Reports

Nearly half of all children whose growth is stunted by poor nutrition face further threats from climate change because they are growing up in the countries most vulnerable to its impacts, new analysis from Save the…

Welthungerhilfe presents the 2021 Global Hunger Index. Bonn/Berlin, 14 October 2021. The global fight against hunger is dangerously off track, and the world is drifting farther away from its binding goal of ending hunger by 2030. The…

KEY HIGHLIGHTS 665,182 people have been internally displaced in Afghanistan since the start of 2021. 143,125 internally displaced persons (IDPs) are estimated to have returned to their places of origin, including nearly 37,000 IDPs in 15 priority…

ADB Should Take Stronger Leadership Role for Effective Climate Action in Asia and Pacific Region — Independent Evaluation Report MANILA, PHILIPPINES (11 October 2021) —The Asian Development Bank (ADB) should take a stronger leadership role on climate…

Highlights There was AGE (watery- diarrhea) outbreak in Krishnanagar MN - 3, 4, 8, 12, Kapilbastu district. Since, 18th Ashoj, 2078 (4 th October, 2021). 648 cases of AGE and 2 deaths have been reported from Kapilbastu…

Author: Omar Amach With national and international partners assembled, a new four-year project was officially launched at a virtual event, on Monday 4 October 2021, to strengthen multi-hazard early warning systems in Cambodia and the Lao People’s…

Bangkok and Tokyo. October 2021. Under the DX4Resilience project funded by the Government of Japan, UNDP, in partnership with the Japan Bosai Platform (JBP), launched a joint initiative to boost vulnerable groups’ resilience to disasters and…

The Green Climate Fund has approved a USD 21.7 million project to support the establishment of end-to-end climate information services and multi-hazard early warning systems (MHEWS) in Timor-Leste 1.03 million people in Timor-Leste (80% of the population)…

Overview: In East Africa, harvesting of main/Meher season cereals is underway in the north with generally favourable conditions except in areas impacted by ongoing conflict, socio-economic challenges, and flooding. Conversely, there is concern in the south where…

Rome, 7 October 2021 – If we continue to lose biodiversity, the world’s most vulnerable people will not be able to adapt to climate change nor sustainably produce food, according to a report released today by…