As governments, stakeholders, and UN agencies meet in New York at the first International Migration Review Forum (IMRF), Heaven Crawley reflects on what we know about the relationships between...
Context Climate-related disasters have accounted for 91 per cent of the recorded disaster events over the past 20 years (UNDRR, 2018). Thereof, droughts, floods and storms alone have affected 3.8...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Executive Summary Approaches integrating environmental management practices have been gaining importance in recent years. They address current global challenges such as food insecurity, water...
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,...