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Displaying 30 of about 127 resultsMore frequent disasters, new conflicts and other climate risks could draw in troops at home and abroad, generals and defence officials say
By Laurie Goering
Militaries must prepare now to deal with more frequent disasters, new conflicts and other risks as accelerating climate change brings threats that could draw in troops at home and abroad, military…
The torrential floods and brutal droughts of recent years have left their mark on this valley in southeast Yemen.
A road that links Mukalla, the capital of Hadramout province, with its remote rural villages has been almost wiped out by repeated landslides. Giant boulders lie strewn along the road, alongside the trunks of downed trees.
"The weather now…
Nearly 17 million people were living in a situation of displacement within their own countries in Africa by the end of 2018. This is the highest figure ever recorded for the continent, and around 40 per cent of the global total. As the African Union (AU) marks the tenth anniversary of the Kampala Convention, the world’s first legally binding regional tr…
‘The government’s priorities for Danish development cooperation 2019’ sums up important priorities in the Finance Bill for 2019, and it should be seen as a ‘Year 3’ implementation of The World 2030.
The Government’s 2019 Finance Bill continues the efforts to target, develop and strengthen Denmark’s development cooperation. A development cooperation, wh…
UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential. Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone. And we never give up.
For every child, …
Competition for natural resources, including water, land, and forests, have long been recognized as a source of contention, and sometimes even violence. Macro trends like population growth and climate change can exacerbate these issues, particularly in areas of scarcity. Population growth puts more pressure on limited resources, while climate change imp…
"I don't see big, shooting wars but I think you will have an increasing frequency of very localised conflicts and tensions"
By Adela Suliman
STOCKHOLM - Social and political tensions fuelled by climate change have yet to translate into international military confrontations, but local conflicts are heating up due to pressures such as drought and water…
Health officials have warned that the second-deadliest outbreak of Ebola may spiral out of control unless attacks by armed groups on medical facilities and workers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) stop.
Speaking to reporters in Geneva on Wednesday, Oly Ilunga Kalenga, the DRC’s health minister, said the government of his country was strugg…
The Overseas Development Institute (ODI) interrogated disaster risk reduction financing, policy and programming to understand the role of conflict, fragility and violence in disaster risk. Our review of over 50 years of research shows how conflicts are deeply embedded in societies and can exacerbate vulnerability to natural hazards.
We developed an und…
By Natalia A. Ramos Miranda
Chile faces a “very difficult” season of wildfires because of high temperatures, a persistent drought and an increase in arson, Agriculture Minister Antonio Walker said on Tuesday, adding to the woes of a country damaged by violent socio-economic protests in the past month.
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Already since July 2019, 6,800 hectares have…
Picture this: next year, a long-running heatwave, drought and bushfire season is broken by an East Coast Low that causes widespread flooding along Australia’s east coast. This multi-hazard scenario – which pushed our natural and constructed systems beyond their limits – was explored at the 12th Australasian Natural Hazards Management Conference in Canbe…
By Peter Beaumont
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Only when there was “fear and panic” in the headlines did the international community put money into responding, said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus [head of the World Health Organization]. The real issue was a lack of day-to-day funding for preparedness to combat serious epidemics before they become regional or international th…
On an official visit to Ethiopia, Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Christos Stylianides announced today €89 million in humanitarian support for 2018-2019 whilst visiting EU aid projects in the Somali region in Eastern Ethiopia, where many people have fled their homes due to internal conflict.
Speaking today from the Qol…
Following the Planetary Security Conference (PSC) 2019, Friends of Europe’s global online brainstorm Debating Security Plus is opening its debate on the climate-security nexus.
Debating Security Plus (DS+) is a global online brainstorm that aims to yield concrete recommendations to global security challenges. It builds on Friends of Euro…
LocationAtlantaDescriptionThe Georgia Tech Center for Health & Humanitarian Systems (CHHS) offers a professional certificate program designed for practitioners in non-governmental organizations (NGOs), government, industry, and military who are active participants in humanitarian operations including disaster response, long term development and publ…