28/05/2019
The UN Climate Resilience Initiative (A2R) and the Global Resilience Partnership with support from the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) are looking for innovative, scalable, and practical nature-based solutions to restore degraded lands, helping vulnerable communities in least developed [...]
Results from cost–benefit analyses conducted in a multi-country study, 2016–2018
23/05/2019
Investing in disaster risk reduction (DRR) measures at farm level is a crucial way to proactively reduce risk exposure at local level and enhance, from the bottom up, the resilience of farming families to natural hazards. Also, the fact that [...]
Protecting agropastoralist livelihoods ahead of drought
20/05/2019
Climate-driven hazards are increasing in intensity and frequency, with weather-related crises now occurring nearly five times as often as 40 years ago. At the same time, needs are expanding and resources are limited. New tools and ways of thinking and [...]
About 2.2 million Somalis facing severe food insecurity as drought conditions worsen
15/05/2019
Highlights:
Between July and September 2019, 2.2 million people, almost 18 percent of the total population, are expected to face severe food insecurity.
The projected food insecure caseload is 40 percent higher than the estimate at the beginning of 2019, as drought [...]
13/05/2019
The Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction is a biennial multi-stakeholder forum established by the UN General Assembly to review progress, share knowledge and discuss the latest developments and trends in reducing disaster risk.
The sixth session of the Global Platform [...]