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Harnessing Nationally Determined Contributions to tackle loss and damage in Least Developed Countries, August 2022
Ritu Bharadwaj, Simon Addison, Devanshu Chakravarti and N Karthikeyan Least Developed Countries (LDCs) are facing increasingly devastating impacts of climate change that are leading to loss and...
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A Region on the Move – Mid-year Mobility Overview (January to June 2021)
INTRODUCTION The political and humanitarian landscape of the EHoA region has been highly fluid since 2018. Despite the complex mix of protracted crises and new emerging internal displacement,...
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La région MENA souffre d'insécurité alimentaire, mais des remèdes existent
Par Ferid Belhaj & Ayat Soliman L'insécurité alimentaire au Moyen-Orient et en Afrique du Nord (MENA) pose un problème de plus en plus préoccupant. Avant même la pandémie de COVID-19, les organismes...
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MENA Has a Food Security Problem, But There Are Ways to Address It [EN/AR]
By Ferid Belhaj & Ayat Soliman First appeared in Asharq Al-Awsat Food insecurity in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is a growing challenge. Even before COVID-19, UN agencies estimated that...
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Technical Report: Locust Outbreak 2019−2021
Authors: Amy Newsom, Margaret Koli and Zita Sebesvari 1. Event The years 2019 to 2021 saw the emergence and spread of a desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) infestation2 that reached across the...
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Famine relief blocked by bullets, red tape and lack of funding, warn FAO and WFP as acute food insecurity reaches new highs [EN/AR/RU/ZH]
Conflict, COVID-19, climate crisis likely to drive higher levels of acute food insecurity in 23 hunger hotspots -- new report ROME -- Efforts to fight a global surge in acute food insecurity are...
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Hunger Hotspots: FAO-WFP early warnings on acute food insecurity, August to November 2021 Outlook
Executive Summary The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) warn that in 23 countries and situations, acute food insecurity is likely to...
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Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations - Report of the Secretary-General (A/76/74–E/2021/54) [EN/AR]
General Assembly Seventy-sixth session Item 76 (a) of the preliminary list* Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations, including special...
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Global Report on Internal Displacement 2021 (GRID 2021)
To read the full report please visit the IDMC website here. Internal displacement at all-time high after unprecedented year of crises The total number of people living in internal displacement...
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New and old challenges: Conflict, climate change and COVID-19 impacts on rising acute food insecurity
The poorest continue bearing the burden of global challenges: How can we transform agri-food systems so that no one is left behind? Statement of the Global Network against Food Crises on the release...
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Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Mark Lowcock at the ODI Humanitarian Policy Group/ Institute for Security Studies webinar, ‘The climate crisis and humanitarian need: taking action to support the world’s most vulnerable communities’
With Dr. Fonteh Akum, Executive Director of the Institute for Security Studies Moderated by Sorcha O’Callaghan, Head of the Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI (29 April 2021) Thank you, Sorcha. The UN...
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GFDRR Annual Report 2020 - Bringing Resilience to Scale
Executive Summary This Annual Report highlights the progress and results achieved during FY20. About the FY20 Annual Report This Annual Report highlights the progress and results achieved during...
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WFP-EU 2019 Partnership Report (August 2020)
FOREWORD In 2019, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) continued to work hard to achieve a world free from hunger, assisting nearly 100 million people in more than 80 countries. The European...
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IRC Watchlist 2021
IRC's 2021 Emergency Watchlist: triple threat of COVID, climate change and conflict threatens 200 million people without urgent action The most dangerous humanitarian emergencies of 2021 are nearly...
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Ten crises that need your attention
COVID-19 has hit dozens of countries that are also dealing with humanitarian crises. Rather than divert vital funding from these humanitarian operations, which are keeping tens of millions of people...
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COVID-19 in Fragile Contexts: Reaching Breaking Point
INTRODUCTION – THE LATEST CRISIS Virtually no country has been spared by the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, but some of them – including many fragile and conflict-affected - are hit particularly...
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Global Report on Food Crises 2019 [EN/AR]
WHY THIS REPORT? For several years the number of people who cannot meet their daily food needs without humanitarian assistance has been rising, primarily driven by two factors: persistent instability...
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Messages-clés | Rapport mondial sur les crises alimentaires 2019
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...
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Global Price Watch: August 2017 Prices (September 29, 2017)
Key Messages In West Africa, regional staple food production during the 2016/17 marketing year was well above average. International rice and wheat imports along with institutional subsidized sales...