Thailand’s Response to COVID-19 and Disaster Risk Reduction The first confirmed COVID-19 case was reported on January 13, 2020. Daily new COVID-19 cases had been in rising then on. The situation was...
Myanmar’s Response to COVID-19 and Disaster Risk Reduction Myanmar confirmed its first two official cases of COVID-19 on 23 March 2020. On 31 March 2020, the National-level Central Committee for...
As global humanitarian needs worsen further due to the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic and the effects of climate change, the European Commission has adopted its initial annual humanitarian...
Opening Remarks 2020 proved to be one of the most challenging years in modern history. Following an above-average number of natural catastrophes with significant humanitarian and financial impacts,...
Brief Summary The Global Climate Risk Index 2021 analyses and ranks to what extent countries and regions have been affected by impacts of climate related extreme weather events (storms, floods,...
HIGHLIGHTS As of 25 January 2021, there are 1,194,328 people confirmed to have COVID-19 in Government-controlled areas of Ukraine, including 56,709 cases in eastern Ukraine. As of 25 January 2021,...
**In early October 2020, widespread wildfires raged in Syria’s coastal regions, in a country already ravaged by conflict. Some people had to evacuate rapidly, others were seriously injured and many...
Communities across East Asia and the Pacific (EAP) face recurrent extreme weather events and natural hazards—such as earthquakes, floods, storms, and volcanic eruptions—that can lead to sudden-onset...
Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) experience a range of natural hazards, including droughts, earthquakes, floods, forest fires, hurricanes, landslides, tsunamis, and volcanoes. In FY...
In October, UNHCR facilitated three convoys transferring COVID-19 related assistance to non-government controlled Donetsk and Luhansk where serious shortages of medical supplies were reported. The...