Description As of March 25, 2024, Malaysia is grappling with a severe heatwave and drought, particularly affecting regions such as Kedah, Perak, Perlis, and the Papar District in Sabah. The soaring...
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ACAPS Briefing Note: Bolivia - Flooding and landslides in Beni, La Paz, and Pando departments (25 March 2024)
CRISIS OVERVIEW Since November 2023, Bolivia has been experiencing above-average rainfall, particularly in February 2024, resulting in floods and landslides. As at 18 March, floods and landslides had...
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Heatwaves: IFRC Global Heat Summit to tackle the ‘invisible killer’
With extreme high temperatures taking lives all around the globe, Global Heat Summit signals an urgent need to help communities cope with heatwaves With heatwaves becoming more frequent and extreme —...
WFP Bolivia Country Brief February 2024
In Numbers USD 324,293 cash-based transfers made* USD 1.5 m six-month (March – August 2024) net funding requirements, representing 72 percent of the total 16,225 people assisted* in FEBRUARY 2024 ...
Malaysia: Heat Wave - 03-2024 - Heat Wave #4 (2024-03-25)
Description The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) has reported on the current heatwave situation across several regions in Malaysia. As of the latest update, Perlis, Hulu Perak,...
Strengthening health systems: a practical handbook for resilience testing
By Julia Zimmermann, Charlotte McKee, Marina Karanikolos, Jonathan Cylus and members of the OECD Health Division The COVID-19 pandemic underscored the critical need for health systems to be resilient...
Bolivia: Drought on the one hand, floods on the other — safe water a critical challenge in both cases
In the last year, the Bolivian people have had to cope with devastating floods, the hottest year on record and the most severe drought in its history. Over two million people suffered from the lack...
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Humanitarian Exchange Magazine No. 84 - Climate change, conflict and displacement
This edition of the Humanitarian Exchange, co-edited by Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG) Research Fellow and interim HPN Coordinator Kerrie Holloway and Senior Research Fellow Caitlin Sturridge,...
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Urgency of Heatwave Risk Management - Southasiadisasters.net Issue No. 209, March 2024
INTRODUCTION As climate change intensifies, the danger posed by heatwaves is increasing every year. In 2015, thousands were killed in India and Pakistan, and in 2022, the death toll reached tens of...
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Crop Monitor for Early Warning | No. 91 - March 2024
Overview: In East Africa, planting of Belg season maize is underway in Ethiopia, and planting of main season cereals is underway in the south of the region. Conditions are generally favourable except...
La crisis climática es injusta para la mujer rural, declara experta de la FAO en cuestiones de género
Entrevista con Lauren Phillips, Directora Adjunta de la División de Transformación Rural Inclusiva e Igualdad de Género de la FAO Roma - Las comunidades rurales de todo el mundo se enfrentan a una...
Las olas de calor y las inundaciones afectan de forma diferente a las mujeres y los hombres rurales y aumentan la brecha de ingresos: Informe de la FAO
Un nuevo estudio muestra cómo los efectos del cambio climático en los ingresos y la adaptación en las zonas rurales varían según el género, situación económica y la edad Roma - El cambio climático...
Vagues de chaleur et inondations ont des conséquences différentes sur les femmes et les hommes
Les conséquences néfastes du changement climatique sont sans commune mesure sur les revenus des femmes rurales, des personnes vivant dans la pauvreté et des franges âgées de la population, car leur...
Drought in the Mediterranean Region - January 2024
Abstract After the severe and prolonged drought events that impacted northern Africa during the last 6 years, and Europe for over 2 years, drought conditions are again affecting large parts of the...
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How WFP is supporting women at the crossroads of climate change and hunger
From Bolivia to Zambia, the World Food Programme is giving women the tools to cope with weather extremes that threaten livelihoods 6 March 2024, Maria Gallar, Martin Karimi, Gabriela Vivacqua and...
The unjust climate: Measuring the impacts of climate change on rural poor, women and youth
FAO report: Heatwaves and floods affect rural women and men differently, widen income gap New study shows how the effects of climate change on income and adaptation in rural areas vary with gender,...
Guatemala - Perspectiva de seguridad alimentaria, febrero 2024: Compra prolongada de alimentos a altos precios, lluvias irregulares y altas temperaturas marcan el inicio prematuro de la época de escasez
Mensajes Clave A partir de febrero, los hogares rurales pobres localizados en el Corredor Seco, Alta Verapaz y Altiplano que sufrieron pérdidas de cosechas de granos básicos experimentarán un...
February ends with extreme and unusual heat
The month of February has ended with extreme heat in the southern hemisphere summer and high temperatures atypical of the northern hemisphere winter. The WMO community is monitoring the state of the...
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Análisis conjunto e intersectorial JIAF 2.0, Equipo Local de Coordinación La Guajira
Este análisis está basado en del Marco de Análisis Conjunto e Intersectorial (JIAF 2.0 por sus siglas en inglés) y es el resultado de los talleres HNO realizados en el año 2023:...
UNDP Yemen: Building resilience: Supporting farmers to face the impact of climate change in Yemen [EN/AR]
FSRRP interventions transform agricultural production in Yemen Climate change in Yemen is hitting hard, stressing the vital agriculture sector with erratic weather, rising temperatures, and droughts...