Reports

Overview: In East Africa, seasonal deficits are impacting main season crops in South Sudan and northern Uganda as well as Meher season crops in Ethiopia. Above-average rains are forecast across equatorial and southern areas through January (See…

Dili – The International Organization for Migration (IOM), in collaboration with UNICEF Timor-Leste, equipped 23 Civil Protection Authority (CPA) Municipal Commanders and the Municipal Disaster Management Committee on humanitarian preparedness and response capacity on gender-based violence…

FROM Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Ravina Shamdasani LOCATION Geneva We are extremely alarmed by Pakistan’s announcement that it plans to deport “undocumented” foreign nationals remaining in the country after 1 November, a measure that will…

INTRODUCTION ACAPS monitors the daily evolution of the humanitarian situation in more than 150 crisis-affected areas and anticipates the potential risks that may trigger new crises or worsen situations. This Global Risk Analysis outlines a number of…

The Zavkhan province, situated in the western region of Mongolia, experiences an extreme climate. Winters in this region have seen temperatures drop as low as -32°C, with recorded lows of -56°C in certain areas. In contrast,…

On International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, the Department of Education (DepEd), Save the Children Philippines, and Prudence Foundation celebrated the success of the Comprehensive School Safety Ecosystem (CSSE) Project and reiterated their commitments to making…

PEMA GYAMTSHO The economic price of climate-driven storms, floods, heatwaves and droughts has been calculated for the first time—and found to have already, over the course of the last two decades, cost humanity, collectively, $16m an hour.…

SUMMARY “Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability”, the Working Group II (WGII) contribution to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report (AR6), is clear – extreme weather events are increasing in frequency and/or severity as a…

This document aims to present a selection of case studies from India and other countries showing how Shock-Responsive Social Protection approaches have been used in response to disasters and shocks, including climate change induced risks and…

On 7 October 2023, a powerful earthquake struck western Afghanistan. Initial estimates indicate that several hundred people, including women and children, lost their lives or were injured. What’s happening in Afghanistan? On the morning of 7 October 2023,…