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Displaying 60 of about 177 resultsThis paper aims to understand the underlying factors affecting the dissemination of early warning information, and how it hinders community evacuation in the event of a disaster. It specifically looks into the tools and procedures that are adopted in early warning systems (EWS) as well as the challenges that the communities experienced in receiving the…
The primary objective of this preparedness plan for emergency shelters is to enhance the capacity and readiness of the Government and stakeholders to respond timely to the shelter needs in events of disaster.The document highlights the emergency shelter sector description and status thereby analysing the current challenge and gaps through the SWOT appro…
The International Organization for Migration (IOM), the Kingdom of Netherlands, and the Government of South Sudan have launched a new project to address climate change concerns in South Sudan’s Jonglei State.
The project, which will last four years, aims to bolster the capacity of the Government of South Sudan to develop warning systems and clima…
23 January 2018 14.00-15.30 CET (UTC/GMT+1)
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This webinar will examine the linkages between natural resource management, investment in resilient agricultural livelihoods and contributions to peacebuilding and sustaining peace.…
This study explores themes that require deeper understanding and engagement. It seeks to advance discussions and reflection on legal, policy, institutional and coordination approaches to dealing with displacement associated with disasters, conflict and their interplay. In 2019, of the 50 countries with new internal displacements associated with con…
The number of COVID-19 cases in Ethiopia has been increasing. The delta variant has been identified recently in the country, but officials are still investigating if it is driving the resurgence.
Initially, the government’s response was effective. Containment measures were put in place. These included restrictions on…
This policy brief first gives an overview of the environmental situation of Azerbaijan. Second, it explores how disasters and climate change may affect the population and its mobility. Lastly, it critically analyses national environmental policies and programmes, highlighting the need for further research and evidence on cl…
This desk review was undertaken to enhance the understanding of disaster risk and spaces of vulnerability (i.e. exposure to hazards) in terms of natural disaster and/or crisis situations in Southern Africa, and map the current disaster risk governance structure and preparedness capacity in the region. Six countries in the Southern African Development Co…
This background paper presents considerations on how the COVID-19 pandemic is accentuating existing vulnerabilities of populations forcibly displaced by war (refugees, asylum-seekers, internally-displaced and stateless persons), in settings across East Africa and the Middle East. In addition to the devastating health threat the pandemic poses, lockdown…
This background paper discusses how among the highest levels recorded of disaster-related internal displacement globally, Bangladesh is also one of the most climate vulnerable countries3and currently host to the world ́s largest refugee camp with nearly one million refugees exposed to the effects of climate change. Climate-related losses and damages thr…
This report presents how sea level rise could have catastrophic consequences worldwide. More than 600 million people currently living in coastal areas may see their livelihood at risk and choose to migrate in the near future. Predicting when, how, and where people could migrate under environmental change is critical to devise effective policy initiative…
This brief reflects the interventions, feedback and recommendations from the 19 November 2020 virtual regional exchange under the title Managing Risk and Addressing Disaster Displacement: Challenges, Effective Practices and Solutions in the Asia-Pacific, organized jointly by the Asia Pacific Disaster Displacement Working Group, the Asia-Pacific Issue-B…
This paper investigates the impact of environmental factors that indicate climate change on household decisions to migrate abroad in the case of Tajikistan, an environmentally vulnerable and a labor-migrant source country in Central Asia. Both long-term climate variation and short-term weather shocks are considered as environmental factors that could in…
This advocacy document identifies 5 key actions that could be undertaken by the Government of Bangladesh to provide durable solutions to climate displacement, which is threatening 20 million people over the next 40 years due to sea level rise alone. All of these actions are based on human rights standards and can, and should, be supported by the regiona…
By Arkoprabho Hazra
With the first few cases of COVID-19 reported in Cox’s Bazar, and with the monsoon season fast approaching, how well prepared are Rohingya Refugees for the next few months, asks Arkoprabho Hazra (Independent Researcher, India).
“We are extremely concerned that there will be a new humanitarian crisis in the district if a cyclon…