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Fragility and conflict

Disaster risk reduction in a context of exposure to risk combined with insufficient coping capacity of the state, system and/or communities to manage, absorb or mitigate those risks.

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Clearing of rubble in Syria through a donor funded project.
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How UNDRR is helping Syria lay the foundation for a resilient future

Syria became one of the earliest countries to implement UNDRR's DELTA Resilience system, which will help it better understand and reduce the disaster risks it faces as it recovers from years of war.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
Disaster–Fragility, Conflict, and Violence (FCV) nexus diagnostic for Myanmar (Summary) thumbnail
Documents and publications
Disaster–fragility, Conflict, and Violence (FCV) nexus diagnostic for Myanmar

This report examines the current state of disaster risk management (DRM) efforts in Myanmar through October 2025, exploring the compounded risks arising from the intersection of hazards, conflict, and poverty.

Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the (GFDRR)
World Bank, the
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Leaving home: they returned to Afghanistan, but not to stability

Millions of Afghans forced back across the border are returning to a country where conflict, climate and hardship make rebuilding fragile from the start.

Dialogue Earth
Case study
Ethiopia
Developing nature-based solution pathways to new layers of complexities for urban communities coping with armed conflict and climate change
This study was conducted to scientifically develop a pathway to urban climate resilience by exploring pragmatic approaches from communities and local humanitarian organizations experiencing the compounding risks of armed conflict and climate change.
  • Global Disaster Preparedness Center (GDPC)
Destroyed house by cyclone Pam that struck Vanuatu in March 2015.
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Security beyond defence: why Vanuatu should have a national climate security plan

In Vanuatu, security can no longer be defined solely through traditional notions of defence and law enforcement. The country’s long-term stability increasingly depends on its capacity to adapt to climate change.

Pacific Security College
Case study
Children displaced in a changing climate: Using historical disaster impact data to understand and map child displacement risk for action and investment
This case study demonstrates how disaster losses and damage data can be applied to understand child displacement risk and inform forward-looking planning.
  • United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
  • United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
Fragility and Conflict
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How mine action clears a path to climate resilience

In Africa’s Sahel region, where communities are affected by both insecurity and environmental degradation, climate-induced displacement is increasing exposure to explosive hazards. At the same time, flooding and shifting landscapes can move or expose UXO.

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
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Documents and publications
Quantifying global internal displacement risk at the hazard-vulnerability-conflict nexus

This study introduces a novel, diagnostic hazard-specific displacement risk index that integrates high-resolution hazard data with social vulnerability metrics and historical displacement records.

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (Elsevier)
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