London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) Updates

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This literature review seeks to understand how climate change is impacting the livelihoods of marginalised groups, using Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and...

Burkina Faso, a low-income country in the Sahel region of Africa, has improved many of its human development indicators in recent decades, including reducing child mortality rates. This has been...

This policy brief has been written by Lucia Letsch, Shouro Dasgupta and Elizabeth JZ Robinson Nearly 60% of Bangladesh’s population is exposed to high flood risk, a higher proportion of the...

1.0 Introduction The goal of development funding has always been to improve the lives of the vulnerable. To improve the lives of the vulnerable beyond the project level, however, you need to engage...

Summary Adaptation to and resilience against the impacts of climate change are urgent and growing priorities around the world as levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere continue to increase...

Foundations for change: Lessons from Year 2 of the Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance project Phase II of the Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance was launched in July 2018. In Year 2, from July 2019 –...

The use of climate and disaster risk insurance (CDRI) in low income countries has received significant interest over the last decade, as its ability to enable faster and more reliable access to funds...

Author: Tilly Alcayna EXECUTIVE SUMMARY On 7 May 2020, the United Nations released an urgent appeal for US$6.7 bn in humanitarian assistance for low-income countries facing challenges in managing the...

Alex de Waal African countries have much experience with epidemics of communicable diseases. Nonetheless, certain aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic are new; for example its impacts on the global...

By Yoko Okura, Sajan Neupane, Bikram Rana Background Introduction COVID-19 is a serious risk for flood vulnerable communities in Nepal as the monsoon season begins in earnest. Confirmed cases have...

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,...

Humanity today, in all its fragility, is searching for an effective and safe vaccine against COVID-19. It is our best hope of putting a stop to this painful global pandemic. We are calling on Health...

This report presents the key findings, good practices and recommendations of a study conducted by a group of LSE researchers, commissioned by the UNEP/OCHA Joint Environment Unit (JEU) together with...

Executive summary In contexts of armed conflict, international humanitarian organisations increasingly rely on local and national actors to deliver aid. South Sudan is no exception: while...

Key messages and recommendations Extreme weather events, like Cyclone Idai, are predicted to become more frequent, more intense, and more unpredictable. We must do more; if we do not, these events...

Susanne Jaspars, Guhad M. Adan, Nisar Majid Executive Summary Food and power in Somali have been intimately linked for decades. Ranging from land grabs and the manipulation of food aid to looting and...

Highlights According to our new estimate, food and beverage prices in Syria rose by a factor of 20 since 2010. Half of that increase took place during 2019. Taking 2010 as the base year, our analysis...

Foundations for change: what we've learned in year one of the Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance project Phase II of the Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance was launched in July 2018. The first year...

Daniel Maxwell KEY MESSAGES • Food insecurity early warning systems are not very good at conflict analysis. Conflict data are available and could be used more effectively. Existing conflict data sets...

Overview This memo explores transnational conflict in Africa. Section I is concerned with the wide (and under-acknowledged) extent and pattern of conflict between states and across borders, and how...