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INTERVIEW: Preventing conflict key to relieving suffering, stresses outgoing UN humanitarian chie

29 August 2017

28 August 2017 – Preventing conflicts from breaking out in the first place, and holding perpetrators accountable for their actions once they do, is vital to relieving the suffering seen in many parts of the world, according to the top United Nations humanitarian official, Stephen O’Brien. [read more]

Famine response and prevention in Northeastern Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen

12 June 2017

June 2017The world faces one of the largest food crises in 70 years, with 20 million people in four countries — northeastern Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen — at risk of famine. If no action is taken, an additional 10 million will be threatened by famine. Famine has already been [read more]

Situational briefing to the General Assembly on the Secretary-General’s Call to Action on famine response and prevention

13 April 2017

United Nations Nations Unies Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR, STEPHEN O’BRIEN Situational briefing to the General Assembly on the Secretary-General’s Call to Action on famine response and [read more]

Lake Chad Basin: a crisis rooted in hunger, poverty and lack of rural development

11 April 2017

FAO Director-General calls for critical investments in agriculture and addressing climate change FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva last week visited some of the worst affected areas in Chad and northeastern Nigeria. 11 April 2017, Rome – The crisis afflicting the strife-torn Lake [read more]

Forcibly Displaced : Toward a Development Approach Supporting Refugees, the Internally Displaced, and Their Hosts – An Extract

10 April 2017

How Severe is the Crisis? The forced displacement crisis is largely rooted in a relatively small number of conflicts, which have been going on for years or even decades. It primarily affects developing countries: about 10 countries in protracted conflict and about 15 of their neighbors. [read more]

The World Bank on Conflict and Poverty

10 April 2017

The World Bank has published an account of the links between conflict and extreme poverty. It notes that two billion people now live in countries where development outcomes are affected by fragility, conflict, and violence (FCV), Somalia being an obvious example. Currently 17% of the global [read more]

Statement to the Security Council on missions to Yemen, South Sudan, Somalia and Kenya

10 March 2017

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR, STEPHEN O’BRIEN STATEMENT TO THE SECURITY COUNCIL ON MISSIONS TO YEMEN, SOUTH SUDAN, SOMALIA AND KENYA AND AN UPDATE ON THE OSLO CONFERENCE ON [read more]

Climate Change and Population Pressures in West Africa

31 August 2016

The effects of climate change have been cited as the main cause of the problems of northern Nigeria, currently impacted by the conflict with Boko Haram. Fasona and Omojola found that, “there seems to be a very connection between climate change and the pattern of communal clashes in the [read more]

Pakistan’s water shortage is a myth

7 June 2018 // 0 Comments

Daanish Mustafa, Thursday June 7th, 2018 The country’s water scarcity is socially constructed, and large farmers engaged in agricultural exports are the culprits and the [read more]
Economies have to decarbonise to stay competitive: former UNFCCC chief

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The Breaking Storm – the real threats to the Global Economy

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How the world’s water changed between 2002 and 2016

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