Angola is once again number one among the top 10 forgotten humanitarian crises that received the least media attention last year. CARE's report draws attention to these forgotten crises.
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Angola + 10 more
Angola is once again number one among the top 10 forgotten humanitarian crises that received the least media attention last year. CARE's report draws attention to these forgotten crises.
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Christian Aid says disasters are worse for those countries which are unable to withstand them because of less resilient homes, and places which lack government investment in prevention or rebuilding.
Continued rising concentrations of greenhouse gases fuelled record land and ocean temperatures, and turbo-charged a dramatic acceleration in ice melt and sea level rise, according to the WMO.
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A 25% rise in food insecurity increases the risk of conflict by 36%, while a 25% increase in the number of people without access to clean water increases the likelihood of conflict by 18%, says IEP.
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The 18 hotspots comprise 22 countries and territories that will see worsening food insecurity between November and April. Burkina Faso, Mali, South Sudan, Sudan and Palestine are of highest concern.
The $3.8 trillion corresponds to an average loss of $123 billion per year or 5% of annual global agricultural GDP, with lower and lower middle-income countries experiencing the highest relative losses.
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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 report finds that Latin America and the Caribbean is the second most disaster-prone region in the world, with 190 million people affected by 1,534 disasters from 2000-2022.
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At least 29,000 children made the perilous Darien crossing in 2021. An estimated 40,000 children did it in 2022 and more than 60,000 have crossed the Darien jungle this year, half of them under five.
From July to September 2023, 22 percent of the population experienced high levels of acute food insecurity. Urgent action is needed to reduce food gaps and protect livelihoods.
El Niño conditions have developed in the tropical Pacific for the first time in seven years, setting the stage for a likely surge in global temperatures and disruptive weather and climate patterns.
Somalia + 8 more
Food insecurity continues due primarily to three years of drought that have eroded livelihoods and assets, four years of flooding in South Sudan and episodic or protracted conflict across the region.
Pakistan is on the frontline of the climate crisis with its people facing disproportionately severe consequences, often life-threatening, despite their small contribution to climate change.
Burkina Faso + 9 more
For the first time, Burkina Faso tops the list. Redirection of aid and attention towards Ukraine has increased neglect of some of the world’s most vulnerable people.
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Children in the region face six times more climate related shocks compared to their grandparents eroding their coping capacity and exacerbating inequality.
Analysis by PAX using satellite imagery and modelling demonstrates how increased seasonal flooding in South Sudan spawns environmental risks around its national oil infrastructure
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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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Despite a steady decline in child marriage in the last decade, multiple crises including conflict, climate shocks, and the ongoing fallout from COVID-19 are threatening to reverse hard-earned gains.
Levels of acute food insecurity remain very high in Somalia through June 2023, with 39 percent of the total population needing urgent humanitarian assistance despite the decline in the risk of Famine.
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Three out of four people live in water-insecure countries. More people die from a lack of WASH services than water-related disasters, according to the new UN global water security assessment.