Because of the damage caused by the floods, many have nothing to eat now. Some have sold all their livestock to buy food, plunging themselves further into a poverty abyss, says Oxfam's partner.
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Because of the damage caused by the floods, many have nothing to eat now. Some have sold all their livestock to buy food, plunging themselves further into a poverty abyss, says Oxfam's partner.
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The analysis clearly shows how the climate crisis disproportionately affects those who have done least to cause it and are least able to withstand its most damaging effects, says Save the Children.
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FEWS NET anticipates that about 110 million people will need food aid through early next year, with a net increase in needs in Southern Africa and the Latin America and Caribbean regions.
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The number of movements in which people fled in search of safety and shelter - sometimes more than once - was also unprecedented in 2022, according to the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre.
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A new report by Christian Aid shows that floods, cyclones and drought killed and displaced millions of people across the globe in places which have done little to cause the climate crisis.
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National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies are at the forefront of the climate emergency: they help communities prepare for, respond to and recover from climate-related disasters.
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Conflict, economic shocks – including due to COVID-19, extreme weather – pushed at least 155 million people into acute food insecurity in 2020, says coalition of UN, EU, NGOs and government agencies.
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While the COVID-19 crisis has shown the realities of how vulnerable the world can be, the climate crisis is and will continue to have much more significant impact, according to a new IFRC report.
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Funding from this aid package will go for humanitarian projects in Angola, Botswana, Comoros, Eswatini, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
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ACT Alliance launched an appeal for the recovery, livelihood and resilience needs of communities affected by Cyclone Idai. To date, about 60 per cent of the $8,168,517 appeal has been funded.
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A new brief by Oxfam shows how disasters, poverty and inequality and a lack of long-term support have made it all but impossible for people in Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe to rebuild their lives.
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Driven by climate change, millions of people are experiencing crisis or emergency levels of food insecurity, warns WFP, which will support 8.3 million people in eight countries.
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Extreme weather, driven by climate change, hit every populated continent in 2019, killing, injuring and displacing millions and causing billions of dollars of economic damage, says Christian Aid.
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Internal displacement in Africa has reached unprecedented levels; the conflict and disaster events in 2019 suggest the number of displacements is likely to continue rising.
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The climate crisis contributes to at least 33 million people in the region being at emergency levels of food insecurity or worse this year. More than 16 million are believed to be children.
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If urgent humanitarian action is not taken, the number of food-insecure people will likely rise in the coming months, according to the Regional Interagency Standing Committee Africa.
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Oxfam calls for urgent action as millions displaced, with women, girls hit hardest. Climate crises are compounded by conflicts, poverty and inequality, with $700m average climate-related losses.
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The three countries have not been able to attract enough financial support to rebuild lives and fast track early recovery and reconstruction after Cyclones Idai and Kenneth.
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There are now 9.2 million severely food insecure people (IPC Phases 3 and 4) in nine countries across the region, set to reach about 12 million at the peak of the upcoming lean season.
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Conflicts are the primary cause of high levels of food insecurity, while adverse weather conditions - particularly rainfall shortages in Africa - acutely affect food availability and access for millions.