OVERALL PROGRESS Context Kazakhstan is currently facing a surge in measles and rubella cases – as of 16 June 2023, 1,229 measles cases have been reported. The incidence of measles stands at 14.07 per...
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Seizing the Moment: Targeting Transformative Disaster Risk Resilience - Asia-Pacific Disaster Report 2023
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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Afghanistan | Regional Population Movement - Final Report, Emergency appeal no. MDRAFRPM21
Transition of emergency appeal activities to Unified IFRC Network Country Plans This final report outlines the actions taken by the IFRC in response to the regional population movement in Pakistan,...
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ADB Annual Report 2022: Building Resilience in Challenging Times
ADB Operations Reach $20.5 Billion in 2022, Addressing Crises, Building Resilience MANILA, PHILIPPINES (24 April 2023) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) committed $20.5 billion from its own...
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Kazakhstan - 2023 IFRC network country plan (MAAKZ002)
NATIONAL SOCIETY PLAN The Red Crescent Society of Kazakhstan was founded in 1937 and is the country’s largest humanitarian non-profit volunteer organization. It has 70 staff, 4,000 volunteers, and 18...
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Regional Population Movement - Afghanistan: Preparedness and Response - Operation Update #4, Emergency appeal no. MDRAFRPM21
To date, this Emergency Appeal, which seeks CHF 24,600,000 is 37% funded. Further funding contributions through the 2023 unified country plans would be appreciated to enable National Societies in the...
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Asia-Pacific Riskscape @ 1.5°C: Subregional Pathways for Adaptation and Resilience - Asia-Pacific Disaster Report 2022 for ESCAP Subregions
Summary for policymakers Asia Pacific Disaster Report 2022 for ESCAP Subregions: Summary for Policymakers builds on ESCAP’s Asia Pacific Disaster Report 2021, Asia and the Pacific SDG Progress Report...
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State of the Climate in Asia 2020
Geneva, 26 October 2021 (WMO) - Extreme weather and climate change impacts across Asia in 2020 caused the loss of life of thousands of people, displaced millions of others and cost hundreds of...
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Leaving no one behind: A methodology to identify those furthest behind in accessing opportunities in Asia and the Pacific
Predrag Savić, Jonah Simonds, Ermina Sokou and Yichun Wang Abstract: With the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the United Nations Member States pledged to reduce inequality in...
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Resilience in a Riskier World: Managing Systemic Risks from Biological and Other Natural Hazards - Asia-Pacific Disaster Report 2021
Preparing for complex, overlapping crises key to building resilience for countries in Asia and the Pacific, UN regional meeting hears Countries meeting today at the seventh session of the ESCAP...
Climate Risk Country Profile - Kazakhstan
KEY MESSAGES • Temperatures in Kazakhstan are projected to rise at a faster rate than the global average and faster than most other Asian nations, with potential warming of 5.3°C by the 2090s,...
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Global Report on Internal Displacement 2021 (GRID 2021)
To read the full report please visit the IDMC website here. Internal displacement at all-time high after unprecedented year of crises The total number of people living in internal displacement...
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GFDRR Annual Report 2020 - Bringing Resilience to Scale
Executive Summary This Annual Report highlights the progress and results achieved during FY20. About the FY20 Annual Report This Annual Report highlights the progress and results achieved during...
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Addressing climate change and health in the Europe and Central Asia region: a joint value proposition and service offering
A joint initiative on climate change and health for the ECA region Climate change is one of the greatest threats to human health worldwide, and the risks are on the rise. It threatens the essential...
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IDMC Internal Displacement 2020: Mid-Year Update
Millions of people forced from their homes face dual hardship of COVID-19 Around 14.6 million new internal displacements were recorded across 127 countries and territories between January and June...
United Nations Kazakhstan: Covid-19 Socio-Economic Response & Recovery Plan (August 2020)
** Introduction** This document sets out the Plan for the United Nations Country Team´s (UNCT) socio-economic response to COVID-19 in Kazakhstan, in line with the United Nations’ global framework for...
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Fast-Tracking the SDGs: Driving Asia-Pacific Transformations
As this report is published, the world grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic. Even before it hit, the Asia-Pacific region was progressing too slowly on delivering the Sustainable Development Goals...
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Climate risk profile: Central Asia - Fact Sheet
REGION OVERVIEW The Central Asia region includes: Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and the Kyrgyz Republic. Stretching from Afghanistan in the south to Russia in the north, the...
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An International Response to Central Asia’s Severe Disaster Risks
Johannes F. Linn, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development The Brookings Institution APRIL 26, 2011 — Editor’s Note: In his opinion piece from June 12, 2008, “The Impending Water...
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Climate change and natural disaster impacts in the Ferghana Valley (April 2005)
Created by Viktor Novikov and Philippe Rekacewicz, UNEP/GRID-Arendal