Fragility and conflict

Disaster risk reduction in a context of exposure to risk combined with insufficient coping capacity of the state, system and/or communities to manage, absorb or mitigate those risks.

Latest Fragility and conflict additions in the Knowledge Base

Iraq drought and desert
Update
Acute food insecurity is set to increase in both magnitude and severity across 22 countries and territories, according to a new United Nations report.
World Food Programme
An inundated village in South Sudan
Research briefs
This attribution study on the Sudan floods of 2024 found that warming was associated with increased rainfall. This in turn helped precipitate a disaster that significantly deepened a complex humanitarian crisis.
World Weather Attribution
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Documents and publications
This guidance note is the first of its kind to bridge the Climate, Peace, and Security (CPS) and Youth, Peace, and Security (YPS) agendas.
Nomadic families
Update
In a significant initiative aimed at bolstering climate action in the world's most vulnerable regions, countries are now benefitting from the Handbook on Early Warning Systems and Early Action in Fragile, Conflict, and Violent (FCV) Contexts.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
Centre of Excellence for Climate and Disaster Resilience
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
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Documents and publications
This case study provides an overview of the integration of social protection and anticipatory action (AA) in Haiti, categorized as a highly fragile and conflict-affected country.
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Documents and publications
The report reviews anticipatory action in refugee-hosting communities, emphasizing the need for proactive climate risk mitigation through strengthening local capacities, improving early warning systems, and building community resilience.
Rohingya refugee women wait to collect relief aid at the palongkhali makeshift Camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, on October 06, 2017
Update
Resource scarcity and social challenges complicate the implementation of anticipatory action in refugee and IDP hosting communities. Tailored strategies and further research are needed to strengthen disaster preparedness and resilience in these areas.
International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
Briefing note on AA_cover
Documents and publications
This briefing note outlines the perspectives of OCHA and the UNDRR on the status of AA, their collaboration and future strategies for scaling up AA.
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