Making Disaster Management sustainable: Understanding the role of Nature Based Solutions In recognition of the role that nature can play in protecting people and reducing the impact of disasters,, The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) have joined forces. The partnership explores how NbS can strengthen the resilience of vulnerable landscapes and communities to climate and disaster risk. 

Giving hands and feet to this partnership, the Zambian and Dutch WWF and Red Cross societies initiated a 10+ year program to reach immediate and long-term climate resilience of communities and their natural environment in the Kafue Flats, Zambia. 
Launched in January 2023, the program starts with a 1.5 years proof of concept project to identify the most suitable NbS to address floods and drought in this ecosystem.