A project, from the Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH) that combines satellite images, mapping technologies and the local knowledge of villagers to help build climate-proof settlements in disaster-prone areas of Pakistan recently won an international award organized by the United Nations housing agency (UN-Habitat). "It's not just responding to the effects of the climate emergency, but being proactive in protecting people from its effects, using technology and the knowledge of communities," said David Ireland, Chief Executive of World Habitat. AKAH plans to extend the model to other rural parts of Pakistan, while its projects in Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Syria and India are also using this approach, and have completed risk assessments in nearly 2,500 villages covering 3 million people.