Climate resilience in displacement: Examining UNHCR's SuLMER intervention in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Policy Brief

Vista sencilla de ítem
dc.creatorVaselli, Alessandra
dc.creatorKhalid, Shahab
dc.creatorSavelli, Adam
dc.creatorCraparo, Alessandro
dc.creatorBasel, Ashleigh
dc.creatorMinoarivelo, Henintsoa Onivola
dc.creatorTsoka, Jonathan
dc.creatorDao, Hoa
dc.creatorMa, Suza
dc.creatorBarua, Nipul
dc.creatorHoque, Md. Ehsanul
dc.creatorSarma, Santanu
dc.creatorKeogh, Sean
dc.creatorMastrorillo, Marina
dc.creatorPacillo, Grazia
dc.creatorLäderach, Peter
dc.date2025-11-01
dc.date2026-01-09T11:00:48Z
dc.date2026-01-09T11:00:48Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T13:35:50Z
dc.descriptionThis 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.
dc.formatapplication/pdf
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/179593
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/64372
dc.languageen
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceVaselli, 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.
dc.subjectadaptation
dc.subjectdisplacement
dc.subjectresilience
dc.subjecthazards
dc.subjectrefugees
dc.subjecthumanitarian organizations
dc.titleClimate resilience in displacement: Examining UNHCR's SuLMER intervention in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Policy Brief
dc.typeBrief

Archivos

Colecciones

Alianza Bioversity International y CIAT