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...
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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...
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...
Bangladesh + 1 more
A Framework for Community-level Disaster Resilience Index: Focus on the Host Communities in Cox’s Bazar
Executive Summary The Community-Level Disaster Resilience Index for Cox's is an adaptation of the Climate Disaster Resilience Index (CDRI), which was introduced by the International Environment and...
Armenia + 3 more
Armenia 2023 IFRC network country plan (MAAAM002)
Excerpt NATIONAL SOCIETY PROFILE The Armenian Red Cross Society is an auxiliary to the public authorities in the humanitarian field and the largest voluntary organization in the country. It was...
Mauritius + 1 more
Mauritius and Seychelles 2023 IFRC network country plan (MAAMU001, MAASC001)
Excerpt NATIONAL SOCIETY PROFILES Mauritius Red Cross Society Number of staff: 12 Number of volunteers: 40 Number of branches (main islands) 3 The Mauritius Red Cross Society was established in 1973...
The Future of Food and Agriculture: Drivers and triggers for transformation
Rome - The world’s ability to nourish its burgeoning population is under threat and without broader socioeconomic and environmental change, sustainable agrifood systems will be impossible to achieve,...
Fiji + 5 more
Let’s unite against gender-based violence and climate change crises in the Pacific
Malia Tuitupou, a volunteer working at one of the “Women Friendly Spaces” established and supported by the United Nation Population Fund (UNFPA) Pacific in Tonga, still vividly remembers the...
Philippines + 2 more
Tropical cyclones bring misery to millions, early warnings save lives
Two powerful tropical cyclones are bringing misery to millions in opposite parts of the world. Hurricane Ian has caused devastation in western Cuba and has increased in strength and size as it heads...
Analyzing Vanuatu’s economy and public finances through the lens of disaster resilience
As Natural Disasters Threaten Vanuatu’s Economic Gains, Agriculture and Education Provide Opportunities PORT VILA, April 11, 2022 – New World Bank research has highlighted the opportunities and...
Bangladesh Climate and Disaster Risk Atlas: Exposures, Vulnerabilities, and Risks - Volume II (December 2021)
Technical Summary Background Bangladesh, considered to be the world’s largest delta, is a riverine country that is highly vulnerable to climate and weather-related and geophysical hazards due to its...
Climate Risk Country Profile - Solomon Islands
KEY MESSAGES • The Solomon Islands are warming and are expected to continue to experience warming trends throughout the 21st century. Future rates of warming are clouded by current models’ inability...
Climate Risk Country Profile - Papua New Guinea
KEY MESSAGES • Projections suggest warming in Papua New Guinea (PNG) could be similar to, or very slightly below, the global average. Warming of around 3.6°C is projected by the 2090s, compared to...
Climate Risk Country Profile - Vanuatu
KEY MESSAGES • Vanuatu is warming and is expected to warm throughout the 21st century. Future rates of warming are clouded by current models’ inability to simulate very localized changes but, warming...
Climate Risk Country Profile - Nauru
KEY MESSAGES • Nauru is warming and is expected to warm throughout the 21st century. Future rates of warming are clouded by current models’ inability to simulate very localized changes but, warming...
Climate Risk Country Profile - Samoa
KEY MESSAGES • Samoa has experienced warming trends of approximately 0.6°C between 1980 and 2018. • Future trends in warming are obscured by the inability of climate models to accurately simulate...
Climate Risk Country Profile - Fiji
KEY MESSAGES • Long-term warming is expected to be below the global average in Fiji, ranging between 0.6°C and 2.6°C by the 2090s when compared with the 1986–2005 baseline. The range of possible...
Climate Risk Country Profile - Timor-Leste
KEY MESSAGES Timor-Leste’s tropical climate is heavily influenced by the West Pacific Monsoon and its mountainous climate. Timor-Leste’s climate is strongly impacted by the El Niño Southern...
Jamaica + 20 more
360° resilience: a guide to prepare the Caribbean for a new generation of shocks
By Julie Rozenberg, Nyanya Browne, Sophie De Vries Robbé, Melanie Kappes, Woori Lee, and Abha Prasad SUMMARY Caribbean countries, a set of mostly Small Island Developing States (SIDS), have a history...
World + 12 more
Born into the Climate Crisis: Why we must act now to secure children’s rights
Climate Crisis – Children face life with far more heatwaves, floods, droughts and wildfires than grandparents Children born over the past year[1] will on average face seven times more scorching...