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An overview of Lagoro IDP camp in Kitgum District, northern Uganda, 20 May 2007. Manoocher Deghati/IRIN
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  1. A child stands amongst the remains of buildings destroyed by the floods in Sindh province, Pakistan
    A child stands amongst the remains of buildings destroyed by the floods in Sindh province, Pakistan

    License: Creative Commons
    Credit: Department for International Development/Russell Watkins
    Source: Flickr

    Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction

    Event - Conference - 20 - 23 May 2013

    The Fourth Session of the Global Platform for Disaster risk Reduction aims to continue the momentum of the prior Global Platform meetings, into a durable and sustained effort from all actors (governments, NGOs and civil society, international agencies and organizations, academic and technical institutions, and the private sector) to take shared responsibility in reducing risks and reinforcing resilience in our communities. The Fourth Session will also be an opportunity to progress and consult on the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA). ODI researchers are speaking at different events during the conference.

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  4. Voices from the source: struggles with local water security in Ethiopia

    Publication - Research reports and studies - 6 February 2013
    Mengistu Dessalegn, Likimyelesh Nigussie, Wondwosen Michago, Josephine Tucker, Alan Nicol and Roger Calow
    What are the physical, social, economic and political drivers of water insecurity in different locations in Ethiopia? How have different communities responded to situations of water stress? What should be the public policy and institutional priorities to improve resilience to water stress at a local level, and reduce the negative impacts on communities? This assessment explores local water security in two very different sites in rural Ethiopia – a pastoral district in the eastern Somali region (Shinile), and a somewhat remote agricultural district in the south (Konso).
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  6. Vegetable farmer with his watering cans in Ghana
    Vegetable farmer with his watering cans in Ghana

    A vegetable farmer with his watering cans in Ghana's Upper West Region, which has suffered failed rains and rising temperatures.
    License: Creative Commons
    Credit: Neil Palmer (CIAT)
    Source: Flickr

    Groundwater resources in the Indo-Gangetic basin

    Projects - February 2013 to May 2014

    The Indo-Gangetic plains comprise of large floodplains of the Indus and Ganges-Brahmaputra river systems. They are home to approximately 1 billion people and encompass northern and eastern India, much of Bangladesh, parts of southern Nepal and the most populous parts of Pakistan.

    The aim of this project is to improve understanding of how resilient groundwater resources in the Indo-Gangetic Basin are to changes in climate and abstraction and to provide a robust scientific base to help guide policy development for groundwater development and management.

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  8. Katie Harris

    If we know it works, why not do it?

    Opinion - Articles and blogs - 26 January 2013
    'As ‘resilience’ becomes the new focus embedded in agencies’ methods for approaching challenging crises, emergency preparedness needs to be a central component.'
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  10. Mary Muntari collects water from a stream in Kachia, in Kaduna State Nigeria
    Mary Muntari collects water from a stream in Kachia, in Kaduna State Nigeria

    License: ODI given rights
    Credit: Kate Holt/IRIN
    Source: IRIN

    Climate risk screening for rural water supply in Ethiopia

    Projects - December 2012 to April 2013

    The purpose of this project is to develop a risk assessment methodology that can be used to assess the threat posed by climate change on rural water supplies, and suggest steps to minimise or mitigate such risks. The approach will examine risks along the supply chain, from resource, to source and end user, and look at how rural water supplies planning might be better integrated with groundwater recharge and watershed protection measures.

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