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Background The UNDP is one of the development organizations which immediately responded to Typhoon Yolanda through assistance to the affected LGUs and communities in debris clearing and waste...

With disasters uprooting 24 million people a year, pressure grows on governments to reduce the risk, and do more to protect the displaced (Fixes number in para 18 after IDMC correction to 2.8 million...

INTRODUCTION The ASEAN Risk Monitor and Disaster Management Review (ARMOR) is important for several reasons. Firstly, until this point there has been no authoritative publication that provides risk...

URBAN SETTLEMENTS WORKING GROUP EDITORIAL Affected communities do not perceive their recovery in sectoral terms, but from a holistic, multi-sectoral perspective. Whilst sectoral approaches and...

OVERVIEW • Countries in the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region2 experience a range of natural hazards, including droughts, earthquakes, floods, forest fires, hurricanes, landslides,...

Funafuti, Tuvalu - Detailed and accurate information on the relationship between land height and sea level will be made available for the first time since sea level rise became an issue of concern to...

This publication provides an update of developments in Pacific economies and explores topical policy issues to date. The 10th edition features policy briefs focusing on the effects of climate change,...

Executive Summary Bangladesh, due to its geographic location, is highly exposed to different climatic hazards and natural disasters. Environmental vulnerability coupled with poor infrastructural and...

By Imelda V. Abano, 8 March 2019EJN, Philippines Every March 8, the world celebrates International Women’s Day to mark progress toward gender equality. Indigenous women, particularly in...

EVRMC and UNICEF establish human milk bank to benefit thousands of babies in Region 8 TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines, 28 February 2019 – The Eastern Visayas Regional Medical Center (EVRMC) and UN...

The Tonga Red Cross says Cyclone Neil and it's associated low depression brought a lot of rain but left houses and property unscathed. Read more on Radio New Zealand International.

Recurrent drought, earthquakes, floods, typhoons, and volcanoes present significant challenges to vulnerable populations in the East Asia and the Pacific (EAP) region. Some countries also face civil...

An Introduction to Hydrometeorological Hazards The UN defines hydrometeorological hazards as processes or phenomena of atmospheric, hydrological, or oceanographic nature that may cause loss of life,...

WRITTEN BY GARY EDMONDS In over thirty years of traveling around the world and learning about solutions to end poverty, the question that seems to be the most important one to ask is this: are these...

Hundreds of Red Cross volunteers thoughout the region have been mobilised over the past fortnight to deal with the bad weather pummelling several Pacific islands. Read more on Radio New Zealand...

Key messages: Nature-based solutions provide an opportunity to better integrate the agendas of climate action, disaster risk reduction and biodiversity conservation into a coherent and holistic...

Introduction Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) is an approach that focuses on the farmer, fisher and/or herder. It seeks ways to improve the farmer’s productivity and income. It is an approach that...

Following the positive reception of OCHA’s set of 250 public domain humanitarian icons in 2012, the organization is releasing an extended and completely redesigned new collection in 2018 (295 and...

Foreword The 2017 hurricane season in the Caribbean was unprecedented. High-powered, high impact hurricanes, including Irma and Maria, left a path of destruction, infrastructure damage and casualties...

An initiative to strengthen multi-hazard early warning systems in the Caribbean was launched on November 20 during the dry season Caribbean Climate Forum (CariCOF) meeting in Barbados. The Caribbean...