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Displaying 15 of about 139 resultsThis document gives an overview of proposed preparedness actions to take in view of an approaching El Niño climate event in Somalia. This event has the potential to negatively affect 1.2 million people in Somalia this year, action must be taken now to protect lives and livelihoods.Riverine communities in Somalia are most at risk, an estimated 1.5 millio…
This booklet presents the success stories from the Drought Resilience and Sustainable Livelihoods Program (DRSLP-II), which is funded by the African Development Bank (AfDB) and implemented by Save the Children Somalia/Somaliland through the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) to counteract the adverse effects of recurrent droughts in the H…
This seismic risk profile of Somalia, produced by the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation summarizes key metrics of seismic risk, allowing stakeholders in risk management to get an overview of the risk in the country.The profile presents the following relevant information:Social indicators, which provide context to the region in question;Risk indic…
This set of reports provides key learnings and a wide selection of case studies on increasing the coherence between humanitarian-development-peace efforts (HDP nexus). Sida has developed a growing diverse portfolio of practical experiences in working at the nexus. These experiences are developed according to context-specific situations and opportunities…
Predictive models have great potential for forecasting population displacements from climatic and other disasters. But disaster displacement risk assessment approaches often use probabilistic models and big data analysis to make global-level predictions, which have limited utility for planning and delivering local interventions that address vulnera…
This report reviews opportunities for young people in the drylands of Ethiopia, Nigeria, South Sudan, Somalia, Sudan and Mali to pursue climate-resilient decent work, and provides key recommendations. It coincides with the issue brief which summarises the key findings and recommendations from the report. The east and west regions of Africa have a young…
This report summarizes the outcomes and technical discussions of the third Nansen Initiative Regional Consultation that was hosted by the Government of Kenya from 21 – 23 May 2014 in Nairobi, Kenya to discuss “Natural Hazards, Climate Change, and Cross-Border Displacement in the Greater Horn of Africa: Protecting people on the move.”
The overall o…
This report provides an overview of the internal displacements caused by conflicts and violence, and disasters. There were about 5.2 million new internal displacements associated with conflict and violence in the first half of 2018, based on the analysis of data from the 10 worst-affected countries. There were also about 3.3 million associated with disa…
This report, the first report in the UN-Habitat series on the state of cities to focus on the Arab world, highlights issues of environmental and natural disasters, risk and vulnerability, within a collective picture of urban conditions and trends in each of four Arab regions - Maghreb, Mashreq, Gulf Cooperative Council (GCC) and Southern Tier. It provid…
This position paper for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation (2011-2012) aims to promote sustainable approaches to address the drought crises in the greater Horn of Africa, which over the last twenty years has been coupled with growing pressure on the already fragile natural resource base. It also points the need to connect the dots bet…
Cahier des changements climatiques, édition spéciale, Octobre 2010 (in French):
Ce numéro vise à sensibiliser le public urbain sahélien sur les risques liés aux changements climatiques. Il prend en compte les lourdes conséquences des événements climatiques extrêmes (inondations et vagues de chaleur notamment) intervenus dans plusieurs villes sahélienn…
This update marks six months since a massive earthquake off the coast of Sumatra triggered the worst natural catastrophe in living memory. Within this relatively short period of time, a great deal has changed: the dead have been buried, the homeless have been given shelter, and the orphaned have received care and protection. Even in the hardest-hit area…
This report outlines Oxfam’s many achievements, the challenges it faced and the sometimes painful lessons it has learned. Oxfam and its partners have made, and continue to make, a positive and lasting impact on people’s lives. Since the tsunami struck, they have assisted an estimated 1.8 million people. Hundreds of thousands of tsunami survivors now hav…
Six months after the Indian Ocean tsunami, Mercy Corps is providing assistance for more than one million survivors of the disaster. This report outlines Mercy Corps' financial accountability, program strategy and country-by-country achievements after six months of intensive relief and recovery work.
The Indian Ocean Tsunami of 2004 affected part of Somalia, with most of the damage experienced in the north-east along a 650 km coastline stretching from Xafuun in the Bari region. UNEP was requested by the Somalia Transitional Federal Government to conduct a detailed desk study on the state of the environment in Somalia. Findings of the Desk Study indi…