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  3 February 2026 / Community World Service (CWS) Japan

  Community-led innovation partnership: Impact report from the Regional Humanitarian Partnership Week (RHPW) 2025

  The report offers a summary of the key discussions and outcomes from a dialogue session held in Bangkok in December 2025.

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  26 January 2026 / Community Organized Relief Effort (CORE)

  Rapid livelihoods assessment: Hurricane Melissa St. Elizabeth Parish, Jamaica

  To inform both immediate and long-term recovery, CORE conducted this rapid livelihood assessment in St. Elizabeth parish.

  • Research and Studies
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  17 January 2026

  Indigenous technology of terraces and its hydrological functions for managing agricultural water and addressing multifaceted climate and water-induced disasters

  This paper examines the indigenous technology of agricultural terraces as technological components of a broader agroecological system and the underexplored hydrological functions they serve.

  • Research and Studies
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  15 January 2026 / Global Water Monitor Consortium

  Global water monitor: 2025 report

  The Global water monitor report aims to deliver open, actionable climate and water data.

  • Research and Studies
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  14 January 2026 / World Food Programme (WFP)

  Evaluation of Somalia WFP Country Strategic Plan 2022–2025

  This evaluation serves accountability and learning purposes and informs the preparation of the next country strategic plan for WFP in Somalia.

  • Evaluations and Lessons Learned
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  2 January 2026

  Lessons from Uganda's earth observation-based disaster risk financing program

  This article explores the impact of satellite-based early warning on humanitarian outcomes and government fiscal efficiency.

  • Research and Studies
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  30 December 2025

  Geohazard-informed rapid planning for disaster relief operations

  This applied study focuses on using rapid geohazard observation to inform operational decision-making during flood-related disaster relief, based on major flood events in Sumatra in early 2025.

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  16 December 2025 / Ground Truth Solutions

  Whenever someone wanted something, everyone helped out. I truly understood the value of community.

  This report centres community perceptions in earthquake-affected areas in Mandalay and southern Shan, Myanmar.

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  10 December 2025 / All India Disaster Mitigation Institute (AIDMI)

  20 years of local learning and knowledge co-creation in Asia: The case of Southasiadisasters.net

  Celebrating 20 years, Southasiadisasters.net amplifies local knowledge across Asia—connecting community voices to global action for resilience.

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  9 December 2025 / All India Disaster Mitigation Institute (AIDMI)

  Towards climate and extreme heat resilience: Lessons from African and Asian communities

  Communities in Africa and Asia share local solutions for extreme heat resilience, highlighting grassroots innovation, and adaptation

  • Research and Studies
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  1 December 2025 / Supporting Pastoralism and Agriculture in Recurrent and Protracted Crises (SPARC)

  Adapting through bricolage: Building resilience in northeast Nigeria

  This policy brief explores how communities recombine available resources, skills, and relationships – or bricolage – to cope and respond to shocks.

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  1 December 2025 / Supporting Pastoralism and Agriculture in Recurrent and Protracted Crises (SPARC)

  The drylands of tomorrow: Pathways to prosperity, peace and resilience

  This synthesis report brings together key SPARC learnings around the challenges and opportunities facing pastoralism and agriculture in the drylands.

  • Evaluations and Lessons Learned
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  1 December 2025 / Supporting Pastoralism and Agriculture in Recurrent and Protracted Crises (SPARC)

  Aid at a crossroads: Adapting to drylands realities

  This synthesis report outlines practical ways to make aid in fragile drylands more flexible, locally grounded and effective.

  • Evaluations and Lessons Learned
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  1 December 2025 / Supporting Pastoralism and Agriculture in Recurrent and Protracted Crises (SPARC)

  Enhancing pastoral adaptation strategies in Wau and Jur River Counties, South Sudan: Resilience to recurrent climate, economic and social shocks and crises

  This policy brief examine how pastoralist and agro-pastoralist households in South Sudan are adapting their livelihood strategies under conditions of climate change, conflict and economic instability.

  • Research and Studies
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  1 December 2025 / Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)

  Cost-benefit analysis of drought risk reduction anticipatory action in the Western Province of Zambia

  This technical report applies a cost-benefit analysis to assess the economic viability of selected drought risk reduction anticipatory actions in the Western Province of Zambia.

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  1 December 2025 / Supporting Pastoralism and Agriculture in Recurrent and Protracted Crises (SPARC)

  Agro-pastoralists' adaptation to flooding and conflict in Gogrial East, Warrap State, South Sudan

  This report explores the perspectives of agro-pastoralist men and women in Toch East and Pathuon West Payams on the impacts of flooding and conflict.

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  1 December 2025 / Supporting Pastoralism and Agriculture in Recurrent and Protracted Crises (SPARC)

  Supporting (agro) pastoralists’ resilience through real-time monitoring of drought in Kenya and Ethiopia

  This report examines the crowdsourcing app KAZNET to collect drought impact data & improve early warning systems & index-based drought risk financing

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  25 November 2025 / All India Disaster Mitigation Institute (AIDMI)

  From heatwaves to cooling futures: Maharashtra’s leadership in climate action in India

  This issue features 17 contributions from practitioners, researchers, and institutions working across Maharashtra’s heat resilience landscape.

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  21 November 2025 / Oxfam

  Building a locally driven humanitarian future in Somalia

  A research report analysing progress, challenges and opportunities in humanitarian localisation in Somalia, focusing on institutional capacity, direct funding access, power dynamics and local leadership within the evolving humanitarian system.

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  13 November 2025 / Ground Truth Solutions

  Understanding the path to inclusive aid and resilience: people-centred research to inform humanitarian action in Somalia

  This resource shares findings from a July–August 2025 quantitative survey of 7,400 people across 11 districts in Somalia, conducted by Ground Truth Solutions and RAGSAAN. Informed by a community co-design process, the survey captures people’s priority needs and their own perspectives on resilience.

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