Climate resilience in displacement: Examining UNHCR's SuLMER intervention in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Policy Brief
This Policy Brief summarizes the key results and recommendations from the Full Report, and was presented at COP30 in Brazil. In response to recurring floods and general environmental degradation, in 2019 UNHCR began developing the Sustainable Land Management and Environmental Rehabilitation (SuLMER)...
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| author | Vaselli, Alessandra Khalid, Shahab Savelli, Adam Craparo, Alessandro Basel, Ashleigh Minoarivelo, Henintsoa Onivola Tsoka, Jonathan Dao, Hoa Ma, Suza Barua, Nipul Hoque, Md. Ehsanul Sarma, Santanu Keogh, Sean Mastrorillo, Marina Pacillo, Grazia Läderach, Peter |
| author_browse | Barua, Nipul Basel, Ashleigh Craparo, Alessandro Dao, Hoa Hoque, Md. Ehsanul Keogh, Sean Khalid, Shahab Läderach, Peter Ma, Suza Mastrorillo, Marina Minoarivelo, Henintsoa Onivola Pacillo, Grazia Sarma, Santanu Savelli, Adam Tsoka, Jonathan Vaselli, Alessandra |
| author_facet | Vaselli, Alessandra Khalid, Shahab Savelli, Adam Craparo, Alessandro Basel, Ashleigh Minoarivelo, Henintsoa Onivola Tsoka, Jonathan Dao, Hoa Ma, Suza Barua, Nipul Hoque, Md. Ehsanul Sarma, Santanu Keogh, Sean Mastrorillo, Marina Pacillo, Grazia Läderach, Peter |
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| description | This Policy Brief summarizes the key results and recommendations from the Full Report, and was presented at COP30 in Brazil. In response to recurring floods and general environmental degradation, in 2019 UNHCR began developing the Sustainable Land Management and Environmental Rehabilitation (SuLMER) intervention that is currently being implemented in Camps 1W and 2W. SuLMER aims to mitigate environmental hazards and reduce pollution by increasing water flow, reducing solid waste, stabilising unsteady hillside slopes, decommissioning WASH facilities that were non-functional or susceptible to contamination, and introducing nature-based solutions for environmental challenges. This research aimed to explore how the SulMER intervention contributed to the subjective resilience of target households, and how resilience gains affect humanitarian, development, and peacebuilding outcomes. Methods consist of a quantitative mapping of baseline (current) and projected climate hazards (by 2040), an n=539 survey of intervention participants, several weeks of field observation, and key informant interviews with intervention participants, community leaders, UNHCR staff, and UNHCR’s implementing partners. Results show that climate hazards will worsen in Cox’s Bazar by 2040 and that, by improving households’ self-reported environmental security, SuLMER enhanced households' subjective resilience to anticipate, withstand, recover from, and transformatively adapt to future hazards. However, structural barriers to transformative adaptation, sustainable development, and social cohesion remain for Rohingya refugees in the camps. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1795932026-01-10T02:14:59Z Climate resilience in displacement: Examining UNHCR's SuLMER intervention in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Policy Brief Vaselli, Alessandra Khalid, Shahab Savelli, Adam Craparo, Alessandro Basel, Ashleigh Minoarivelo, Henintsoa Onivola Tsoka, Jonathan Dao, Hoa Ma, Suza Barua, Nipul Hoque, Md. Ehsanul Sarma, Santanu Keogh, Sean Mastrorillo, Marina Pacillo, Grazia Läderach, Peter adaptation displacement resilience hazards refugees humanitarian organizations This Policy Brief summarizes the key results and recommendations from the Full Report, and was presented at COP30 in Brazil. In response to recurring floods and general environmental degradation, in 2019 UNHCR began developing the Sustainable Land Management and Environmental Rehabilitation (SuLMER) intervention that is currently being implemented in Camps 1W and 2W. SuLMER aims to mitigate environmental hazards and reduce pollution by increasing water flow, reducing solid waste, stabilising unsteady hillside slopes, decommissioning WASH facilities that were non-functional or susceptible to contamination, and introducing nature-based solutions for environmental challenges. This research aimed to explore how the SulMER intervention contributed to the subjective resilience of target households, and how resilience gains affect humanitarian, development, and peacebuilding outcomes. Methods consist of a quantitative mapping of baseline (current) and projected climate hazards (by 2040), an n=539 survey of intervention participants, several weeks of field observation, and key informant interviews with intervention participants, community leaders, UNHCR staff, and UNHCR’s implementing partners. Results show that climate hazards will worsen in Cox’s Bazar by 2040 and that, by improving households’ self-reported environmental security, SuLMER enhanced households' subjective resilience to anticipate, withstand, recover from, and transformatively adapt to future hazards. However, structural barriers to transformative adaptation, sustainable development, and social cohesion remain for Rohingya refugees in the camps. 2025-11-01 2026-01-09T11:00:48Z 2026-01-09T11:00:48Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/179593 en Open Access application/pdf Vaselli, A.; Khalid, S.; Savelli, A.; Craparo, A.; Basel, A.; Minoarivelo, H.O.; Tsoka, J.; Dao, H..; Ma, S.; Barua, N..; Hoque, M.E.; Sarma, S.; Keogh, S.; Mastrorillo, M.; Pacillo, G.; Läderach, P. (2025) Climate resilience in displacement: Examining UNHCR's SuLMER intervention in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Policy Brief. Bioversity International and International Center for Tropical Agriculture; Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. 8p. |
| spellingShingle | adaptation displacement resilience hazards refugees humanitarian organizations Vaselli, Alessandra Khalid, Shahab Savelli, Adam Craparo, Alessandro Basel, Ashleigh Minoarivelo, Henintsoa Onivola Tsoka, Jonathan Dao, Hoa Ma, Suza Barua, Nipul Hoque, Md. Ehsanul Sarma, Santanu Keogh, Sean Mastrorillo, Marina Pacillo, Grazia Läderach, Peter Climate resilience in displacement: Examining UNHCR's SuLMER intervention in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Policy Brief |
| title | Climate resilience in displacement: Examining UNHCR's SuLMER intervention in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Policy Brief |
| title_full | Climate resilience in displacement: Examining UNHCR's SuLMER intervention in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Policy Brief |
| title_fullStr | Climate resilience in displacement: Examining UNHCR's SuLMER intervention in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Policy Brief |
| title_full_unstemmed | Climate resilience in displacement: Examining UNHCR's SuLMER intervention in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Policy Brief |
| title_short | Climate resilience in displacement: Examining UNHCR's SuLMER intervention in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Policy Brief |
| title_sort | climate resilience in displacement examining unhcr s sulmer intervention in cox s bazar bangladesh policy brief |
| topic | adaptation displacement resilience hazards refugees humanitarian organizations |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/179593 |
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