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Jordan's water crisis deepens as climate changes, population grows

Climate change has brought drier weather to the Middle East, but Jordan has fared worse than its neighbours
Thomson Reuters Foundation, trust.org
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Social protection provisions to refugees during the Covid-19 pandemic: lessons learned from government and humanitarian responses

This paper reviews the evidence on the inclusion of refugees in government-led social protection responses to Covid-19 in the Republic of Congo and Colombia and the alignment or integration of international humanitarian and development actors’ cash

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UN-Habitat Jordan launches flood risk assessment, hazard mapping study for downtown Amman

UN-Habitat Jordan held a workshop last week to launch the flood risk assessment and hazard mapping study as well as the proposed flood intervention.
Jordan Times, The - Jordan Press Foundation
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UNICEF and Miyahuna launch the Climate Resilient Water Safety Plan in Madaba

A new Climate Resilient Water Safety Plan is aimed at addressing the existing and potential challenges to water security.
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
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Accountability to affected populations in times of the pandemic

The civil society sector is experiencing pressure and strain unlike it has experienced before, under the COVID-19 pandemic. To explore how the sector has responded, engaged and acted this past year, the All India Disaster Mitigation Institute and

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Stanford study reveals a deepening water crisis in Jordan – and a way forward

Prolonged and potentially destabilizing water shortages will become commonplace in Jordan by 2100, new research finds.
Stanford University
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Morphometric analysis and prioritisation of watersheds for flood risk management in Wadi Easal Basin (WEB), Jordan, using geospatial technologies

This paper analyses prioritisation of watersheds for flood risk management in Wadi Easal Basin (WEB), Jordan, using geospatial technologies. Morphometric analysis and sub‐watersheds prioritisation were carried out for the Wadi Easal Basin, Jordan, which

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Technical note: Linking Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (HPSS): Practical tools, approaches and case studies

This report introduces practical tools, approaches and case studies on linking Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS). The content of this publication was developed by the IASC Reference Group for Mental Health

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