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Displaying 60 of about 100 resultsThis document explores the links between ocean and marine ecosystems, climate change and human mobility. The International Organization of Migration (IOM) and the Ocean and Climate Platform (OCP) have combined their efforts in order to address this growing challenge. As such, this document is intended for parties interested…
This paper provides an overview of the recent 2015-16 El Niño climate-related events and the subsequent lack of adequate response to the global drought. It proposes a fair shares approach to climate justice, thereby providing guidance for appropriate levels of humanitarian aid and boosting support for the most vulnerable.…
This short report presents an overview of the different natural and manmade risks faced by the Sahel region as well as the vulnerabilities of the population. It discusses cross-cutting issues such as forced migration in west and central Africa and other political and social challenges.
In the Sahel, extreme poverty, fast-growing populations, climate cha…
This report is based on the results of a global consultation carried out in 2015 as contribution to the World Humanitarian Summit and is intended to better identify the changes needed for a disability-inclusive humanitarian response.
According to the report, ensuring inclusion of persons with disabilities during emergency response must be considered a c…
High-Level Panel on Humanitarian Financing: Report to the Secretary-General:
The UN Secretary-General has appointed a nineperson group of experts (“the panel”) to work on finding solutions about the widening humanitarian financial gap. The panel conducted hundreds of interviews with all parts of the humanitarian ecosystem, including meetings with affect…
This review looks at the state of evidence on humanitarian and disaster risk reduction (DRR) interventions which aim to reinforce economic resilience in view of anticipated shocks and support economic recovery after a shock, both in situations of natural disasters and conflict. It focuses on donor led, local or regional interventions supporting local ma…
This report seeks to build resilience in fragile situations in Africa by charting a course toward a more effective and conflict-sensitive natural resource management. It identifies key challenges and approaches to natural resource management relevant to all states seeking to transition from fragility (including conflicts, natural disasters and/or epidem…
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Asistente Administrativo de la Oficina Regional para América Latina y el Caribe
RET International es una organización internacional, independiente, imparcial, de carácter no gubernamental, sin filiación partidista o religiosa, con sede en Ginebra – Suiza y Panamá para América Latina y El Caribe. Fundada a finales del año 20…
Purpose of the post:
Under the supervision of and in regular consultation with the supervisor, implement country office emergency preparedness and response. Responsible for the technical contribution to the development, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the emergency interventions to advance the survival and well-being of children…
Head of world humanitarian summit urges greater role for local groups and warns against any politicisation of aid, reports the Guardian. Speaking in November, Stephen O’Brien, the UN under-secretary general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator, said no single country or organisation could deal with the protracted crises, urban need…
By Elisa Jiménez Alonso
Recently, global temperature records have been tumbling with alarming frequency, and we are seeing a significant increase in extreme weather events. While there have been many reports focussing on the economic implications of these events, it is important to remember that climate impacts are most keenly felt by people themselves…
By Jason von Meding and Giuseppe Forino
At least 1,000 people were killed when Hurricane Matthew battered the Tiburon peninsula in Haiti last week, destroying houses and displacing tens of thousands.
A humanitarian crisis is now unfolding for the survivors, with the Pan American Health Organization warning of a like…
By Malik Al ash-Shaykh
No one can be sure just how many people will be displaced by climate change by the middle of this century. In fact, the estimates vary widely, with some putting the number at 25 million and others suggesting it could hit the one billion mark.
What is clear, however, is that cementing a number is not…
By Megan Rowling
Governments and aid agencies gathering at the first World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul next week should agree to invest more in preventing disasters, to cut the rising bill for helping people hit by crises, experts told a Thomson Reuters Foundation debate.
As unmet aid needs grow around the world, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon…
13 October 2016, GENEVA –The UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction, Mr. Robert Glasser, today marked International Day for Disaster Reduction by recognising five outstanding examples of successful efforts to reduce disaster mortality.
Today marks the beginning of the “Sendai Seven Campaign: Seven Targets, Seven Years…