Liesa Sauerhammer works at the interface of political sciences, disaster risk and natural resources management, she is passionate about facilitating the potentials of cooperation from local to international level. Previously, she worked on DRM and resilience in Africa, Latin America and Asia, on climate diplomacy and security, on national water management and governance in the Middle East and North Africa and on transboundary river basin management in South East Asia. She gained experience in strategic advise and consultancy services, project management, M&E, preparation of trainings & workshops, participatory research and analysis, stakeholder engagement & communication, acquisition and organizational development. At German Red Cross, her two main priorities are 1) to support GRC delegations and Sister National Societies, currently with a focus on Africa, Asia, and the Occupied Palestinian Territories in disaster risk reduction (DRR), preparedness, anticipatory action and resilience strengthening along the disaster risk management (DRM) continuum and 2) to further develop the way of working on these topics in fragile, conflict and violence (FCV) affected contexts. Her motivation is to reach most vulnerable population groups to climate change and disaster impact living in FCV affected contexts. 
 

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Acting ahead: Can anticipatory humanitarian action reduce climate security risks?

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