All publications and documents
All publications & documents
The Sand and Dust Storms Risk Assessment in Asia and the Pacific provides a long-term horizon of the risk and potential socio-economic losses associated with sand and dust storms in the region for a better understanding of the severe multidimensional impact of this hazard, including the deterioration to human health, in urban and rural settings, and its adverse impact on energy, transport,…
The World Meteorological Organization has updated data in its Atlas of Mortality and Economic Losses from Weather, Climate and Water-related hazards. The data now cover the period 1970 to 2021. Extreme weather, climate and water-related events caused nearly 12 000 disasters from 1970-2021 Reported economic losses are US$4.3 trillion and rising The death…
In the past few years, catastrophic wildfires, droughts, floods and other extreme weather events have occurred throughout the world with increasing frequency and severity. Critical earth system thresholds fundamental to the maintenance of existing ecosystems and human activities are likely to be exceeded, with increasing global warming, especially beyond 2°C. As elsewhere, central and…
This set of key messages on “Empowering and Improving the Life of Women by Protecting their Land, Housing and Property Rights in the Arab Region” was developed based on the field experience of UN-Habitat and Global Land Tool Network’s partners in the region. The messages are a quick reference on how to empower women, improve their lives, and ensure that they are better able to play…
Future Climate for Africa (FCFA) is excited to share the animation “Building climate change resilience in Africa – the story of Future Climate for Africa” and the podcast series “The African climate breakdown.” The FCFA animation provides a dynamic summary of FCFA’s research over the past 5 years and highlights the innovative approach to climate research adopted by the research teams;…
What is Great Green Wall ? Why is it so important? How Africa and Nigeria can benefit from it and more from the interview ( listen from 17.21 to 22.12 min section from the TV news)