Executive Summary In 2023,1 the Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT) recorded a total of 399 disasters related to natural hazards.2 These events resulted in 86,473 fatalities and affected 93.1 million...
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Executive Summary In 2023,1 the Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT) recorded a total of 399 disasters related to natural hazards.2 These events resulted in 86,473 fatalities and affected 93.1 million...
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This report provides an analysis of food security and evolving needs and an update on WFP’s response and priorities. The convergence of multiple crises – conflict, extreme climate patterns and...
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Overall losses from natural disasters in 2023: US$ 250bn; more than 74,000 fatalities Insured global losses of US$ 95bn close to five-year average (US$ 105bn) and above the ten-year average (US$...
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HIGHLIGHTS HAZARDS Bangladesh and Fiji were hit by cyclones in November. About 10,000 people were displaced in Bangladesh and 230,000 were affected in Fiji. Heavy rains caused floods in India,...
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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...
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HIGHLIGHTS Children and families across Europe and Central Asia face multiple risks, including earthquakes, floods, disease outbreaks, conflict and mixed migration movements. An estimated 4.7 million...
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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...
Myanmar confronts a complex environmental landscape, accentuated by a heightened vulnerability to natural disasters and the escalating impacts of climate change work. In the latest update to the...
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In 2023, we celebrated 75 years of the World Health Organization (WHO). It was a year to reflect on 75 years of global health achievements, while facing the multiple and complex challenges affecting...
1 Executive summary Iraq has begun to feel the brunt of climate change and an increase in climate-related security risks. The country’s vulnerability to climate change is a product of a high degree...
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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...
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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...
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ADRC publishes the Natural Disaster Databook annually to provide statistical and analytical perspectives of disaster data. For its 2022 issue, ADRC used the data from the Emergency Event Database...
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...
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Gaziantep, August 2, 2023 – This Sunday, August 6, marks six months since a series of earthquakes struck vast swathes of southern Türkiye and northwest Syria. Families in the affected areas are...
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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CHYI-YUN HUANGSTEPHAN ZIMMERMANNSTUART FRASER Each year, more than 3 million people in Central Asia are affected by storms, floods, landslides and earthquakes. As global temperatures rise over the...
Description Shelter Response Profiles are part of a broader set of tools and documents developed and used to facilitate contextualization of responses. This document provides reference data on local...
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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...