WHY A REGIONAL FOCUS MODEL? A key challenge faced by humanitarian agencies is how to ensure that limited available resources are allocated where they are most needed and are efficiently delivered in...
Afghanistan + 38 more
Afghanistan + 38 more
WHY A REGIONAL FOCUS MODEL? A key challenge faced by humanitarian agencies is how to ensure that limited available resources are allocated where they are most needed and are efficiently delivered in...
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2023 HIGHLIGHTS: Strengthened network of national and sub-national GIHA working group and communities of practice across Asia Pacific Region. Focus on strengthening Women Led Organizations visibility...
In 2023, Afghanistan received US$53 million from the UN’s Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), making it the second-highest recipient of CERF funding globally. OCHA-managed Pooled Funds, CERF and...
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Executive summary Afghanistan continues to grapple with the consequences of four decades of conflict, entrenched poverty, climate-induced crises, and barriers to women’s equality and participation in...
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Geneva, 11 December 2023 As delivered Excellencies, colleagues, ladies and gentlemen, The world is in the midst of one of the largest humanitarian crises of the modern era, with the devastation...
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Both an El Niño event and a positive Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) phase are currently being experienced in the eastern Pacific. Model projections indicate that further warming in central to eastern...
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The anticipated rainfall patterns, as indicated by various models, reveal a heightened severity of conditions throughout the region. Specifically, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, and Timor-Leste stand...
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WHY A REGIONAL FOCUS MODEL? A key challenge faced by humanitarian agencies is how to ensure that limited available resources are allocated where they are most needed and are efficiently delivered in...
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Introduction From biometric verification systems and drones to predictive forecast-based models and ‘virtual humanitarians’, innovation and technology provide adaptable solutions to address...
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Venue: Online Date: 9 December 2021, 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM (BKK Time) Attendees: WFP, OCHA, IFRC, CashCap, CRS, Oxfam, People in Need, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Loop, Mercy Corps,...
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1 SUMMARY 1.1 Context The Asia-Pacific region is marked by an increased number of climate-related disasters which point to the need for greater emphasis on inter-agency preparedness and early action...
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Introduction Asia and the Pacific is the most vulnerable region in the world to disaster impacts, complicated by numerous complex emergencies and protracted humanitarian crises. Over the past decade,...
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Venue: Online Date: Tuesday, 31 August 2021 Time: 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM (BKK Time) Attendees: WFP, OCHA, IFRC, CashCap, CRS, Oxfam, People in Need, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Loop,...
CONTEXT Located in a seismically active and mountainous region, Afghan people are at risk of avalanches, earthquakes, drought, flooding and other extreme conditions. The Notre Dame Global Adaptation...
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY BACKGROUND Cash and voucher assistance (CVA) has been increasingly used during sudden onset disasters in the Asia-Pacific region. However, CVA cannot be rapidly scaled without a...
OVERVIEW Forty years of war, recurrent natural disasters, chronic poverty and the COVID-19 pandemic continue to be a deadly combination for people in Afghanistan. Nearly half of the population (18.4m...
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With Dr. Fonteh Akum, Executive Director of the Institute for Security Studies Moderated by Sorcha O’Callaghan, Head of the Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI (29 April 2021) Thank you, Sorcha. The UN...
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Thanks very much indeed. It is a pleasure to be with you today and among such an impressive and diverse group of students and the likely future humanitarian practitioners, policy and decision makers,...
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Without drastic efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the humanitarian impacts of climate change will be far worse in the decades to come. Climate change is not a distant vision of a troubled...
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1 Introduction Severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV2) emerged in Wuhan, China, in November 2019. By October 2020, this virus had resulted in more than 41.5 million cases of...