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...
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Thematic Analysis - 2024 Humanitarian Response Plan Nigeria
Overview Northeast Nigeria is facing various challenges, including conflict, epidemics, displacement, and food insecurity, which contribute to the NE region's humanitarian needs. Conflict and...
Ethiopia: Country Climate and Development Report (February 2024)
Climate Action in Ethiopia: Acting Now to Build Resilience and Leverage Opportunities ADDIS ABABA, February 28, 2024 — A new World Bank report released today finds that annual average losses to gross...
DR Congo + 10 more
FSNWG Food Security and Nutrition Update, January 2024
Key messages High levels of acute food insecurity persisted in various parts of the region, following El Niño-induced heavy rains and flooding during the 2023 OctoberDecember (OND) rainfall season,...
Pre-Crisis Gender Brief | Philippines (Version 1 - January 2024)
INTRODUCTION This brief, a collaborative effort by the Philippines Gender in Humanitarian Action Community of Practice (GIHA COP), the Asia-Pacific Gender in Humanitarian Action Working Group (AP...
Angola + 10 more
Breaking the Silence: The 10 most under-reported humanitarian crises of 2023
Breaking the Silence: Ten humanitarian crises that didn’t make headlines in 2023 In 2023, there were 273,279 online articles worldwide about the new Barbie movie, but only 1,049 articles about the...
Bangladesh + 14 more
Climate risks for displaced populations: A scoping review
By Sonja Fransen, Alexander Hunns, Tarek Jaber and Teresa Janz Abstract Forcibly displaced people are at the forefront of climate emergencies worldwide. This article presents a scoping review of the...
Sudan + 19 more
IRC 2024 Emergency Watchlist
IRC Emergency Watchlist: Sudan, occupied Palestinian territory, South Sudan top list of 20 countries set to deteriorate the most in 2024 Watchlist countries account for about 10% of the world’s...
World + 19 more
World malaria report 2023 [EN/AR/RU/ZH]
WHO’s annual malaria report spotlights the growing threat of climate change Despite strides in expanding access to insecticide-treated nets and medicines to help prevent malaria in young children and...
World + 13 more
10 things to know about climate change and displacement
Climate-fuelled disasters are a driver of global internal displacement and those who have contributed least to the climate crisis are affected the hardest. Every second, one person is displaced by an...
Mozambique + 2 more
Weathering the storm: Reducing the impact of climate risks and environmental degradation on people enduring armed conflicts
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Countries in conflict are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of the climate and environmental crises because the adaptive capacity of people, systems and institutions already...
Burkina Faso + 23 more
Hunger Hotspots: FAO-WFP early warnings on acute food insecurity, November 2023 to April 2024 outlook
Executive summary The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) warn that acute food insecurity is likely to deteriorate further in 18 hunger...
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Water dilemmas: The cascading impacts of water insecurity in a heating world [EN/AR]
Climate-induced water insecurity poses one of the biggest threats to humanity and will lead to more hunger, disease and displacement Oxfam water engineers are having to drill deeper, more expensive...
Weathering Risk: Climate, Peace and Security Study: Somali Region, Ethiopia
Lucas Destrijcker (adelphi)Milen Yishak (Climate Security Expert Network)Michael ThomsonAminata Traore, Yishuang Antonio Xu, Hannah Kurnoth (adelphi) This study explores the effects of climate...
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State of the Climate in Asia 2022
Climate change impacts increase in Asia Bangkok, Thailand 27 July 2023 (WMO) – Extreme weather and climate change impacts are increasing in Asia, which ricocheted between droughts and floods in 2022,...
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Seizing the Moment: Targeting Transformative Disaster Risk Resilience - Asia-Pacific Disaster Report 2023
A disaster emergency is underway in Asia and the Pacific as risks outpace resilience, warns new UN study The Asia-Pacific region has a narrow window to increase its resilience and protect its...
Climate Crisis in Pakistan: Voices from the Ground
Introduction Climate Crisis In August 2022, torrential monsoon rains triggered the most devastating floods in Pakistan’s history. Over 33 million people were affected by the floodwaters — a...
A Burning Emergency: Extreme heat and the right to health in Pakistan
Global: International action vital to mitigate impact of searing heatwaves in Pakistan Global action is urgently needed as series of extreme heatwaves in Pakistan wreak havoc on human rights, Amnesty...
Sudan + 34 more
Hunger Hotspots: FAO-WFP early warnings on acute food insecurity, June to November 2023 outlook
Increasing risk of hunger in hotspot areas as the Sudan crisis spills over into subregion and El Niño looms - warns new UN report Burkina Faso, Haiti, Mali and the Sudan have been elevated to the...
Cambodia + 14 more
Over the tipping point: How multiple, overlapping climate and environmental shocks and hazards on children in the East Asia and Pacific region are eroding their coping strategies, exacerbating inequality, and forever changing their futures
Children in East Asia and the Pacific face the greatest exposure to multiple climate disasters Children in the region face six times more climate related shocks compared to their grandparents eroding...