DIMA Connect | Issue 12 | 3 November 2026 — Resilience Starts at Home: Protecting Health, Lives and Livelihoods

RESILIENCE STARTS AT HOME: PROTECTING HEALTH, LIVES AND LIVELIHOODS

DIMA CONNECT | ISSUE 12 — 3 NOVEMBER 2026

November theme: From Consensus to Action — Resilience Starts at Home.

As COP31 approaches, this edition asks what it takes to translate international climate commitments into practical protection for African households. The challenge is not simply to identify hazards, but to ensure institutions can act on warnings, sustain essential services and finance preparedness before losses escalate.

Guest contribution: Patrick Zzimula and Judith Nakate examine the cascading health impacts of climate-related emergencies in East Africa, and the vital role of frontline health workers in preparedness and early action.

Issue 12 also covers regional preparedness initiatives, anticipatory action in Cameroon, disaster-loss intelligence in West Africa, Lake Chad Basin risk financing, practitioner questions and seven named professional opportunities.

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DIMA Connect is the weekly pan-African disaster risk intelligence publication of Gravitazz Institute.

Tracking the risks. Questioning the systems. Connecting the people who manage them.