Women-led and women’s rights organizations are on the frontlines of today’s humanitarian crises—but many are at risk of disappearing. As global needs rise due to conflict, climate change, and displacement, deep cuts to foreign aid are threatening organizations that provide life-saving services for women and girls. In March 2025, UN …
As the environment, climate change and migration complex nexus is drawing increasing attention in the contemporary international agenda, The State of Environmental Migration 2014: Review of the Year 2013 is the fourth of the annual publication, with a specific focus on the year 2013 and aiming to enhance understanding on …
This document is intended as an overview of the legal and policy frameworks governing climate-induced displacement at the international level. It aims to inform policymakers and interested individuals about the range of relevant legal and policy instruments and to assess how effective these various options are at responding to the …
Kampala — Heavy flooding in South Sudan's Unity state has displaced some 53,945 people in Payinjiar county, according to officials. Michael Lot Gatluok, a secretary for the South Sudan Relief and Rehabilitation Commission (SSRRC), told Sudan Tribune on Tuesday that rising floodwaters has sparked widespread panic among residents. "First and …
The rural electrification project, replete with challenges in Bhutan, is likely to miss the December 2014 deadline. Read more in October 2014 edition of the Monthly Overview on State of Environment, Bhutan. Reportage on the state of environment and development in Bhutan remained restricted to the issues habitat and energy. …
The report includes the WorldRiskIndex 2014 and furthermore has a focus on cities as risk areas. The WorldRiskIndex calculates the disaster risk for 171 countries. The risk analysis does not only examine how often and how severely a natural event (e.g. an earthquake) threatens the population, but also the vulnerability …
A shallow 6.0 earthquake in China's southern Yunnan province has displaced tens of thousands of people, said Chinese authorities. One person was killed and more than 300 people were injured in the quake, which took place late on Tuesday night, according to state news agency Xinhua. Injured residents rested in …
Katsina — About 200 people in Katsina State have been displaced by flood, Executive Secretary of the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) Hassan Rawayau, has said. Speaking at a workshop with the theme: "Strengthening Sub-National Humanitarian Co-ordination", he noted that most of those affected are from Bakori and Musawa Local …
A newly discovered active fault line along Wellington's harbour could result in a large quake for the city, scientists say. The Aotea Fault so far measured 2km long and ran from Oriental Parade to Westpac Stadium, said National Institute of Water and Atmospheric research (Niwa) marine geologist Philip Barnes. However, …
Shipping firms should pressure the Nicaraguan government and the Chinese backer of a proposed canal to ensure that the project does not force indigenous people off their land and inflict massive environmental damage on the country’s ecosystem, an environmental advocacy group has urged. The proposed 178-mile waterway seeks to rival …
SHILLONG:The death toll in the recent flash floods and landslides in the state has risen to 55 with the recovery of three more bodies, even as the flood waters are slowly receding in some areas, official sources said on Monday. There is light rain in some places in the State. …
A leaked copy of a World Bank investigation seen by the Guardian has accused the bank of failing to protect the rights of one of Kenya’s last groups of forest people, who are being evicted from their ancestral lands in the name of climate change and conservation. Thousands of homes …
Irresponsible business practices can have a disproportionate impact on indigenous communities, many of which continue to suffer from political and economic marginalization. This report highlights some of the environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks businesses face in their encounters with indigenous communities. This report looks at six countries where indigenous …
At least 150 villages with a population of nearly 2.55 lakh people have been hit hard by floods in Bandipore, Baramulla and Kupwara districts of north Kashmir. While three persons have died in Kupwara, over 55,000 have been evacuated from these three districts. In the worst-affected Bandipore district, over two …
The majority were in Asia, where 19 million were displaced by floods, storms and earthquakes, according to the report from the International Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) of the Norwegian Refugee Council. Typhoon Haiyan caused the largest displacement, with 4.1 million people leaving their homes in the Philippines, a million more …
IDMC’s latest Global Estimates report shows that 22 million people were displaced in 2013 by disasters brought on by natural hazard events. As in previous years, the worst affected region is Asia, where 19 million people, or 87.1 per cent of the global total, were displaced during the year. Although …
Flood-hit families with mud houses near the Tawi fear they will be denied compensation Displacement continues to haunt octogenarian Beero Devi who, along with her family, has now taken shelter in a make-shift camp set up by the Army for flood-affected families of the “Tawi island” at Government High School, …
KORAPUT: Tension gripped Hindustan Aeronautics Limited's (HAL) unit at Sunabeda in Koraput district as land losers forcibly ploughed around 50 acre on its premises on Monday. The agitators were demanding jobs in the company and compensation to the persons displaced by the navratna PSU. Sources said over 200 villagers of …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Sree Balaji Nagar Residential Association Vs State of Tamil Nadu & Ors. dated 10/09/2014 regarding a scheme for development of a proposed canal by name Madhavaram Left Flank Water Surplus Course, on the ground that the scheme is misconceived …
23,000 rescued, Communication links still down; Pakistan DGMO offers help Lakhs remained stranded and many others on rooftops in several parts of the flood-ravaged Jammu and Kashmir, even as Army Chief Gen. Dalbir Singh Suhag on Monday declared that troops will continue to carry out relief operations in the state …
