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Displaying 15 of about 27 resultsLow and middle-income countries are bearing an increasing financial burden from the impacts of disasters as both the frequency and intensity of disaster events are rising. Despite the increasing availability of disaster data, many countries lack the capability to process, refine, and act upon this data. To address this challenge, the disaster risk finan…
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While Malaysia appears unaffected by the most extreme weather events such as earthquakes, hurricanes and forest fires, it remains vulnerable to the threat of floods, landslides, haze and water pollutions. Up till August 2018, Malaysia has experienced 51 natural disaster events in the last two decades where 281 people died, over three million peop…
2020 was one of three warmest years on record, despite cooling La Niña
Extreme weather and COVID-19 combined in a double blow
New York/Geneva - Extreme weather combined with COVID-19 in a double blow for millions of people in 2020. However, the pandemic-related economic slowdown failed to put a brake on climate change drivers and accelerating impa…
Evolving and overlapping global crises hit the world’s most vulnerable nations the hardest. Now, more than ever, world leaders must demonstrate solidarity and support with concrete action.
By Gabrielle Swaby
Question: In all of recorded history, did 2020…
Tie as the warmest year ever for global surface temperatures?
Register as the warmest year ev…
In the Kwara Kwara state of Nigeria, two young women have campaigned for resilient recovery from the pandemic and mobilised youth in the fight for greener, stronger and healthy communities. Azeez Abubakar reports.
This is the forty-ninth in the series of stories from Voices from the Frontline initiative by ICCCAD and CDKN.
In Nigeria, young people are…
This Commission staff working document is the second edition of an overview of the natural and man-made disaster risks that the EU may face, prepared under EU legislation on civil protection. The aim of the overview is to capture the trends in the ever-evolving disaster risk landscape, discuss the major drivers shaping it, take a closer look at 12 selec…
This paper examines the case of Sierra Leone, a low-income country with an emerging social protection system that has been used to respond to natural disasters and health crisis. The country's responses use the institutional arrangements and delivery systems of the Et Fet Po to differing degrees, highlighting how nascent social protection systems can su…
In 2020, Asia-Pacific saw the collision of climate extremes and COVID-19 transmission create cascading disasters with wide-ranging impacts on sectors, economies, and populations.
The year presented a new landscape of cascading risks.
From risks to uncertainties: more complex scenarios
Last year, climate-related disasters affected over 75 million peop…
In this letter to the editor, the authors discuss the lessons provided to authories by the compound effect of COVID-19 and flooding in Henan Province, China. The devastating COVID-19 pandemic is a major threat to human health, despite the implementation of control measures. Coincidently, a massive once-in-1000 year flood occurred in Henan Province, Chin…
Time: 08:00 – 10:00 hrs (New York); 14:00 – 16:00 hrs (Geneva); 19:00 – 21:00 hrs (Bangkok)
The medium of the meeting will be English.
Objectives of the First Meeting of the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on Disaster-related Statistics (IAEG-DRS) are as follows:
To cultivate a common understanding of the objectives, functions and deliverables o…
This study provides information to be used to raise the ambition of Georgia's NDCs and to consider adaptation targets for the Black Sea coast of Georgia. The study also highlights how supporting a Blue Economy could accelerate the implementation of adaptation measures required to reduce climate risks and contribute towards the region's socioeconomic dev…
The European Commission has published the ‘Overview of Natural and Man-made Disaster Risks the European Union May Face’. The 2020 edition presents the latest available evidence on disaster risks, such as floods, wildfires or diseases, that threaten the EU, drawing on the national risk assessments developed by the EU Member States and on the Commission’s…
The report, “Adaptation to and Risk Reduction in Climate Change in the Philippines,” that the Yuchengco Center, De La Salle University, Manila, published presents a thorough investigation of the country’s exposure, vulnerabilities to climate change, climate projections, other issues related to climate change, the country’s response, and recommendations…
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All eyes are on the existential crisis posed by climate change as the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC COP26) approaches, with many warning that lessons for dealing with climate change threats must be learned from how Africa has handled the current COVID crisis. Resilience in Africa to these climate change impacts can…
The VII Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in the Americas and the Caribbean will convene, virtually, under the theme, ‘Building Resilient Economies in the Americas and the Caribbean,’ to raise awareness of the increasing economic and human cost of disasters in the Americas and the Caribbean, including the special challenges facing smal…