With disasters uprooting 24 million people a year, pressure grows on governments to reduce the risk, and do more to protect the displaced (Fixes number in para 18 after IDMC correction to 2.8 million...
REGIONAL SUMMARY • ASEAN region has been on its tranquil condition with no reported disasters during the past three weeks. However, the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) current state is on level...
INTRODUCTION The ASEAN Risk Monitor and Disaster Management Review (ARMOR) is important for several reasons. Firstly, until this point there has been no authoritative publication that provides risk...
Jakarta / Fri, May 17, 2019 / 01:46 pm Villages in Tanjungsari district of Gunungkidul, Yogyakarta, have asked their district office and the regency's disaster mitigation agency (BPBD) to provide...
URBAN SETTLEMENTS WORKING GROUP EDITORIAL Affected communities do not perceive their recovery in sectoral terms, but from a holistic, multi-sectoral perspective. Whilst sectoral approaches and...
OVERVIEW As ongoing crisis in neighboring countries prompts violence and insecurity, many Chadian nationals are looking to return to their country. IOM in Chad aids in facilitating Assisted Voluntary...
Geneva 17 May 2019 (WMO) _ The impacts of climate change, associated sea level rise and extreme weather are amplifying as a result of record greenhouse gas levels and combining with urbanization,...
Geneva 17 May 2019 (WMO) _ The impacts of climate change, associated sea level rise and extreme weather are amplifying as a result of record greenhouse gas levels and combining with urbanization,...
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INTRODUCTION Disasters have triggered around 265 million displacements since IDMC began collecting data on the phenomenon in 2008, more than three times the figure for conflict and violence. Given...