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By Dorien H. Braam, Rafiq Chandio, Freya L. Jephcott, Alex Tasker, James L. N. Wood Abstract Projected increases in human and animal displacement driven by climate change, disasters and related...

Written by Jan Wisniewski, 06-07-2020 All too often, the conversations around climate change erase the voices of the people who are most affected by it. In this series of interviews, we talk to...

Protracted conflicts, drought, earthquakes, floods, seasonal storms, and severe winter weather, compounded by limited government response capacity in some countries, present significant challenges to...

Introduction According to the World Meteorological Organization, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 were the four hottest years on record since 1880 (NOAA, 2018; WMO, 2018). Such rising temperatures are...

An article by: Arne Siegmund The three highest mountain ranges on earth meet in northern Pakistan. There are more than 7,000 glaciers here. Many of these are retreating as a result of climate change...

Islamabad, 23 April 2018 - A ground-breaking collaboration between the United Nations, the Government of the People’s Republic of China and the Government of Pakistan has helped the people affected...

Chronic conflicts, drought, earthquakes, floods, seasonal storms, and severe winter weather, compounded by limited government response capacity in some countries, present significant challenges to...

INTRODUCTION Nearly half of the countries where UNDP works are prone to conflict, disasters, political instability and economic shocks. UNDP assists countries that are addressing sudden and...

Jennifer Bussell and Asim Fayaz May 2017 Overview This case study discusses government capacity to prepare for and respond to natural disasters – floods, earthquakes, and heat waves – in Pakistan. ...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY There is growing consensus on the need to consider and support markets as part of humanitarian responses. It is assumed that this support will increase the impact of responses – yet...

Working Paper 52 Babar Shahbaz, Abid Suleri, Mohsin Ali and Huma Khan With input from Georgina Sturge, Richard Mallett and Jessica Hagen-Zanker January 2017 Full summary: This report is based on two...

In 2010, fierce floodwaters poured down mountainsides, engulfing tiny villages dotted around Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) in Pakistan’s mountainous north. Nearly 2,000 people...

Effort to cut child deaths includes new construction standards for schools, evacuation drills and putting climate risks into the curriculum By Saleem Shaikh SAJAWAL, Pakistan, Oct 24 (Thomson Reuters...

HIGHLIGHTS: Pakistan's plan to cut disaster risk aims at a new target: schools Rawalpindi: 80 people suffering from dengue disease every day Agriculture sector most vulnerable to climate change,...

Chronic conflicts, drought, earthquakes, floods, seasonal storms, and severe winter weather, compounded by limited government response capacity in some countries, present significant challenges to...

Introduction There is agreement in the scientific community that the global food system will experience unprecedented pressure in the coming decades – demographic changes, urban growth, environmental...

Livelihood Restoration, Protection and Sustainable Empowerment of Vulnerable Peasant Communities in Sindh Province Preface This compilation of case studies demonstrates the resilience of farmers’...

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Introduction While there is a consensus on the importance of accountability to affected population in humanitarian response, country teams often raise the question “how do we actually do it”? This...

HASAN MANSOOR KARACHI: A latest study says climate change induced disasters and left negative impacts on psychology and behaviour of people, in particular women, who bore the major brunt of various...