La fonte de glaciers africains emblématiques témoigne des changements du système Terre Genève, le 19 octobre 2021 (OMM) – L’évolution du régime des précipitations, la hausse des températures et...
Global climate context in 2020 Concentrations of the major greenhouse gases (GHGs) – carbon dioxide (CO2 ), methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) – continued to increase in 2019 and 2020.5 Despite...
Melting of iconic African glaciers symbolizes changes to Earth system Geneva, 19 October 2021 (WMO) - Changing precipitation patterns, rising temperatures and more extreme weather contributed to...
REGIONAL SUMMARY: For the thirty-ninth (39th) week of 2021, a total of 19 disasters (1 earthquake, 12 floods, 4 landslides, and 2 wind-related) affected the region. Indonesia, Malaysia, and the...
Developed by UN University with Google and other partners, free online World Flood Mapping Tool will help plan urban and agricultural development, effective flood defences, disaster readiness,...
AFFECTED AREA/S Baling, Kuala Kangsar, Kulaijaya, Padang Terap, Sik DESCRIPTION As of 1 Oct, Flooding occured in Johor: 22 families (74 people) displaced Flooding in Kedah reached 101 families (278...
KEY MESSAGES • Tajikistan is projected to experience temperature rises significantly above the global average. Under the highest emissions pathway (RCP8.5), warming could reach 5.5°C by the 2090s,...
18 August 2021, Dushanbe – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in close cooperation with Tajikistan’s Ministry of Agriculture, provided seeds of white bean, mung bean,...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This study on women and girls’ participation in community-based disaster risk management in Bangladesh is part of Plan International’s Inclusive Community Disaster Risk Reduction...