Informes

Tropical storms, cyclones and monsoon floods are recurring events in Bangladesh, but are becoming more frequent and more severe with climate change. The study assesses the percentage of climate expenditure as a share of household income…

In Bangladesh, thousands of people were reported affected by floods across Zakigonj, Gowainghat, Jaintapur and Companiganj Districts (Sylhet Division). Over the next 24 hours, more heavy rainfall with locally very heavy rainfall is forecast over the whole…

Alistair D. B. Cook, Christopher Chen 18 May 2022 Executive Summary Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, countries in the Indo-Pacific have had to deal with the overlapping effects of a pandemic and natural hazards. This policy report…

Geneva, Dhaka (16 May 2022) – The United Nations Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (“IIMM” or “Mechanism”), completed a working visit to Bangladesh Saturday. Assistant Secretary-General Nicholas Koumjian, the Head of the Mechanism, deemed the mission…

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Introduction Disaster is a serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society at any scale due to hazardous events interacting with conditions of exposure, vulnerability and capacity, leading to one or more of the…

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New report: The Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition (SHCC) annual report ‘Unrelenting Violence’ documents 1335 acts of violence against or obstruction of health care in 2021 and calls for State accountability and action. “Only a fraction…

May 2022 This is a summary of a much larger floral diversity report that focused on the important yet vulnerable forests of Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. The main objectives of the study were to develop a comprehensive list…

Africa Nigeria 06 April 2022: In Barkin Ladi LGA, Plateau state, gunmen killed two people at an IDP camp. Source: Council on Foreign Relations Sudan 18 April 2022: In Hashaba village, South Darfur state, an unidentified perpetrator stabbed to death…