INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION DIRECTORATE - MEDIA ADVISORY LAUNCH OF 2023 GLOBAL HUMANITARIAN OVERVIEW

INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION DIRECTORATE MEDIA ADVISORY LAUNCH OF 2023 GLOBAL HUMANITARIAN OVERVIEW Theme: “Climate change and global food insecurity - key drivers of humanitarian needs” INVITATION TO THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEDIA What: On 1 December 2022, The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Partnership with the African Union, will host an event in Ad. [...] The event aims to provide an overview of humanitarian needs and funding requirements in 2023, call for generous funding towards next year’s humanitarian appeals, and amplify the voices of affected people, particularly women and girls. [...] ➢ The Global GHO Launch website, including a link to the Addis Ababa launch can be found here ➢ The online registration link for the Addis Ababa launch can be found here Who: The Department of Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development ( HHS) of the African Union Commission (AUC), in cooperation with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). [...] In the second half of 2022, above average rainfall and devastating floods across the region have affected five million people in 19 countries, claiming hundreds of lives, disrupting livelihoods, forcing tens of thousands to flee their homes and decimating swaths of croplands. [...] The Panel has warned that without transformational adaptation measures, climate change will continue to result in the loss of livelihoods and income in rural, marine, terrestrial and coastal ecosystems, and grave food insecurity as well as a breakdown of food systems.