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As extreme weather events become common, threatening communities and economies across the world, the UN is helping policy-makers and leaders by projecting the impact of future climate hazards, and recommending the best, most cost-effective ways to adapt.

This technical note explores drought situations and policies in Spain (including the Canary Islands), Chile, Mexico, the dry corridor between Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador, Brazil, and South Africa.

As the Atlantic hurricane season begins and Covid-19 cases rise, countries such as Honduras, already reeling from last year’s storms, are being forced to manage multiple, overlapping crises.

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 reduction.

El cambio climático está emergiendo como un potente motor para la migración interna.

To respond to the complexity, uncertainties of climate-related impacts in San Pedro Sula against floods, a project team implemented a climate risk analysis.

La movilidad humana asociada a, o derivada de los desastres y efectos adversos del cambio climático viene recibiendo un interés importante en los últimos años en Centroamérica. Este informe contribuye a un mayor conocimiento de la evidencia sobre la

The US is providing $310 million in increased assistance to the Northern Triangle, including $255 million in assistance to meet immediate and urgent humanitarian needs.