More than sixty leading experts called for a global ramp-up of research efforts to tackle the rising challenges facing humanitarian workers, at an inaugural Policy and Research Conference in New York.
Participants warned that climate change, rising populations, environmental degradation, water shortages, and spiraling food prices were putting growing pressure on humanitarian relief operations – and required a concerted effort by research networks to come up with more innovative solutions.
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