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Peru: Flooding Situation Report No. 09 (as of 14 August 2023)
This report is prepared by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), in collaboration with the Office of the Resident Coordinator, the agencies, funds and programs of the United...
Perú: Emergencia por inundaciones - Informe de Situación No. 09 (al 14 de agosto de 2023)
Informe elaborado por la Oficina para la Coordinación de Asuntos Humanitarios (OCHA), en colaboración con la Oficina del Coordinador Residente, las agencias, fondos y programas del Sistema de las...
Fiji: Disaster Management Reference Handbook (March 2023)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Fiji is a regional leader in the Pacific. The capital, Suva, is not only a connecting transport hub but also the center of gravity for many international organizations that base...
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Interconnected disaster risks 2021/2022
New UN University report reveals solutions to reduce the impacts of disasters After a summer of climatic extremes across the world, a new United Nations University report looks at how the right...
Disaster Management Reference Handbook (May 2022) - Mongolia
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Mongolia is a landlocked country whose more than 3 million people are spread unevenly across its landmass. It is very susceptible to climate change that exacerbates already...
Global Environment for Cities - GEO for Cities: Towards green and just cities
Summary for city-level decision makers It is clear from the analysis provided in this second edition of GEO for Cities that cities have the potential to drive progress towards the 2030 Agenda and its...
Russia: G20 Climate Risk Atlas
OVERVIEW Russia features almost all world climates, with the exception of tropical, due to its huge landmass which crosses two continents. In general, its predominant climate is a highly continental...
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...
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Burundi : Aperçu des Besoins Humanitaires 2021 (mars 2021)
Contexte L’année 2020 a été marquée par la survenance de désastres naturels et l’organisation d’élections générales suivies, au courant du second semestre, d’un retour important de réfugiés burundais...
Disaster Management Reference Handbook - Lao PDR (February 2021)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR or Laos) is a land-locked, multi-ethnic, socialist state in Southeast Asia. It enjoys social stability, and there are no serious...
Disaster Management Reference Handbook - Cambodia (December 2020)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Cambodia experiences floods, regular drought, and damaging storms due to its geographic and climate conditions.1 Generally, flooding occurs for more than three months per year...
Climate change vulnerability assessment of Labutta Township Ayeyawady Region, Myanmar, 2016-2050: Scenarios for resilience building [EN/MY]
Lead Authors: Liam Fee, Montse Gibert, Ryan Bartlett, Pasquale Capizzi, Radley Horton, Corey Lesk Contributing Authors: Mozaharul Alam, Annette Wallgren EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This assessment analyzes the...
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Social protection and labor – Disaster risk management toolkit
By Hideki Mori, Yuka Makino (co-team leaders), Kenichi Nishkawa-Chavez, Rajib Shaw, Adea Kryeziu, Raiden Dillard, Thomas Vaughan Bowen, Barry Patrick Maher, Matthew Liam Hobson, Ana-Veronica Lopez,...
Assessment of climate change vulnerability of Hakha Township, Chin State, Myanmar 2017–2050: Scenarios for resilience building
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This assessment analyses the vulnerability of the ecosystem, infrastructure, and socio-economic conditions in Hakha Township located in Chin State, Myanmar in relation to present...
Recommendations of actions for resilience and sustainability: Port Villa
Introduction As a pilot city for the "Making Cities Resilient and Sustainable" (MCRS) project, the Port Vila Municipal Council (PVMC) has been working closely with UN-Habitat for the last two years...
Recomendaciones de acciones para la resiliencia y la sostenibilidad: Asunción
Introducción En su condición de ciudad piloto del proyecto “Haciendo ciudades sostenibles y resilientes” (Making Cities Resilient and Sustainable -MCRS-), el Municipio de Asunción ha estado...
The Cost of Doing Nothing: The Humanitarian Price of Climate Change and How it Can be Avoided
New York, 19 September 2019 – A new report by the world’s largest humanitarian network warns that the number of people needing humanitarian assistance every year as a result of climate-related...
Climate change vulnerability assessment for Pakokku Township, Magway Region, Myanmar, 2016-2050: Scenarios for resilience building
Lead Authors: Liam Fee, Montse Gibert, Ryan Bartlett, Pasquale Capizzi, Radley Horton, Corey Lesk Contributing Authors: Mozaharul Alam, Annette Wallgren This assessment analyses the vulnerability of...
Humanitarian and Country Icons 2018
Following the positive reception of OCHA’s set of 250 public domain humanitarian icons in 2012, the organization is releasing an extended and completely redesigned new collection in 2018 (295 and...