The HIPs serve as a trusted source of scientifically grounded, standardized hazard information used by governments, agencies, researchers and educators worldwide. They support risk assessment,...
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Overview A review of the work on climate change and health was carried in 10 member states of South-East Asia region between 2014 and 2015. The review explored awareness levels of the impact of...
Washington, D.C., 2 Juin 2025 (OPS) – Alors que la saison 2025 des ouragans dans l'Atlantique est en cours, du 1er juin au 30 novembre, l'Organisation panaméricaine de la Santé (OPS) exhorte les pays...
Washington, D.C., 2 de junio de 2025 (OPS) – Con el inicio de la temporada de huracanes 2025 en el Atlántico, que se extiende del 1 de junio al 30 de noviembre, la Organización Panamericana de la...
Washington, D.C., 2 June 2025 (PAHO) – With the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season underway, running from June 1 to November 30, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is urging countries to review...
For many children and their families, the choice of whether or not to leave home in order to navigate the impacts of climate change will become a central question of childhood.
Key Results WorldRiskIndex 2024 The WorldRiskIndex 2024 assesses the disaster risk for 193 countries. It covers all United Nations member states and more than 99% of the world’s population. In 2024,...
Ginebra/Dubái (OMM) – El ritmo del cambio climático aumentó de forma alarmante entre 2011 y 2020, siendo la década más cálida desde que hay registros. Según un nuevo informe de la Organización...
Genève/Doubaï (OMM) – Le rythme du changement climatique a augmenté de manière alarmante entre 2011 et 2020, décennie la plus chaude jamais observée. Selon un nouveau rapport de l’Organisation...
Continued rising concentrations of greenhouse gases fuelled record land and ocean temperatures, and turbo-charged a dramatic acceleration in ice melt and sea level rise, according to the WMO.
Pakistan + 10 more
By Lawrence Huang Human mobility linked to environmental drivers is not new, but global climate change is triggering more internal and international migration and displacement. Sometimes, the impacts...
The WorldRiskReport 2023, a joint project of "Bündnis Entwicklung Hilft" and the Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV) of the Ruhr-University Bochum, has been launched on...
GENEVA (31 August 2023) - The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) today called on State parties in the global North, in particular Germany, Switzerland, the United Kingdom...
Afghanistan + 1 more
Seventh meeting of the Regional Subcommittee for Polio Eradication and Outbreaks - 28 February 2023 Acknowledging that our common goal is to attain ‘Health for All by All’, which is a call for...
A typhoon, smoke from wildfires and increasing rain are not what most imagine when thinking of the Arctic. Yet these are some of the climate-driven events included in a detailed annual update on the...
Adaptation finance can and should do more to address transboundary climate risks. Read an analysis of the portfolios of three major multilateral climate funds. The IPCC’s Working Group II report...
Cuba + 1 more
Official Severe Weather Brazil On 11 August, the Brazil Agency of Communication provided information on the passage of an extratropical cyclone in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil. The State Civil...
Severe Weather Venezuela On 12 August, according to a media report, the overflow of the Socopó River which occurred on 10 August in the state of Barina, Venezuela has affected 572 families comprising...
Introducción Ponemos a disposición de los equipos el siguiente protocolo de actuación, para una asistencia humanitaria que respete la cosmovisión de los pueblos indígenas y afrohondureños, que sea...
EVOLUCIÓN DEL EVENTO El Instituto Uruguayo de Meteorología (Inumet) emitió un aviso a la población donde informaba que a partir del lunes 16 de mayo desmejorarían las condiciones meteorológicas y se...
