Natural Disasters
A natural disaster is a major adverse event resulting from natural processes of the Earth; examples include floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tsunamis, storms, and other geologic processes. A natural disaster can cause loss of life or damage property, and typically leaves some economic damage in its wake, the severity of which depends on the affected population's resilience and on the infrastructure available.In modern times, the divide between natural, man-made and man-accelerated is quite difficult to draw with human choices like architecture, fire, resource management or even climate change potentially playing a role. An adverse event will not rise …
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JDC: Joint Data Center on Forced Displacement · 6 December 2024 English
The decision to return involves not just the availability of jobs or economic activities in the home country but also the relative economic security and opportunities available in the host …
from those displaced by political violence. Natural disasters can temporarily prevent return by destroying …
UN: The United Nations · 6 December 2024 English
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severe (geo)political divides, conflict, natural disasters due to climate change and economic uncertainty … severe (geo)political divides, conflict, natural disasters due to climate change and economic uncertainty …
G20: Group of 20 · 5 December 2024 English
Consistent with this wisdom, South Africa views the diversity of the G20 nations as a strength rather than a source of division and will preserve the unity of the Group …
response. The increasing rate of climate-induced natural disasters is affecting countries around the world, with …
WHO: World Health Organization · 4 December 2024 English
The WHO Asia-Pacific Centre for Environment and Health in the Western Pacific Region has published guidance to support informed decision-making on water and sanitation technologies in the region’s health-care facilities. …
facility’s vulnerability to climate change and natural disasters. However, it is worth noting that some facilities … potential impacts of climate change and natural disasters. To enhance overall resilience of water and … change risks and strengthening responses to natural disasters. 7.2 Vanuatu In Vanuatu, most HCFs rely either …
GCNF: Global Child Nutrition Foundation · 4 December 2024 English
Gcnf report digital v4 School Meal Programs Around the World Results from the 2024 Global Survey of School Meal Programs © Survey Highlights SURVEY HIGHLIGHTS School Meal Programs and Food …
the survey in some (but not all) schools. Natural disasters, economic crises, and conflict were significantly …
UNFPA: United Nations Population Fund · 4 December 2024 English
Women and girls are the In Sudan, UNFPA is working with local and women-led backbone of recovery and resilience – and central to organizations to train health workers and midwives, …
strained by political instability and frequent natural disasters – are unable to provide basic NEWBORN CARE … impacts and protection risks across diverse natural disasters, progress in 2025 to evaluate interventions … government restrictions, poor infrastructure or natural disasters. Women and girls face additional challenges …
WHO: World Health Organization · 3 December 2024 English
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adolescents’ health remains low. Several natural disasters, especially perennial floods and droughts … response South Sudan experiences several natural disasters, especially perennial floods and droughts …
PIK: Potsdam-Institut fur Klimafolgenforschung · 2 December 2024 English
This comprehensive report, prepared for the 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), examines how unsustainable land management practices are …
as well as vulnerabilities to a range of natural disasters (Remondo et al., 2024). In the planetary boundaries …
Bank of England · 29 November 2024 English
Rebecca Mari and Matteo Ficarra. Floods are the most costly natural disaster in Europe. In the UK, they account for around GBP1.4 billion in annual losses. Yet, evidence on the …
USAID: United States Agency for International Development · 29 November 2024 English
During FY 2007 and FY 2008, the Office of The AFR demonstrates to Congress, the President, Management and Budget (OMB) conducted a pilot and the public USAID’s commitment to its …
with droughts, wildfires, floods, and other natural disasters. Accordingly, priorities for USAID include: …
