Reports

HIGHLIGHTS - The risk of a large scale flood for the coming week is moderate. The low-lying areas of Zone 2, 3 and 4 (see map next page) have a relatively higher risk of flooding due to heavy to very…

By Walter Kälin, Representative of the Secretary-General on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons and Co-Director, Brookings-Bern Project on Internal DisplacementChairperson, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, One thing is certain: Climate change is happening and one of its visible impacts is…

HIGHLIGHTS - The risk of a large scale flood for the coming week is low to medium. The Northeast and Southeast of the country have a relatively higher risk of flooding, with possible flash floods occurring. - As of the…

HIGHLIGHTS - The risk of a large scale flood for the coming week is low to medium. The situation is expected to remain relatively stable in the coming days. - As of the morning of the 8th July 2008, all FFWC…

GENEVA, July 2 (UNHCR) - Representatives from 34 countries gathered this week in Geneva to coordinate international efforts to help the hundreds of thousands of refugees who continue to be at risk in the countries where they have sought…

HIGHLIGHTS - The risk of a large scale flood for the coming week is relatively low. The situation is expected to remain stable in the coming days. - As of the morning of the 1st July 2008, all…

International aid agency, Save the Children, has today called for a dramatic shake up in dealing with natural disasters linked to climate change. The agency's latest report, In the Face of Disaster, says that governments, international organisations and aid agencies must…

DHAKA, 25 June 2008 (IRIN) - The monsoon floods have come early to Bangladesh, with thousands of people losing their homes and crops to river erosion, in what specialists say is a clear sign of climate change. Most major flooding…

KABUL, 12 June 2008 (IRIN) - High food prices and drought have driven over one million vulnerable people across Afghanistan into "high-risk" food-insecurity in the past five months, increasing the total number of "most vulnerable people" to over 3.5 million,…

Myanmar's government is stepping up efforts to force survivors of Cyclone Nargis out of emergency shelters and is keeping aid from reaching them, according to new research published by Amnesty International today. The government's actions place tens of thousands of…