Faced with major climate damage, learning from the past to better tackle the emergency in Mayotte

20/12/2024

Once again, the climate is causing devastation... In the aftermath of Cyclone Chido, and almost 20 years to the day since the terrible Tsunami in South-East Asia, we are sharing some resources here that capitalise on lessons learned from managing post-natural disaster aid, which can help emergency and reconstruction actors in Mayotte.

In a few days, 20 years ago, we woke up to images of terrifying devastation in Thailand, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and India, caused by a tsunami. We felt the same emotion on 14 December 2024, so we’re bringing forward the publication of our work on capitalising on the lessons learned from the emergency response to the 2004 tsunami, because despite changes in practices, many of the lessons can be useful for Mayotte.

Some resources to download on disaster response, particularly hurricanes/typhoons:

➡️ Evaluation report of evaluation of the response to Hurricane Matthew in Haïti, 2016.

➡️ Lessons Paper: Adapting humanitarian action to the effects of climate change, with our partner ALNAP.

➡️ Lessons from typhoons in the philippines, 2013.

➡️ Note on the Hurricane Mitch (12 lessons learnt), 2005 (in French).

➡️ Humanitarian Aid on the Move No. 21, “Climate change, multiple crises and the risk of collapse”, 2020.

Specific resources on managing post-tsunami aid 2004 :

➡️ Report “20 years on: lessons from the 2004 tsunami that could be useful for mayotte“, 2024.

➡️ Video: François Grünewald details the main lessons learnt by Groupe URD following the Tsunami of December 2004.

➡️ Article “Post-tsunami reconstruction in Aceh: quantity versus quality“, Humanitarian Aid on the Move #3, Simon Deprez and Eléonore Labattut, 2009.

➡️ Evaluation Report of French public aid post-Tsunami 2004, 2007.

➡️ 10 lessons from the French State response after the Tsunami, 2006.

➡️ Article, Post-tsunami reconstruction: between emotions and harsh realities, 2006, Diplomatie n°18, François Grünewald.

➡️ Book “Post-tsunami housing reconstruction in Aceh”, 2005.