Haiti

This document addresses the imediate public health risks faced by United Nations agencies, nongovernmental organizations, donor agencies and local authorities currently working with populations affected by the emergency in Haiti: (i) wounds and injuries;

This document gives options for rebuilding the community, meeting the evident needs of the most vulnerable people and filling key gaps in Haiti’s reconstruction regarding shelter and relief, water and sanitation, health and recovery. It states that risk

This report gives an insight into how poor people are experiencing climate change in Haiti and what challenges they are currently facing and will continue to face in the future.

Divided into six sections, it addresses climate change within the context of

Oxfam briefing paper 132:

This paper calls upon the international community to commit to an effective international framework to help poor people adapt to climate change and to allow development to continue.

It look forward to Copenhagen and addresses

This fact sheet presents a project that supports local population in planning and implementing reconstruction in the aftermath of heavy rain in Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

Working paper 1: country by country vulnerability to climate change:

This report provides information on the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) in relation to their population size, reliance on certain sectors, vulnerabilities to climate change, and

Background brochure prepared as part of the ILO public awareness raising campaign on “Gender equality at the heart of decent work”:

This brochure provides an overview of the the Green Jobs Initiative launched by the ILO jointly with the United Nations

The document addresses the problems faced by Haiti, a country with an agro-based economy whose general livelihood systems have been seriously affected by recurrent onslaught of weather-related disasters.