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...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Between 2019 and 2020, the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH), the United Nations Office for Sustainable Development...
San Pedro Sula is a city in Northern Honduras. The area has always been prone to tropical storms and flooding; however in recent years the effects of climate change, land use change and deforestation...
Highlights Water has been a cause of conflict in many Asian countries since ancient times, primarily due to the tensions between increasing demand and decreasing availability and, lately, due to poor...
I. Executive Summary The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally changed the world. With over 103 million cases reported as of February 2021 and over 2.2 million deaths worldwide, it is the deadliest...
Highlights As local communities are disproportionately impacted by disasters, there is an urgent need for multi-stakeholder platforms at the local level that can bring together knowledge and...