Locally led humanitarian action

Nature-based cooling solutions for cities

This special issue brings together global, regional, and local experiences to explore nature-based solutions (NbS) as an environmental necessity and climate justice tool for urban cooling.

• Research and Studies

Grounding success of heat adaptation: Learning what heat adaptation success means to communities

This note compiles insights from workshops and conversations in the Global South on what works in extreme heat adaptation efforts.

• Research and Studies

The humanitarian–development–peace nexus and UN 2.0: A field practitioner’s perspective on bridging silos for humanitarian impact

This article examines the urgency of integrated approaches across the humanitarian–development–peace (HDP) nexus in the case of Mali, as well discussing barriers and recommendations.

• Commentaries

Women: the hidden pillars of peace

This episode examines women’s roles in reconciliation and peacebuilding in Galmudug, Somalia and the conditions required to enhance their formal participation in peace processes.

• Commentaries

Lessons for research funders from locally led action research on women’s empowerment among pastoralists

This brief shares lessons from locally led action research on women’s empowerment among pastoralists in Nigeria and South Sudan.

• Research and Studies

Synthèse: Innovation, efficacité et principes dans la balance de l’action humanitaire

The report explores the complex space where humanitarian innovation in artificial intelligence balances opportunity and risk, performance and principles.

• Research and Studies

Humanitäre Innovation zwischen Effizienz und Prinzipientreue

The report explores the complex space where humanitarian innovation in artificial intelligence balances opportunity and risk, performance and principles.

• Research and Studies

Balancing innovation, efficiency, and principled humanitarian action

The report explores the complex space where humanitarian innovation in artificial intelligence balances opportunity and risk, performance and principles.

• Research and Studies

Humanitarian Programme Cycle (HPC) 2026: Discussion Paper

This proposal charts a path for the HPC during a time of incredible uncertainty, enabling humanitarian partners to carry out a lighter HPC that still produces critical shared understanding, focus, advocacy and action.

• Guidance and Tools

Coastal disasters with a focus on extreme heat: Perspectives from South Asia

This issue of Southasiadisasters.net explores how extreme heat is reshaping vulnerabilities in coastal communities.

• Research and Studies

How are humanitarians using artificial intelligence in 2025? Mapping current practice and future potential

This report, explores the evolving use of artificial intelligence in the humanitarian sector, and shows how AI is currently being applied and experienced in practice, based on insights from practitioners across 144 countries and territories

• Research and Studies

Diaspora humanitarian engagement in Democratic Republic of the Congo real-time review

A real-time review of how the Congolese diaspora is driving humanitarian action in eastern DRC—and what it will take to unlock its full potential through stronger partnerships and coordination.

• Research and Studies

Humanitarian-Development-Peace (HDP) synergies in Sida’s humanitarian crisis analyses 2025

This brief gives an overview of how Sida works with HDP synergies in the 30 largest humanitarian crises, based on the Humanitarian Crises Analysis (HCAs) 2025 and identifies opportunities for maximizing aid impact in these contexts.

• Research and Studies

Synthesis of evaluative evidence on the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine

This inter-agency synthesis provides a consolidated analysis of the humanitarian response to the Ukraine crisis from 2022 to 2024.

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned

Explain: The Humanitarian-Development-Peace (HDP) Nexus

Explain briefing exploring the latest thinking and evidence on the HDP Nexus.

• Research and Studies

Corporate humanitarianism? Gaza, Sudan and beyond

From Gaza to Sudan to Myanmar, is a privatised model of humanitarianism going to become dominant?

• Commentaries

Explain: The Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus | Quick read

Quick read version of ALNAP's Explain briefing on the humanitarian-development-peace nexus.

• Research and Studies

Why humanitarians must act to end Israel’s genocide in Gaza

The article calls on humanitarian organisations to move beyond neutrality and aid delivery in Gaza, urging stronger advocacy, legal action, and collective strategies to challenge the ongoing blockade.

• Commentaries

Heat as humanitarian crisis: What local organisations are doing

Special issue of Southasiadisasters.net on one of the fastest-growing humanitarian threats of our time—extreme heat.

• Research and Studies

Explain: Localisation and locally-led action | Quick read

• Research and Studies