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Displaying 15 of about 127 resultsThe improving resilience in South Sudan (IRISS) project – funded by DFID’s building resilience and adaptation to climate extremes and disasters (BRACED) programme – sought to increase resilience to drought and floods for targeted communities, especially women and girls, while also contributing to evidence-based learning related to developing climate cha…
The results of the review show a gap in the literature in terms of providing conclusive evidence/data and analysis of the cost-effectiveness of resilience-related responses. Most of the reports,
papers, briefs and notes that were reviewed tend to make normative assertions as to how important is to provide humanitarian assistance early enough and to dire…
This edition of Southasiadisasters.net highlights new approaches that can be taken by humanitarian organizations to effectively respond to the humanitarian challenges of the 21st century. Some of the important themes discussed in this special issue include adaptive programming by humanitarian organizations, context specific humanitarian interventio…
This is the third edition of the Suffering in Silence report. The aim of this report is to highlight those humanitarian crises in 2018 that, though large, have received little public attention. In the final section, it also addresses the question of how to ensure better coverage, outlining eight steps to help shine a light on forgotten crises.
Using th…
This report explores the complex and tangled links between climate variability/change and the proliferation of armed networks operating in northern Niger. It does so by examining the factors influencing livelihood choices among 29 smugglers of people, arms, drugs and gold working across northern Niger. The report focuses on these smugglers because they…
Fragility has become the reality in several countries of the Middle East and North Africa. Armed conflict and forced displacement are taking an enormous toll on human lives, with the region accounting for about 60 percent of the estimated global total of battle-related casualties since the turn of the millennium. Conflicts…
Concentrating on systemic vulnerability, the element of risk that informs complex and high-stakes decisions, this report seeks to:
provide new knowledge about the complex and interconnected systems that support Australian society and influence resilience or vulnerability to disasters;
highlight what people value, and focus on how the tensions and tr…
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and Red Cross Red Crescent National Societies, together with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), have a long-standing commitment to addressing situations of internal displacement and provide vital support to millions of internally displaced people.
This year ma…
The purpose of this Framework is:
to foster a better understanding of the concept of durable solutions for the internally displaced;
to provide general guidance on the process and conditions necessary for achieving a durable solution; and
to assist in determining to what extent a durable solution has been achieved.
The Framework aims to provide…
By Ede Ijjasz-Vasquez, Regional Director, Africa, Sustainable Development Practice Group and Ayaz Parvez, Senior Disaster Risk Management Specialist, Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience Global Practice
On March 15, Cyclone Idai hit Zimbabwe and we were faced with a twofold challenge. First, how would we design a disaster recovery solutio…
Highlights from a Q&A with Katie Peters, Senior Research Fellow at ODI, and Mami Mizutori, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Disaster Risk Reduction, on disaster risk reduction in fragile and conflict-affected areas.
By Adrienne Surprenant
Weeks of torrential rain have caused severe flooding in Central African Republic’s capital, Bangui, leaving tens of thousands of people homeless in a city of one million that is still recovering from years of conflict.
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Heavy rainfall and flooding – driven by a weather phenomenon called the Indian Ocean Dipole –…
By Mark Willacy
Internal Australian Defence Force (ADF) briefing notes from last year, obtained by the ABC under Freedom of Information, also predict the military may be forced to increase patrols in Australia's northern waters to deal with "sea-borne migration" sparked by rising sea levels in the Indo-Pacific.
One document warns that climate change c…
By Chukwuma Muanya
Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu is a consultant epidemiologist and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). Ihekweazu in this exclusive interview with The Guardian said Nigeria is still at moderate risk of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) because of the ongoing epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo and…
War, extreme weather and economic woes in 2018 left more than 113 million in dire need of help
By Thin Lei Win
Food crises will affect tens of millions of people across the world this year, researchers warned on Tuesday, after war, extreme weather and economic woes in 2018 left more than 113 million in dire need of help.
Conflict and insecurity were…