Climate Change and Humanitarian Action: Key Emerging Trends and Challenge

This analytical report highlights that the effect of climate change is already straining the disaster relief system and the threat of extreme climatic events in the future is likely to generate higher demands for disaster assistance that will prove more costly. Tackling the threat of climate change in risk-prone areas will need a system-wide shift in attention to strengthen disaster risk management, risk reduction and preparedness for an effective response.

Télécharger le fichier: ENG

Organisation: OCHA

Thème: Agriculture et Alimentation, Santé, Sécurité et Défense, Réduction/Gestion des risques, Liste des Publications des Nations Unies COP22

Type de publication: Document Analytique-Technique

Date de publication: 2009

Langue: Anglais

Report on the UN Climate Summit Forests Pavilion

This report presents the results of the formal Forests action area plenary at the Secretary-General’s Climate Summit, 23 September 2014.

Télécharger le fichier: ENG

Organisation: UNDP, UNREDD

Thème: Forêts, REDD, Liste des Publications des Nations Unies COP22

Type de publication: Rapport d'Activités

Date de publication: 2014

Langue: Anglais

Guidance to Protect Health from Climate Change through Health Adaptation Planning

This policy document aims to ensure that the health sector works with partners in the environment and other related communities to engage in the overall NAP process at the national level, identify national strategic goals for building health resilience to climate change, and develop a national plan with prioritized activities to achieve these goals.

Télécharger le fichier: ENG

Organisation: WHO

Thème: Santé, Adaptation, Gouvernance - Territoriales et Locales, Liste des Publications des Nations Unies COP22

Type de publication: Document de Politique

Date de publication: 2013

Langue: Anglais

Health and Disaster Risk Reduction within the Global Framework for Climate Services – the User Interface Platform (UIP) of the GFCS

The activity report presents the conclusions of the Health and Disaster Risk Reduction within the Global Framework for Climate Services meeting. This meeting was organized by WMO and WHO, the International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC) and UNISDR, to extend partnerships and to develop recommendations for the implementation of the GFCS-UIP to address the needs of these communities of practice.

Télécharger le fichier: ENG

Thème: Santé, Réduction/Gestion des risques, Liste des Publications des Nations Unies COP22

Type de publication: Rapport d'Activités

Date de publication: 2013

Langue: Anglais

R4 Annual Report 2013

This activity report builds on analyses and assessments conducted in 2013 to enhance understanding of the initiative’s performance and capacity to improve rural resilience in a transformative way.

Télécharger le fichier: ENG

Organisation: WFP

Thème: Agriculture et Alimentation, Adaptation, Mécanismes Financiers, Liste des Publications des Nations Unies COP22

Type de publication: Rapport d'Activités

Date de publication: 2013

Langue: Anglais

The R4 Rural Resilience Initiative: One-Pager

This one-pager provides an overview of the the R4 Rural Resilience Initiative (R4), a strategic partnership between Oxfam America and WFP. R4 was initiated in 2011 to respond to the challenges faced by food-insecure communities enduring increasingly frequent and intense climate disasters and other shocks.

Télécharger le fichier: 2014, 2016

Organisation: WFP, Oxfam America

Thème: Agriculture et Alimentation, Adaptation, Liste des Publications des Nations Unies COP22, Mécanismes Financiers

Type de publication: Autre

Date de publication: 2014

Langue: Anglais

Potential New Climate Change Adaptation Funding Sources for Disaster Preparedness Activities

This technical document describes potential new funding sources for activities to help humanitarians support preparedness for climate risks, in particular extreme weather events. It also suggests messages that can help humanitarian promote the role of preparedness within adaptation funding programs.

Télécharger le fichier: ENG

Organisation: OCHA

Thème: Environnement, Adaptation, Réduction/Gestion des risques, Mécanismes Financiers, Liste des Publications des Nations Unies COP22

Type de publication: Document Analytique-Technique

Date de publication: 2010

Langue: Anglais

LEAP (Livelihoods, Early Assessment and Protection) Brochure

This brochure provides an overview of LEAP (Livelihoods, Early Assessment and Protection), an early warning-early response tool developed by the Ethiopian government in collaboration with WFP which triggers contingency funding ahead of severe droughts or floods, to provide food or cash to the people projected to need early assistance.

Télécharger le fichier: ENG

Organisation: WFP

Thème: Agriculture et Alimentation, Dynamique des Populations, Préparation et Intervention d'Urgence, Liste des Publications des Nations Unies COP22, Mécanismes Financiers

Type de publication: Autre

Date de publication: 2013

Langue: Anglais

WFP Handbook on Safe Access to Firewood and Alternative Energy (SAFE)

This handbook will guide current and future WFP programming. It will help professionals understand the broader impacts of limited access to cooking fuel and how the Safe Access to Firewood and alternative Energy (SAFE) initiative can mitigate them.

Télécharger le fichier: ENG

Organisation: WFP

Thème: Agriculture et Alimentation, Santé, Énergie, Réduction/Gestion des risques, Liste des Publications des Nations Unies COP22

Type de publication: Document Analytique-Technique

Date de publication: 2012

Langue: Anglais

WFP Policy on Disaster Risk Reduction and Management

The document sets priorities for enhanced effectiveness in WFP’s interventions in support of the most vulnerable and food insecure.

