REGIONAL SUMMARY: In the fifty-second week of 2023, the ASEAN region experienced 28 disaster events that affected Indonesia and the Philippines. In addition, the widespread flooding in Peninsular and...
Indonesia + 5 more
Indonesia + 5 more
REGIONAL SUMMARY: In the fifty-second week of 2023, the ASEAN region experienced 28 disaster events that affected Indonesia and the Philippines. In addition, the widespread flooding in Peninsular and...
Indonesia + 5 more
REGIONAL SUMMARY: In the fifty-first week of 2023, the ASEAN region experienced 18 disaster events that affected Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines. In Indonesia, the Badan Nasional...
Bangladesh + 14 more
By Sonja Fransen, Alexander Hunns, Tarek Jaber and Teresa Janz Abstract Forcibly displaced people are at the forefront of climate emergencies worldwide. This article presents a scoping review of the...
Indonesia + 6 more
REGIONAL SUMMARY: In the forty-fourth week of 2023, the ASEAN region experienced 27 disaster events that affected Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Viet Nam. In addition to these, Department...
World + 2 more
The Asia-Pacific Consultation brought diverse business networks together to explore how the private sector can support resilience of children and their families Asim Rehman and Karla Correa Year in...
15 August 2023, Nadi, Fiji - The Kingdom of Tonga makes up the 35 countries and over three million children that have access to the COPE disaster book series targeted at increasing their disaster...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Vanuatu is an archipelago of over 80 islands in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. Its population of more than 300,000 people, the Ni-Vanuatu, have faced a changing environment for...
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A disaster emergency is underway in Asia and the Pacific as risks outpace resilience, warns new UN study The Asia-Pacific region has a narrow window to increase its resilience and protect its...
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Foreword Food insecurity has increased substantially in the English and Dutch-speaking Caribbean since April 2020. While it appears to be levelling out in the first half of 2023, food insecurity...
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The Anticipation Hub launched a new report this week that captures, for the first time, the scale of anticipatory action worldwide. The report, Anticipatory Action in 2022: A Global Overview, shows...
Launched at the G20 Disaster Risk Reduction Working Group Side Event: Early Warning Early Action, 30 March 2023 The UN Secretary-General António Guterres unveiled an ‘Executive Action Plan for the...
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Executive Summary In 2022, the Emergency Event Database EM-DAT recorded 387 natural hazards and disasters worldwide, resulting in the loss of 30,704 lives and affecting 185 million individuals...
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New UN University report reveals solutions to reduce the impacts of disasters After a summer of climatic extremes across the world, a new United Nations University report looks at how the right...
Cambodia + 3 more
Case study research in four countries to explore the link between the environmental crisis and migration within the #ClimateOfChange campaign led by WeWorld and funded by the European Union in the...
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Executive summary In 2021, the Emergency Event Database (EM-DAT) recorded 432 disastrous events related to natural hazards worldwide. Overall, these accounted for 10,492 deaths, affected 101.8...
The first edition of the Key Recommendations for a Strengthened use of Science and Technology in Disaster Risk Reduction in the Americas and the Caribbean, presents the findings regarding the effect...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Indonesia is located along the Pacific Ring of Fire and faces many natural threats including earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, flooding, and droughts. The country records...
Jamaica + 20 more
By Julie Rozenberg, Nyanya Browne, Sophie De Vries Robbé, Melanie Kappes, Woori Lee, and Abha Prasad SUMMARY Caribbean countries, a set of mostly Small Island Developing States (SIDS), have a history...
Indonesia + 2 more
REGIONAL SUMMARY: For the thirty-ninth (39th) week of 2021, a total of 19 disasters (1 earthquake, 12 floods, 4 landslides, and 2 wind-related) affected the region. Indonesia, Malaysia, and the...
Afghanistan + 10 more
2021 Mid-Year update In IDMC's 2021 mid-year update, we focus on ten situations which have displaced high numbers of people during the first half of the year, and which will need to be carefully...