Rethinking risks in times of COVID-19
COVID-19 sparked new thinking on risks, UN report finds As world leaders are traveling to Bali to meet at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction 2022 and discuss how to better prevent and...
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Hazards, exposure and vulnerability in Indonesia: A risk assessment across regions and provinces to inform the development of an adaptive social protection road map (March 2022)
Risk induced by natural hazards and climate change has been accelerating worldwide, leading to adverse impacts on communities' well-being. Dealing with this risk is increasingly complex and requires...
Water Security in Africa: A Preliminary Assessment
Grace Oluwasanya, Duminda Perera, Manzoor Qadir and Vladimir Smakhtin EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report summarizes the results of a preliminary assessment of water security in 54 countries in Africa...
Gender Analysis of the Climate-Water-Migration-Conflict Interactions in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Policy Brief Issue 08 | January 2022
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Project: Addressing climate - and water-driven migration and conflict interlinkages to build Community Resilience in the Congo Basin. Project Policy Brief 2 Background In the Democratic Republic of...
Mapping WASH-related disease risk: A review of risk concepts and methods
Daudelin, F., Taing, L., Chen, L., Lopes, C., Adeniyi, F.A., Mehmood, H., 2021. Mapping WASH-related disease risk: A review of risk concepts and methods, Issue 12. United Nations University Institute...
Coherence and Alignment among Sustainable Land Management, Ecosystem-based Adaptation, Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction and Nature-based Solutions, Report No. 28, December 2021
Executive Summary Approaches integrating environmental management practices have been gaining importance in recent years. They address current global challenges such as food insecurity, water...
New tools to map flood risk will help bring disaster planning up to date
Hamid Mehmood United Nations University About 90% of natural disasters are water-related — most notably cyclones, floods and droughts. Since 2000, over 5,300 water-related disasters have been...
Ethiopia Drought Risk (Executive Summary)
Authors: Florian Waldschmidt, Alvaro Rojas, David Daou, Eike Behre, Teresa Arce Mojica, Preeti Koirala, Irafan Ullah, Zita Sebesvari, Sönke Kreft and Maxime Souvignet MAIN FINDINGS In this report,...
COP26: Nature-based solutions win in science and on the ground
Climate change experts from United Nations University (UNU) and World Food Programme (WFP) call for better integration of nature-based solutions in adaptation planning at COP26 in Glasgow...
Accelerated action is urgently needed to address the Water-Related Consequences of Climate Change that impact People and the Planet
Our ref.: 24565/2021/DSG/Water & Climate Coalitio Your Excellency, It is our honour and privilege to write to you concerning the effects of climate change and related water management issues. As Your...
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