Bangladesh: Floods and Landslides - Apr 2018 Updates

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This study on women and girls’ participation in community-based disaster risk management in Bangladesh is part of Plan International’s Inclusive Community Disaster Risk Reduction...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Bangladesh is highly vulnerable to recurring hazards and this situation is going to exacerbate due to the impacts of climate change. There is a dearth of data-driven decision-making...

Overview The Asia Pacific is a region riddled with disasters that cause destruction, damage and loss of life. To save lives and preserve the living, it is critical to re-establish water sources and...

On this issue: Headline: Welcome to the National Society Preparedness Newsletter! Experiences from National Societies from Central America, Beirut, Kenya, and more. Resources: Watch a new NS...

Following an outbreak of violence on 25 August 2017 in Rakhine State, Myanmar, a new massive influx of Rohingya refugees to Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh started in late August 2017. Most of the Rohingya...

By Denis McClean DHAKA, 10 December, 2019 - There are probably few slum dwellers from Bangladesh at COP25 -the annual climate conference - in Madrid but women in one of Dhaka’s teeming slums spoke...

The planet is burning. Devastating droughts, hurricanes, wildfires and floods, dying corals, melting glaciers, and thawing of permafrost provide overwhelming evidence that dangerous climate change is...

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT As 2018 drew to a close, a paradox became more starkly evident: although overall, the global population is healthier, wealthier and better connected than ever, progress has...

PART I: PROGRESS AGAINST STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES AND KEY ACHIEVEMENTS OVERVIEW - MARCH - AUGUST 2018 KEY ACHIEVEMENTS AND CHALLENGES This final report of the Joint Response Plan (JRP) 2018 is a summary...

A. SITUATION ANALYSIS Description of the disaster Shariatpur district, which is situated along the Padma river, the biggest river system in Bangladesh, has been severely affected by riverbank erosion...

Executive summary BACKGROUND The magnitude and extreme speed of the latest influx of Rohingya refugees into Bangladesh, which began on 25 August 2017, is reminiscent of the Rwandans in Tanzania and...

A global report on food crises finds that about 113 million people in 53 countries experienced acute food insecurity in 2018, compared with 124 million in 2017.

Working and discussion papers | April 2019 | Thomas Tanner, Lena Weingartner, Florence Pichon, Bill Gray, Kiswendsida Guigma, Jafar Iqbal, Simon Levine, David MacLeod, Khairun Nahar, Kaiser Rejve,...

Estimations mondiales de l’insécurité alimentaire aiguë en 2018 Plus de 113 millions de personnes dans 53 pays sont en situation d’insécurité alimentaire aiguë et nécessitent une aide urgente en...

INTRODUCTION The Rohingya refugee response in Cox's Bazaar, Bangladesh, is unique not only in terms of the rapidity and scale of the 2017 influx, but also in the extent of exposure of the refugee...

Bangladesh Since August 2017, more than 730,000 Rohingya, including 400,000 children, have fled violence in Myanmar and settled in Cox’s Bazar District, Bangladesh. Since then, with the support of...

The report is the product of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) DRR Technical Advisory Unit in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh with funding from the European Commission Civil Protection and...

The Early Warning Early Action (EWEA) report on food security and agriculture is produced by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). It provides a quarterly forward-looking...

KEY FEATURES The first draft of the Joint Response Plan GRP) was presented by the Inter-Sector Coordination Group (ISCG) and Sector coordinators to the Strategic Executive Group (SEG) and the...

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