Latest news on Disaster Risk Reduction
- The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is the biggest global climate fund in existence that supports developing countries to address climate change. It aims to help countries achieve a paradigm shift towards low emission and climate resilient development, taking into account the needs and priorities of those countries most vulnerable to climate change impacts....
- Like access to electricity or clean cooking, access to sustainable cooling is an energy service that is essential for achieving Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG7) in areas that experience high temperatures. Over 1 billion people in 54 high-impact countries remain at high risk from a lack of access to cooling services that support health and livelihoods...
- Building on years of joint commitment to Latin America and the Caribbean, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and Pacific Disaster Center (PDC) are formalizing efforts to support the second most disaster-prone region in the world. Following their successful responses to Hurricane Dorian (2019) in The...
- Real-world experience underscores the complexity of interactions among multiple drivers of climate change risk and of how multiple risks compound or cascade. However, a holistic framework for assessing such complex climate change risks has not yet been achieved. Clarity is needed regarding the interactions that generate risk, including the role of adaptation...
- Affected country: Tajikistan Glide: FL-2021-000055-TJK
The torrential rains of 7 – 12 May 2021 triggered floods, landslides and mudflows in many of the country’s districts. The largest number of losses and destructions are faced by districts and cities of Khatlon province. Disasters affected following…
- Wildfires can do lasting damage beyond the reach of the flames – they can contaminate entire drinking water systems with carcinogens that last for months after the blaze.
- For a more sustainable future in a world of climate change, 21st-century cities must be based on models of adaptation that learn from natural systems.
- The UN secretary general, António Guterres, has hailed India's vaccine production capacity as “one of the best assets the world has today”.
- Climate change is also worsening the already vulnerable food situation in the country.
- A consortium with Deltares was selected by the Mozambique National Institute for Disaster Risk Management and Reduction (INGD) to strengthen preparedness.