Professionals working in the fields of environmental management, humanitarian action, and peacebuilding have developed a series of toolkits—including training courses, handbooks, guidance notes, and standards—to aid them in their work. Most of these tools are limited to one of these sectors, but some begin to bridge the gap and move toward more integrated practices to promote sustainable recovery in the wake of conflict or disaster. Whether they are sector-specific or integrative, the most commonly used tools can be helpful in understanding core goals, mastering common techniques, and identifying better practices, in each domain or at their intersection. For each tool, we provide a summary of its format, content, and uses, as well as links to access it and to learn more about its organizational sponsors. If you are familiar with tools not represented in our database, or have suggestions for how tools may be used or combined most effectively, please post a comment or contact us.
BY CATEGORY:
BY FUNCTION:
- Climate Adaptation
- Water
- Shelter
- Fuel and Energy
- Land and Land Use
- Minerals
- Impact Assessment
- Restoration
- Risk Reduction
BY ORGANIZATION:
- Adelphi
- American Red Cross
- Benfield Hazard Research Centre
- CARE International
- Global Camp Coordination and Camp Management Cluster (CCCM)
- Channel Research
- Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
- Conflict Sensitivity Consortium
- Department of Field Support (UN)
- Department of Peacekeeping Operations (UN)
- Durham Global Security Initiative
- United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
- Environmental Law Institute (ELI)
- Europe’s New Training Initiative for Civilian Crisis Management (ENTRi)
- Environmental Emergencies Centre
- European External Action Service
- Finnish Ministry of Defence
- Swedish Defense Research Agency (FOI)
- Groupe URD
- HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation
- Inter-agency Standing Committee (IASC)
- International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
- International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
- Inter-agency Standing Committee Task Force
- International Alert
- International Rescue Committee (IRC)
- International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR)
- International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
- Joint UNEP/OCHA Environment Unit
- KOFF Centre for Peacebuilding
- McGill University
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
- United Nations Interagency Framework Team for Preventive Action (NIFTPA)
- Norwegian Refugee Council
- UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
- Oxfam
- US Army Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute (PKSOI)
- Redr UK
- Shelter Cluster Team
- Sphere Project
- Swedish Armed Forces
- Swisspeace
- Trocaire
- UN Development Group (UNDG)
- United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
- United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
- United Nations Mediation Support Unit
- University College London
- University of Tokyo
- United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
- United States Department of Defense (USDOD)
- United States Institute of Peace (USIP)
- Women’s Refugee Commission
- World Bank
- World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
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