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Over the past two decades, Haiti has endured the devastation of two catastrophic earthquakes - first in 2010 and again in 2021. Marc-Ansy Laguerre, a postdoctoral associate in civil and environmental engineering, is determined to change that.

Haiti's poorest communities are lacking clean water access. A World Bank-funded project strengthens WASH resilience by mapping risks, creating contingency plans, and investing in sustainable systems, aiming to ensure long-term water access.

This study performs an economic efficiency and equity analysis of four recent Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction (Eco-DRR) interventions in Haiti, India, Indonesia, and Uganda.

Haiti has been in the news frequently in recent years due to devastating earthquakes, tropical cyclones, and political instability that has led to severe security issues.

The objective of the Climate and Health Vulnerability Assessment (CHVA) is to assist decision-makers in Haiti with planning effective adaptation measures to address climate-related health risks.

This study aims to assess the impact of urbanization and deforestation on river flooding in Cap-Haïtien by applying the hydrological model Soil Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) and the hydrodynamic model Sobek-Rural.

The analysis sheds light on disaster preparedness in five “data deprived” countries: Belize, Dominica, Haiti, Saint Lucia, and Suriname. Preparing for—and responding to—disasters requires a people-centered approach.

The delivery of Early Warnings for All (EW4All) requires scaled up and coordinated investments and action across the four essential pillars of end to end, people-centred Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems (MHEWS).