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Policy brief

This brief looks at what ‘people-centred’ EWS means, particular challenges of improving it in conflicts and recurring crises, and the implication of a knowledge-system way of thinking about EWS.
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Policy brief

This brief suggests how to think differently about DRR in conflicts, rather than how to implement it, and draws on evidence that it is necessary and possible even in conflicts and recurring crises.
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Policy brief

This policy brief reflects SPARC’s learning on why the main models used by the international humanitarian community for planning anticipatory action show limited promise in difficult places and what alternative approaches might be more helpful.
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Audio and podcasts

SPARC's new documentary shines a spotlight on one of the most critical, but marginalised livelihoods in Africa – and paints a rarely seen picture of the dynamism of people living in the drylands.

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DD 5
Blog

In this episode of Dynamic Drylands podcast, an expert discusses how smallholder farmers recover after fighting—and why they receive so little support.
DD ep 3
Blog

This episode of Dynamic Drylands podcast series 2 reflects on how the international climate and development community can support people living in the most fragile and hard-to-reach places.
DD 3
Blog

The third episode of Dynamic Drylands podcast series 2 interviews experts about how people in the drylands are coping and adapting in the face of big changes—often without any external support.

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