In FAO’s emergency and resilience work, climate action is understood as any activity focused on managing climate risks, hazards, shocks, or stresses, as well as addressing the impacts of climate-related events (including loss and damage). It recognizes all efforts taken [...]

The climate crisis is driving loss and damage, hunger and rising vulnerabilities – especially where it intersects with conflicts and other disasters, undermining progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Extreme weather events and slow-onset climate impacts are increasing in [...]

The Philippines is among the world’s most disaster-prone countries and the province of Catanduanes is frequently exposed to typhoons due to its location on the eastern seaboard. In 2020, super-typhoon Goni devastated livelihoods, affecting over 42,000 households and causing USD [...]

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is committed to the localization agenda, in line with the World Humanitarian Summit and the Grand Bargain commitments, which aims to reform the humanitarian system for greater effectiveness and efficiency [...]

Rakhine State in Myanmar has experienced armed conflict, localized violence, political instability and extremely high levels of forced displacement, together with heightened vulnerability to flooding. During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the local population faced further and compounding disruptions [...]