It is projected that nearly 1.5 million children under the age of five are expected to suffer from acute malnutrition from June 2022 – May 2023. This is 19% higher than the cases forecasted in 2021. This figure includes 367,000 [...]

  We face a reality where hazardous events are interrelated, and disaster impacts cascade in unpredictable ways. Multi-hazards can be a coincidence, they can be directly triggered by another or influence each other, creating multi-vulnerabilities that we need to prepare for. [...]

Agriculture and food systems face multiple and interconnected risks and crises, with dire impacts on food insecurity and nutrition. FAO implements multi-risk and impact management actions, including nature-based solutions and specifically, forest-based solutions, with a focus on food crisis and [...]

Nigeria IPC Alert: Nearly 6 million children in the Northwest and Northeast are expected to suffer from acute malnutrition In the current period of May – September 2022, more than half of the 134 Local Government Areas (LGAs) included in the [...]

The WorldBank Group | Climate Action Join the World Bank at COP27 for a high-level panel on scaling locally led climate action, with insights from senior government representatives from Kenya, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Tanzania. With weather-related disasters such as floods, droughts, and [...]