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...
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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...
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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...
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ADB Operations Reach $20.5 Billion in 2022, Addressing Crises, Building Resilience MANILA, PHILIPPINES (24 April 2023) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) committed $20.5 billion from its own...
Overview In 2022, the impact of compounded crises - including the global food and energy crisis and climate change - continued to challenge the food security and nutrition situation in the...
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Author(s) : Simon Addison, Ritu Bharadwaj, Anna Carthy, et al. This paper presents a detailed overview of the nature of loss and damage risks affecting low-income countries, marginalised groups and...
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Geneva, 26 October 2021 (WMO) - Extreme weather and climate change impacts across Asia in 2020 caused the loss of life of thousands of people, displaced millions of others and cost hundreds of...
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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...
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Annual report 2020: Thanks to you, last year we helped more than ever before In 2020 Islamic Relief was able to reach more people than ever before, thanks to the generous support of our donors and...
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48th session of the Human Rights Council Item 2: global update by the High Commissioner Statement by Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights 13 September 2021 Distinguished...
KEY MESSAGES Historical temperatures show a warming trend since the mid-20th century, with average annual mean temperature increasing by approximately 0.6°C and a significant increase in hot days and...
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EWEA: Early Warning & Early Action World Vision (WV) monitors indicators of threats, to anticipate and reduce the impact of disasters, especially for floods, drought, landslides and dzud. By working...
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The Asia-Pacific region faces a daunting spectrum of natural hazards. Indeed, many countries could be reaching a tipping point beyond which disaster risk, fuelled by climate change, exceeds their...
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CARE Report Ranks Top 10 Under-Reported Humanitarian Crises of 2018 GENEVA (February 21, 2019) - Today the international aid organization CARE launched a new report highlighting the ten most...
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Introduction As we at Lutheran World Relief anticipate the tremendous humanitarian challenges we might face in the coming year, a quote from Desmond Tutu comes to mind: “Hope is being able to see...
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BALTIMORE, Dec. 1, 2015—Lutheran World Relief, an international NGO working in 35 countries to develop sustainable solutions to poverty and food insecurity, marked #GivingTuesday by releasing its...
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Introduction The IASC Alert, Early Warning and Readiness report is produced bi-annually as an inter-agency effort by the Task Team on Preparedness and Resilience (TTPR) for IASC member agencies. The...
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Reduce poverty Caritas aims to reduce the incidence and impact of poverty in Aotearoa New Zealand and around the world. There is no single solution to poverty and it can take many forms. Each...
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Snapshot 13-19 August Yemen: The 9 August Al Jawf ceasefire has been broken. Access to people affected by the conflict in Al Jawf is extremely limited due to persistent insecurity, and it is very...
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Snapshot 16–22 July oPT: 583 have been reported killed and over 100,000 displaced since Operation Protective Edge began on 8 July. There are urgent needs for essential drugs, shelter, water, and food...
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The activities proposed hereafter are still subject to the adoption of the financing decision ECHO/WWD/BUD/2013/01000 0 . MAJOR CHANGES SINCE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE HIP Modification 1 (17/09/2013) ...