Vanuatu is emblematic of the cascading disasters that Pacific Island nations increasingly endure, where frequent earthquakes intersect with the escalating impacts of climate-induced hazards such as cyclones, rising sea levels, and coastal erosion accompanied by staggering loss and damage experienced by vulnerable populations and ecosystems.
At the onset of the earthquake, the IFRC shelter, and disaster response teams were deployed to the impacted areas and emergency items and cash were delivered to the affected families.
The infrastructure surge in the geologically fragile Himalayas is putting people at risk. So are populations in the alluvial Gangetic plains are at risk....
Engaging communities ensures research translates to real solutions and that this in turn will lead to a domino effect on overall development and progress....
Evidence accumulated over the past decade shows that in most contexts, cash effectively and efficiently meets people’s food, nutrition and other related essential needs,...
The authors stress that individual knowledge alone is insufficient. Food environments – marketing, pricing, availability and access – must support healthier choices.
Aviation crews remain stationed near their hangars, radar screens remain trained on western horizons, and some 30 million residents across the capital region wait to see whether engineered clouds can offer a rare gasp of clean air.
The authors stress that individual knowledge alone is insufficient. Food environments – marketing, pricing, availability and access – must support healthier choices.