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Transformation Futures
CDA, Peace Direct, and Search for Common Ground share the various transformative outcomes that we have seen through supporting transition processes over the past eight years of collaborative learning and applied research.
Biodiversity’s sisters: The essential role and challenges of Indigenous women in biodiversity strategy processes
This case exploration highlights the critical role of Indigenous women in biodiversity conservation and their invaluable contributions to the muti-stakeholder process of updating Peru's National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP) through 2050.
CDA’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice Strategy
How we work matters for human dignity and our relationships. CDA is committed to practicing what we value most – listening, learning, and taking action to more explicitly incorporate anti-racist values and practices into our work.
“Todos Pagan”: A Case Study of SMEs and Urban Violence in Medellín, Colombia
This case study examines some of the factors, relationships, and strategies that explain how and why small and medium-sized companies do or do not survive and grow in settings of urban violence, with a specific focus on Medellín, Colombia.
Climate Change and Conflict in Ghana
This report explores growing concerns surrounding climate change and conflict in Ghana. However, if sufficiently supported, Ghana exhibits resiliency factors that may be critical to the country’s long-term stability.
Indigenous Rights and Effective Climate Resilience
This case study investigates climate-related environmental vulnerabilities and their interaction with conflict dynamics in northern California, USA.
Resilience and Social Cohesion in Fiji’s Climate-Affected Informal Settlements
This case study investigates climate-related environmental vulnerabilities and their interaction with conflict dynamics in three urban informal settlements in Suva, Fiji.
Responding Amid Uncertainty and Managing Risk in Humanitarian Settings – Summary Findings Report
CDA and InterAction partnered to identify and understand risk management “traps” that limit organizations’ abilities to meet humanitarian needs and adapt to complex contexts, as well as the strategic changes that can break them.
Responding Amid Uncertainty and Managing Risk in Humanitarian Settings – A Learning Guide
CDA and InterAction partnered to identify and understand risk management “traps” that limit organizations’ abilities to meet humanitarian needs and adapt to complex contexts, as well as the strategic changes that can break them.
Responding Amid Uncertainty and Managing Risk in Humanitarian Settings – A Resource Guide
CDA and InterAction partnered to identify and understand risk management “traps” that limit organizations’ abilities to meet humanitarian needs and adapt to complex contexts, as well as the strategic changes that can break them.
Conflict Sensitivity in Land Governance
This is a hands-on resource designed for land and natural resource practitioners, as well as humanitarian, peacebuilding, and other sectoral actors planning for and implementing land related efforts wherever communities experience fragility and conflict.
Dealing with fragility: A practice note for oil and gas companies
This Practice Note is based on International Alert’s and CDA’s collective experience working with companies in fragile and conflict-affected contexts.
