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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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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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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Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt, 14 November 2022 - Economic losses from drought, floods and landslides have rocketed in Asia. In 2021 alone, weather and water-related hazards caused total damage of US$ 35.6...
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Over the past week, the global Red Cross network has responded to disasters around the world. National societies and team members from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent...
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KEY MESSAGES 1. Global fisheries and aquaculture production is at a record high and the sector will play an increasingly important role in providing food and nutrition in the future. Total fisheries...
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Executive Summary This is the first edition of the Lloyd’s Register Foundation Safety Perceptions Index (SPI), produced by the Institute for Economics and Peace using data from the Lloyd’s Register...
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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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Recurrent drought, earthquakes, floods, tropical cyclones, volcanoes, and wildfires present significant challenges to vulnerable populations in the East Asia and the Pacific (EAP) region. Some...
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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,...
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UNHCR COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Highlights Latin America continues to be the new epicenter of the epidemic with a rapid increase in cases. Reports suggest that COVID-19 has not yet peaked in...
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Operational Update The Revised Emergency Appeal (28 May 2020) is available here. The Emergency Plans of Actions for COVID-19 operation are available here. The Revised Emergency Appeal (28 May 2020)...
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International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement appeals for 3.1 billion Swiss francs (3.19 billion US dollars) to curb COVID-19’s spread and assist world’s most vulnerable amid the pandemic The...
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As this report is published, the world grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic. Even before it hit, the Asia-Pacific region was progressing too slowly on delivering the Sustainable Development Goals...
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OPERATIONAL UPDATE The Revised Emergency Appeal (26 March 2020) is available here. The Emergency Plans of Actions for COVID-19 operation are available here. Red Cross and Red Crescent activities...
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OPERATIONAL UPDATE The Revised Emergency Appeal (26 March 2020) is available here. The Emergency Plans of Actions for COVID-19 operation are available here. Red Cross and Red Crescent activities...
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OPERATIONAL UPDATE The Revised Emergency Appeal (26 March 2020) is available here. The Emergency Plans of Actions for COVID-19 operation are available here. Red Cross and Red Crescent activities...
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OPERATIONAL UPDATE The Revised Emergency Appeal (26 March 2020) is available here. The Emergency Plans of Actions for COVID-19 operation are available here. Red Cross and Red Crescent activities...
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OPERATIONAL UPDATE The Revised Emergency Appeal (26 March 2020) is available here. The Emergency Plans of Actions for COVID-19 operation are available here. Red Cross and Red Crescent activities...
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L’agence des Nations unies met son expertise et ses infrastructures à disposition dans le cadre de la réponse à la pandémie par Simona Beltrami, traduit de l’anglais Toujours en première ligne face...
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UN agency puts expertise and infrastructure at the service of pandemic response Simona Beltrami True to its nature as an agency that is always on the frontline of the toughest emergencies, WFP is...