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...
Brief Report from the UK National Commission for UNESCO and PRAXIS at the University of Leeds. Session held on Tuesday 23rd February 2021. Disasters have significant physical, environmental,...
Objective: To increase the capacity of local institutions and communities to adapt to and build resilience against climate change, threats and crises and thus strengthen livelihoods resilience. Key...
GENERAL REVIEW OF OCTOBER 2021 For the month of October 2021, a total of 144 disasters were reported. The ASEAN Member States that were affected were Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines,...
For the urban coastal city of Hong Kong, typhoons are a regular occurrence from May to October. Consequently, Hong Kong’s infrastructure is designed to cope with the strong winds, floods, and storm...
Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman and European External Action Service Secretary General Stefano Sannino led the first U.S.-EU high-level consultations on the Indo-Pacific on December 3 in...
HIGHLIGHTS 5.5 million IDPs in Afghanistan 667,900 people displaced between 1 Jan – 28 Nov (source: OCHA) 1,170,494 undocumented Afghan returnees were reported since 1 January 23,709 undocumented...
1 SUMMARY 1.1 Context The Asia-Pacific region is marked by an increased number of climate-related disasters which point to the need for greater emphasis on inter-agency preparedness and early action...
YUSRA UZAIR, SIMONE BALOG-WAY & MARI KOISTINEN How many persons with disabilities have you worked with? How often have persons with disabilities led or participated in decision-making processes and...
Summary of major revisions made to emergency plan of action: Revision of the EPoA implementation period: no-cost extension of the operation timeframe by 3 months On 4 October 2021, the Croatian Red...