In the world of climate response and resilience, the majority of eyes are already on the city of Belém, Brazil, which will host the 30th annual Conference of the Parties (COP30) in November 2025. However, many are currently focused on a more pressing event: SB62, or the 62nd annual sessions of the Subsidiary Bodies of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). 

Working with communities, local Community Resilience Action Groups (CRAGs) and the government, Concern identified that a nature-based solutions (NBS) approach could be an effective solution to control canal and riverbank erosion.

Despite being a natural, normal and healthy part of life, menstruation is stigmatised around the world, presenting a range of challenges for women and girls.

“Surging Hope" is a photobook featuring the Zurich Flood Resilience Programme, highlighting the journey of resilience through challenges faced by the flood-prone communities in northern Bangladesh residing at the forefront of the climate crisis for generations.

Flooding poses a major global threat, with recent research revealing that over 20% of the world’s population lives in areas at risk of a 1-in-100-year flood. This danger is most acute for low-income households, and cause some of the largest economic, social and humanitarian losses.

For several years Concern has engaged with universities in Ireland and abroad to work with Masters students as they expand their understanding of development and humanitarian issues, particularly as they research and write their Masters dissertation. This provides Masters students with the opportunity to gain an insight into Concern’s work and to access data for their research. 

This research programme aims to investigate the impact of conflict on various elements of the food system.

This page is a point of reference on the CMAM Surge Approach, to support practitioners to adapt, set-up and implement the Surge Approach.

This issue of Knowledge Matters highlights the wide range of approaches adopted by Concern in promoting climate resilience across multiple countries.

Foundations for Change Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance Phase II Lessons from Year 4, focusing on how the Alliance is building ecosystems for advocacy.

This page shows the presentation delivered to the Irish Global Health Network Conference 2022.

This report outlines the findings from a SMART nutrition survey undertaken in Dhaka, Bangladesh in May-June 2022.

This page is about the research carried out by Concern with other Alliance2015 partners in multiple countries: 'Community Resilience and the Ongoing Impacts of COVID-19 on Vulnerable Households'.

A blog from ENN highlighting a global webinar to mark World Breastfeeding Week 2022 organised by the Global Breastfeeding Collective.

This issue of Knowledge Matters showcases many of the diverse ways that Concern has been engaging with private sector and social enterprises.

This policy brief from the Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance programme in Bangladesh explores local level funding of disaster management.

This case study outlines stories from the frontline of resilient communities acting early to mitigate effects of the 2020-21 monsoon floods in Bangladesh.

This page describes the Graduation Approach - a means of sustainably addressing extreme poverty at the household level. The page contains research, evaluations, learning documents and tools and guidance from Concern's Graduation programming.

The Nutrition for Growth Summit in December 2021 aimed to work through partners to mobilize new financial and policy commitments for nutrition and to ensure greater accountability.

Resilient Health Systems: Adaptive Management Tools to Maintain and Strengthen Nutrition Services webinar.

This special issue of Knowledge Matters examines Concern's work on gender equality and strategies to reduce gender-based violence and coincides with the 16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence campaign.

Foundations for Change Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance Phase II Lessons from Year 3, focusing on the Adaptive Management style of programming.

This issue of Knowledge Matters is focused on Concern's experience of, and learning from the Graduation Approach and is an update to the 2014 issue on Graduation.

This evaluation examines Concern's and local partner Social Assistance and Rehabilitation for the Physically Vulnerable (SARPV) response to the fire in the Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh in March 2021.

This evaluation examines the impact of the Community Based Disaster Risk Management component of the Building Disaster Resilience in Pakistan (BDRP) programme.

This page is about the research carried out by Concern with other Alliance2015 partners in multiple countries: 'COVID-19 impacts on community resilience in the Global South'.

This evaluation examines the impact of Concern's interventions in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh for the Rohingya Emergency Response from 2017 - 2020.

This report details the findings of the Emergency Response Meta Evaluation carried out in 2020 that covered Concern's emergency responses from 2017-2019.

This page shows the results of research carried out by Concern showing the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the poorest people in our programme countries.