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

UNISDR Africa educational series, vol. 2, issue 5

The booklet is intended for community leaders in Africa. It describes the causes and consequences of poverty in Africa and the links between poverty alleviation and disaster risk reduction.

WFP/EB.1/2007/5-B:

This update paper concurs that prevention is an essential part of disaster preparedness and mitigation that would need to be developed in a policy paper. It stresses that partnerships are a current and essential feature of the World

This publication examines the implications of impending urban growth and discusses what needs to be done, with specific attention to poverty reduction and sustainability, including vulnerability to natural disasters, adaptation to climate change and sea

This document explains that "disaster and conflict" is one of the six priority areas of work UNEP has identified. Through the Disasters and Conflicts programme, UNEP provides four core services to Member States: post-crisis environmental assessments, post

Food insecurity in Kenya, already affecting millions of people, is set to escalate because the long rains are late and unlikely to be sufficient, officials warned...
The New Humanitarian

This document captures the overall framework for World Food Programme’s policies in an updated version including policies endorsed by the Board in 2007–2008 on World Food Programme’s private-sector partnership and fundraising strategy.

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This document presents World Food Programme's engagements in assisting communities hit by disasters and helping them re-establish food security through adaptation.

This brochure is a joint paper of the United Nations Millennium Campaign in Asia and the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) advocating for the commitment of the Asian Countries in progressing towards the fulfillment of the millennium development

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