19 May 2016
The number of those affected by disasters, natural or otherwise, has steadily increased over the years. In 2016, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) predicts that 125.3 million people will be in need of human...
Tags: Guidance material, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management, Urban Risk Reduction
21 Jul 2020
COVID-19: Scenarios: Possible global humanitarian developments over the next six months (April 2020).
Tags: Awareness material, Report, COVID-19 (Coronavirus)
20 Jun 2020
Heatwaves are deadly disasters that are increasingly common and can seriously affect human health and well-being. When a heatwave strikes, the most vulnerable are the most impacted. In the past decade severe heatwaves have been responsible for numero...
Tags: Guidance material, COVID-19 (Coronavirus), Heat Wave