A.1 Training session plan

What’s on at what time? Here’s the overview…

A.2 The Nature Navigator

This handbook will be the main reference for our course. We’ll go its through its chapters progressively, and hope you will find it useful! Maybe you have ideas on how to improve it further before it goes into general release?

B.1 IFRC (2021). The Road Map to Community Resilience v2

This new version of the Road Map integrates the Enhanced Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment (EVCA) and guides through the process of strengthening community resilience.  

B.2 CARE (2019). Climate vulnerability and capacity analysis handbook.

This updated second edition includes a range of great tools for community-based risk assessments. Can be used to complement the IFRC Road Map. 

B.3 UNDRR (2021) Nature-based Solutions for Disaster Risk Reduction: Words into Action.

This publication offers an excellent overview of NbS and links to the Sendai Framework. The section on main-streaming and upscaling is useful to link with government policies. 

B.4 IUCN (2020). Global Standard for Nature-based Solutions.

This guide illustrates the eight criteria of the global standard with case studies and provides detailed indicators. 

B.5 TNC (2021). The Blue Guide to coastal resilience.

A step-by-step guide to using NbS for DRR in coastal areas, the Blue Guide also links to more detailed manuals for specific ecosystems. 

B.6 WWF (2016). Natural and nature-based flood management: A Green Guide.

A comprehensive guide for reducing flood risk in different landscapes/ecosystems as well as for specific flood types. 

B.7 World Bank (2021). A Catalogue of Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Resilience.

This book looks at principles on integrating NbS into urban resilience planning, and features a catalogue of 14 solutions for the urban context. 

B.8 Makino et al. (2021). The protective functions of forests in a changing climate.

This publication highlights how forests can protect people and infrastructure. It contains many detailed country reports from across Europe. 

B.9 Iseman et al. (2021). Nature-based solutions in agriculture – The case and pathway for adoption.

This book offers an overview of NbS for agriculture. It looks at farmer perspectives, policy implications, and includes four case studies. 

B.10 Harari (2017). Where people and their land are safer: A Compendium of Good Practices in Disaster Risk Reduction. 

This detailed overview of sustainable land management practices shows how altered practices can reduce disaster risk. Includes very detailed descriptions of practices. 

B.11 Gann et al. (2019): International principles and standards for the practice of ecological restoration

This standard reference offers excellent guidance on ecological restoration. It also includes great monitoring tools.

B.12 UNDRR (2019): Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction

The status of disaster risk reduction, with an outlook and recommendations.

B.13 IFRC (2019): The cost of doing nothing. The humanitarian price of climate change and how it can be avoided

In this report, the IFRC looks at the impact of climate change under different scenarios, and what it means for the humanitarian world.

B.14 Hallegate et al. (2017): Unbreakable. Building the resilience of the poor in the face of disasters

An excellent study that looks at the disproportionate impact of disasters on poor populations, and what can be done about it.