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, Sigrid Kaag, to address the role of the Netherlands in relation to the fight against climate change.
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Climate change is a humanitarian issue
19/12/2018 - A week after the COP24 came to an end, we like to share this article of Maarten van Aalst, stressing on the urgency of implementing the Paris Climate Agreement: “climate change is a humanitarian issue”. By Maarten van Aalst, PfR Steering Group member, Director of the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre, and an IPCC Coordinating Lead Author.
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Partners for Resilience country exchanges
11/12/2018 - Being mid way the present Partners for Resilience Strategic Partnership programme 2016-2020, supported by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, this was a good time to take stock and organise exchanges among country teams to learn from each other's work in different countries.
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Partners for Resilience at COP24
04/12/2018 - The 24th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP24) is presently going on in Katowice, Poland, 3-14 December 2018. The theme of this year’s COP is ’Changing Together’ with a focus on preparations for 2020, when the Paris Agreement will come into force. Join PfR at the COP24!
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Ecosystem-based solutions for disaster risk reduction
31/10/2018 - On DRR Day 2018, PfR partners SEEDS India organised an awareness campaign to promote the adoption of ecosystem-based solutions for disaster risk reduction. Disasters cannot always be prevented, but the impact can be reduced considerably by taking adequate preventive measures.
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