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...
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,...
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...
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...
This study explores the different dimensions of flood risk, namely hazard, exposure, and vulnerability, and investigated the drivers of risk in different ecological regions of Ecuador. The assessment...
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,...
New UN University report: Disasters around the world are interconnected Bonn, Germany 8 September – A new report, Interconnected Disaster Risks 2020/2021, was released today by United Nations...
MAIN FINDINGS In this report, flood adaptation measures were analyzed for the municipality area of San Pedro Sula (in selected districts) based on cost-efficiency criteria for adaptation/risk...
Jennifer Allsopp, David Passarelli | United Nations University 20 June marked World Refugee Day — the culmination of a week of activities around the globe where communities came together to celebrate...
Since April the La Soufrière volcano, located in the north of the largest island of the country of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in the Caribbean, has erupted multiple times. Strong explosions...