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Displaying 15 of about 17 resultsOriginally designed to house only around 300,000 people, Freetown is struggling to meet basic needs for housing, electricity, sewage and water.
By Eromo Egbejule
FREETOWN - Augustine Deen, a 31-year-old officer with the Sierra Leone Police Force, was on night duty at his post in Freetown, counting down the hours, when disaster struck.
In the early m…
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This overview was developed using the results of national assessments of the main risks of natural and man-made disasters across the EU 28 Member States and the six non-EU countries participating in the Union Civil Protection Mechanism (UCPM).
The overview focuses on 11 main disaster…
The thematic report presents the first baseline for displacement risk associated with sudden-onset disasters in the countries of the Greater Horn of Africa with the ultimate aim of reducing future displacement risk. As sudden-onset natural hazards, primarily floods, caused more than 600,000 new displacements in 2016 in the Greater Horn of Africa, this r…
This report looks at the political and institutional barriers – both real and perceived – to adapting disaster risk reduction (DRR) policy, practice and overseas development assistance to fragile or conflict-affected contexts.
While a body of literature exists on protracted crises, particularly in Africa, this tends to be circulated and discussed by th…
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Our Short Training Courses have been developed by outstanding professionals and academics in the field of Disaster Risk Reduction, Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change Adaptation using the most u…
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The catastrophic effects of disasters, hazards and emergencies means that successful risk reduction programs require huge resource outlays much of which inevitably come from donor sources including local and national government agencies. However, many donors and governments express concerns with the manner of emergency resource man…
By Alexander Carnwath
In a year which began with warnings of famine in four of the most fragile and unstable parts of the world, the suffering caused by conflict has been impossible to ignore. In all four food crises (Somalia, South Sudan, the Lake Chad Basin and Yemen), hunger was not simply the result of failed rains or harsh environmental condition…
By Sanne Boswijk
In April 2017, the United Nations declared famine for the first time in six years; at least a hundred thousand people were facing starvation in South Sudan. After gaining independence from Sudan in 2011, the young nation of South Sudan has regularly made the front pages – mostly for devastating reasons. In multi-ethnic South Sudan, liv…
By Philippe Roudier
Countries in the Horn of Africa – particularly Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya – are suffering from severe drought due to historically low rainfall and high temperatures.
The Famine Early Warning System network reports that the rainfall recorded during the short rainy season, from August to October 2016, and the main season, from March…
This report documents the humanitarian challenges encountered by internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Somalia, in the context of drought and ongoing conflict in the country. It outlines problems such as food insecurity and undernutrition, the lack of sanitation and gender-based violence and makes recommendations on the scaling-up and improved coordina…
This report examines three examples of crisis modifiers, a set of innovative risk financing options, in the Sahel and examines their use as a potential solution for a more flexible aid system. This could address the gap created by the traditional division between humanitarian aid and long-term development, in which pre-planned development prog…
In order to understand disaster risk, especially in large or remote areas, there is a need to visualize and assess vulnerability, as well as to monitor change through indicators, which implies acquiring timely, up-to-date and consistent data. In light of ongoing efforts towards preparedness, it has been demonstrated that technology can improve disaster…
This edition of the Asia-Pacific Disaster Report looks at the extent and impact of natural disasters across the region and how these intersect with poverty, inequality and the effects of violent conflict. It also shows how scientific and other advances have increased the potential for building disaster resilience and ensuring that even in the most…
CANCUN, Mexico, 21 May 2017 – Dozens of the world’s most climate-vulnerable island nations today spotlighted efforts to curb threats posed by hazards and to make development sustainable, ahead of the 2017 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction.
Delegates from the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) grouping, which has members in all of the world…
NAIROBI, 21 February 2017 – Already grappling with an extended dry spell, countries in Greater Horn of Africa are bracing for an even deeper drought, with the approach of the traditional March to May rainy season offering little cause for comfort.
Exacerbated by the El Niño weather phenomenon, below-average rainfall is worsening food security and water…