Télécharger le fichier: ENG

Organisation: WFP

Thème: Agriculture et Alimentation, Préparation et Intervention d'Urgence, Réduction/Gestion des risques, Liste des Publications des Nations Unies COP22

Type de publication: Document de Politique

Date de publication: 2011

Langue: Anglais

Malnutrition and Climate Vulnerability in Africa Map

This visual aid developed by WFP and the Met Office Hadley Centre depicts a map of malnutrition and climate vulnerability in Africa.

Télécharger le fichier: ENG

Organisation: WFP

Thème: Agriculture et Alimentation, Santé, Environnement, Liste des Publications des Nations Unies COP22

Type de publication: Ressources Audiovisuelles

Date de publication: 2011

Langue: Anglais

Protecting Health from Climate Change: Top Ten Actions for Health Professionals

This fact sheet proposes ten actions that health pofessionals can take to protect health from climate change.

Télécharger le fichier: ENG

Organisation: WHO

Thème: Santé, Adaptation, Politique et Droit International, Liste des Publications des Nations Unies COP22

Type de publication: Autre

Date de publication: 2013

Langue: Anglais

World Humanitarian Data and Trends

Listing new challenges facing the humanitarian community, this technical document emphasizes that “climate change, population growth, rapid and unplanned urbanization, and food and water insecurity are leaving more and more people at risk of crisis.” The report explains that today’s major humanitarian crises are protracted or recurrent due to climate, conflict and price shocks that affect the most vulnerable populations.

Télécharger le fichier: ENG

Organisation: OCHA

Thème: Agriculture et Alimentation, Eau, Environnement, Dynamique des Populations, Liste des Publications des Nations Unies COP22

Type de publication: Document Analytique-Technique

Date de publication: 2013

Langue: Anglais

Disaster Risk Management for Health: Climate Risk Management

This leaflet developed by WHO, United Kingdom Health Protection Agency and partners provides an overview of the effect of climate risks on public health in terms of malnutrition, diarrhoeal disease, trauma and air pollution.

Télécharger le fichier: ENG

Organisation: WHO

Thème: Santé, Réduction/Gestion des risques, Liste des Publications des Nations Unies COP22

Type de publication: Autre

Date de publication: 2011

Langue: Anglais

Saving Lives Today and Tomorrow: Managing the Risks of Humanitarian Crises

Humanitarian needs are rising as the rising world population faces increased risks from climate change, environmental degradation and the consequences of conflict; and much more needs to be done to reduce the impact of disasters before they happen, and to build local capacity. This analytical report provides timely recommendations as the world looks towards the post-2015 framework for development and disaster risk reduction, alongside the 2016 World Humanitarian Summit.

Télécharger le fichier: ENG

Organisation: OCHA

Thème: Environnement, Réduction/Gestion des risques, Liste des Publications des Nations Unies COP22

Type de publication: Document Analytique-Technique

Date de publication: 2014

Langue: Anglais

ICT and Climate Change: Conclusions of ITU-T Focus Group

This activity report on ICT and Climate Change presents the conclusions of a dedicated ITU-T Focus Group.

Télécharger le fichier: ENG

Organisation: ITU

Thème: Atténuation, Technologie, Liste des Publications des Nations Unies COP22

Type de publication: Rapport d'Activités

Date de publication: 2009

Langue: Anglais

Radio Based Technologies in Support of Understanding, Assessing and Mitigating the Effects of Climate Change

This analytical report provides an overview of the use of radiocommunication systems to monitor the various manifestations of climate change and their impact as well as the application of ICTs and radiocommunications as a solution to contribute to a global reduction in energy consumption.

Télécharger le fichier: English, French, Spanish

Organisation: ITU

Thème: Énergie, Atténuation, Technologie, Liste des Publications des Nations Unies COP22

Type de publication: Document Analytique-Technique

Date de publication: 2012

Langue: Anglais, Français, Espagnol

Transformational Solutions for 2015 and Beyond – The Report of the Broadband Commission Task Force on Sustainable Development

The world needs to adopt a more integrated and comprehensive approach to development – and in this, ICT and broadband can make a major contribution. This analytical report examines the role broadband and ICT can play as transformative solutions to achieving sustainable development for all.

Télécharger le fichier: ENG

Organisation: ITU, Ericsson, UNESCO, Ericsson

Thème: Planification Economique et du Développement, Environnement, Technologie, Liste des Publications des Nations Unies COP22

Type de publication: Document Analytique-Technique

Date de publication: 2013

Langue: Anglais

ITU-T: Focus Group on Smart Sustainable Cities

This document provides an overview of ITU’s work on Smart Sustainable Cities.

Télécharger le fichier: ENG

Organisation: ITU

Thème: Technologie, Liste des Publications des Nations Unies COP22

Type de publication: Autre

Date de publication: 2013

Langue: Anglais

Bridging Gaps – Are you?

Under the theme of ‘Bridging Gaps: Are You?’ this publication outlines a range of do-able actions, from scaling up and accelerating the deployment of renewable and clean energies to investing in sustainable transportation systems and energy efficient buildings. It also spotlights how UNEP is supporting the development, transfer and deployment of clean technologies, and facilitates countries’ access to climate finance, contributing to build a sustainable future.

Télécharger le fichier: ENG

Organisation: UNEP

Thème: Transport, Énergie, Atténuation, Développement des Capacités, Liste des Publications des Nations Unies COP22

Type de publication: Autre

Date de publication: 2011

Langue: Anglais