Introduction Climate change contributes to more intense and disruptive extreme weather events, such as prolonged droughts and heavy rains or flooding, around the world. The impacts of these extremes...
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ACAPS Briefing Note: Bolivia - Flooding and landslides in Beni, La Paz, and Pando departments (25 March 2024)
CRISIS OVERVIEW Since November 2023, Bolivia has been experiencing above-average rainfall, particularly in February 2024, resulting in floods and landslides. As at 18 March, floods and landslides had...
Uganda + 5 more
South Sudan Regional Refugee Response Plan, January - December 2024 (At a glance)
The South Sudan Regional Refugee Response Plan (RRP) is an annual multiagency, multisectoral costed plan to respond to the ongoing South Sudanese refugee crisis in the five main countries of asylum:...
Uganda + 5 more
South Sudan Regional Refugee Response Plan (January - December 2024)
Regional Overview Executive Summary The 2024 South Sudan Regional Refugee Response Plan (RRP) is a collective, multisectoral endeavour involving 123 partners, including United Nations agencies,...
Climate risks to resilience and food security in Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance Geographies: Madagascar
COUNTRY OVERVIEW Madagascar is one of the top 10 most disaster-prone countries and is the most cyclone-prone country in Africa. Slow development, high levels of income inequality, rapid population...
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Heatwaves: IFRC Global Heat Summit to tackle the ‘invisible killer’
With extreme high temperatures taking lives all around the globe, Global Heat Summit signals an urgent need to help communities cope with heatwaves With heatwaves becoming more frequent and extreme —...
Newsnote: UNICEF launches communication campaign on climate
The Climate Change Crisis is a Child Rights Crisis. Climate change is impacting the lives of children worldwide, also in Zimbabwe. Harare, 27 March 2024 – The Climate Change Crisis is a Child Rights...
Mongolia's extreme winter: 5.2 million livestock dead as children miss out on school
ULAANBATAR, 27 March 2024 - Mongolia’s extreme winter conditions, or Dzud, shows no sign of abating and the country, which is at the frontlines of the global climate crisis, is paying for it dearly...
Climate Science and Services training builds resilience of Kiribati Meteorological Service
27 March 2024, Tarawa, Kiribati - Thirteen government officials of Kiribati have been empowered to serve their country through the Kiribati Meteorological Service (KMS) with basic climate science and...
Nine things to know after nine years of crisis in Yemen
Nine years ago, a devastating conflict erupted in Yemen. Here are nine things you should know about the situation in the country today. 1. One of the world’s largest humanitarian crises for nearly a...
Cuba: Rethinking farming to face the climate crisis
WFP supports sustainable food systems through enhanced production and links to government social safety mechanisms 26 March 2024, Dalila Castro Fontanella Awash with early morning sun, Yankiel...
Nigeria Humanitarian Needs Overview 2024 (December 2023)
Executive Summary The Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO) for 2024 presents a synopsis of humanitarian needs across Nigeria. The analysis primarily focuses on the so-called BAY states (Borno, Adamawa...
The Drought Crisis Threatening Smallholder Farmers in Zambia
The impacts of climate change and El Niño droughts are devastating fordevastate smallholder farmers in Zambia. Signs of drought are emerging, and predictions indicate longstanding effects, disrupting...
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Water: Nourishing Communities, Cultivating Peace, Securing Prosperity
INTRODUCTION Freshwater is essential for sustaining life on Earth and access to clean and safe water is a fundamental human right. However, in recent years, this vital resource has faced various...
Samoa consultations shape BOLD Response to Loss and Damage
26 March 2024, Apia Samoa - Samoa is amongst the first countries to contribute and shape a critical new project designed to assist Pacific countries who are already dealing with Loss and Damage (L&D)...
Benin + 9 more
«El sol está cayendo»: pruebas de cómo las prácticas locales mitigan el cambio climático y se adaptan a él, y qué más se puede hacer - Lecciones aprendidas de las voces de la comunidad a través del proyecto «Liderazgo local para un impacto global»
"Cae el sol": mitigación y adaptación al cambio climático con prácticas locales Por Danny Everett Para entender cómo pueden utilizarse los conocimientos y prácticas de las comunidades en primera...
Benin + 9 more
« Le soleil tombe » : preuves de la manière dont les pratiques locales atténuent le changement climatique et s’y adaptent, et ce qu’il est possible de faire de plus - Enseignements tirés de l’expression des communautés dans le cadre du projet
"Le soleil tombe" : atténuer le changement climatique et s'y adapter grâce aux pratiques locales Pour comprendre comment les connaissances et les pratiques des communautés en première ligne de la...
Benin + 9 more
“The sun is falling”: evidence of how local practices are mitigating and adapting to climate change, and what more can be done - Lessons learnt from community voices through the ‘Local Leadership for Global Impact’ project [EN/PT]
“The sun is falling”: mitigating and adapting to climate change with local practices By Danny Everett To understand how knowledge and practice from communities at the frontline of the climate crisis...
Development of Tuvalu National Adaptation Plan progresses to next steps
25 March 2024, Funafuti, Tuvalu – Tuvalu is taking the next steps in the development of its National Adaptation Plan (NAP), with the preliminary findings of a Climate Impact, Vulnerability, and Risk...
Liberia: Country Climate and Development Report
Executive Summary Global climate change poses an existential threat to peace and prosperity in Liberia. As the oldest republic in Africa, Liberia has navigated a treacherous path to stability,...