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"Minerals and metals play a central role in the global economy and mining is an important source of economic development in many countries. However, the harmful effects of mining remain a challenge...

Samantha Brangeon & Valérie Léon EXECUTIVE SUMMARY For a number of years, there has been exponential growth in the use of Cash and Voucher Assistance in humanitarian programmes. Their increased use,...

RÉSUMÉ EXÉCUTIF Depuis quelques années, les transferts monétaires (TM) sont utilisés de manière exponentielle dans les programmes humanitaires. La priorité qui leur est donnée, conformément à l’un...

Half of Africa’s population lack access to electricity. This has vast implications on people’s health and safety, education, social inequality and economic growth. Displaced people are particularly...

This factsheet provides an overview of the UNEP/OCHA Joint Environment Unit'sIKI Project, an inter-agency project which aims to strengthen climate change adaptation in target humanitarian hotspots...

Disasters caused by natural and human-induced hazards, or a combination of them, can generate large quantities of waste, including building debris, fallen trees, and hazardous waste. Disaster waste...

This preliminary scoping study, led by USAID's Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA) in collaboration with a technical advisory group of humanitarian assistance stakeholders, is based on...

This study, conducted in 2020, sheds light on a variety of potentials and pitfalls of remote sensing for disaster risk analyses in fragile contexts. This topic gains importance in light of the need...

Gender lens essential to addressing linked climate change and security crises, urges joint UN report Nairobi and New York - 9 June 2020 – As countries reel from the devastating social and economic...

Articulating social and environmental policy for post-COVID-19 recovery POLICY BRIEF While in many high-income countries, COVID-19 has resulted in the mobilisation of a “whole of the state” emergency...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Humanitarians understand the importance and urgency of the environmental agenda, and they have a clear desire to incorporate environmental considerations into their work. However,...

This factsheet is a special issue from the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the Lessons Learned Bulletin (LLB) and intends to raise awareness of risks associated with shutdown and startup of industrial...

This note from the Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Week at the International Conference Center, Geneva on 7 February 2020 provides a summary of discussions and further actions to consider...

The Environment and Humanitarian Action Network’s donor tip sheet is a resource to guide donors on how to have an impact, from influencing policy proposals and projects to engaging with the issue on...

This report on the situation in Northwest Uganda, published by the World Agroforestry, examines the quantity and composition of biomass in the two refugee settlements and the buffer zone around them...

Environmental Situation Analysis, Preparedness This report presents the results of an environmental scoping mission using the Nexus Environmental Assessment Tool (NEAT+) by the UNEP / OCHA Joint...

The thesis of this report, published by the World Agroforestry, is that refugees inevitably place strain on natural resources and ecosystems. However, severe damage can be averted if environmental...

This factsheet describes the emergency response services of the UNEP/OCHA Joint Environment Unit (JEU) following assistance requests by Member States. The UNEP/OCHA Joint Environment Unit can...

This factsheet provides an overview of the Environmental Emergencies Centre (EEC), an online tool designed to strengthen the capacities of national responders and humanitarians to respond to...

This factsheet provides an overview of the five different eLearning modules on the environmental dimensions of disaster prevention, preparedness and response, hosted by the Environmental Emergencies...