Taiwan is one of the wettest places in the world with an annual rainfall of 2,600 mm, often brought to the island by seasonal typhoons. During the 2020-2021 typhoon season, for the first time in 56...
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...
GENÈVE/NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, le 25 juillet 2022 – Le Fonds des Nations Unies pour l’enfance (UNICEF), l’Organisation internationale pour les migrations (OIM), l’Université de Georgetown et...
New guidelines provide first global policy framework on protecting children on the move in face of climate change GENEVA/NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, 25 July 2022-- The United Nations Children's Fund...
There has been much discussion on climate change and its adverse effects on agriculture, including excessive loss of food production. In regions such as sub-Saharan Africa, where agriculture is the...
During the first wave of COVID-19 infections, Kerala, a state in southern India, successfully managed to contain the pandemic. As a result, the Kerala model of managing the COVID-19 pandemic was...
A rich and growing literature illustrates the paradox of COVID-19 responses by governments across the world. States with higher levels of authority and capacity have struggled to respond effectively...
This paper presents a critical analysis of official data related to COVID-19 in Bihar state, India, which points to the manipulation of data for political ends. The ruling party’s claim that the...
On 10 March 2020, the Bolivian government identified two COVID-19 cases in Bolivians returning from Italy. The national government responded swiftly and sent the country into one of the world’s...
The subject of this paper is health and ethnic inequalities in Mozambique, with special reference to leprosy. It is argued that the health policies and strategies adopted in the colonial and...