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Typhoon Bopha (local name Pablo) made landfall early morning on 4 December 2012, in Davao Oriental (Mindanao) and traversed Mindanao, Visayas and Palawan leaving severe damages and destruction behind. This Typhoon contained twice the rainfall and…

This paper was written after a secondment during January 4-25 2013, by …

Introduction In the introduction to the first edition of the Scorecard, we wrote that in 2010 Europe had been distracted by the euro crisis. In the introduction to the second edition, we wrote that in 2011 Europe…

Introduction In June and October 2012, tensions between communities living in Rakhine State culminated in violent and deadly sectarian clashes, leaving over 5,000 houses and buildings burnt and more than 100,000 people displaced. Displaced people gathered in…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1.1. CONTEXT Typhoon Bopha (known in the Philippines as Pablo) made landfall on the island of Mindanao early on 4 December 2012 bringing heavy rain and wind gusts of up to 210 km/h (130mph). The typhoons…

Shelter for Displaced Populations in Afghanistan With more than 2.7 million Afghan refugees in the region, and an estimated 3 million globally, Afghanistan has the largest refugee population in the world. Since the fall of the Taliban,…

Executive Summary Introduction Considering the concerns of climate change and its impacts on coastal fisheries resources, SPC is implementing the ‘Monitoring the Vulnerability and Adaptation of Coastal Fisheries to Climate Change’ project with funding assistance from the Australian…

In May 2010, pre-monsoon rains that were intensified by Cyclone Laila saw thunder storms and high winds, accompanied by floods and landslides, sweep through 14 of Sri Lanka’s 25 districts. The extreme weather caused severe distress to over…

UNHCR warns of serious shortcomings at Nauru processing centre UNHCR released this morning in Canberra a report from a monitoring mission to the Nauru regional asylum processing center in the South Pacific. Nauru is the site of…

(Extract) The rapid assessment took place from 04 December to 07 December covering the following areas: Agusan del Sur : Veruela Surigao del Sur : Hinatuan Compostela Valley : Montevista, Compostela and Monkayo Davao Oriental: Boston, Cateel and Baganga