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This review focuses on financial support for climate change mitigation and adaptation initiatives to Middle East and North Africa’s (MENA) countries such as Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, the occupied Palestinian Territories (OPTs)

This report assesses the economic impacts of water scarcity for six Middle Eastern countries and examines how water-use efficiency improvements and trade can mitigate these impacts. In doing so, it provides water planners and managers key arguments to

For women who already face inequalities within their society, climate change has the potential to reinforce and exacerbate disparities.

The Syrian refugee crisis has had far-reaching consequences for geologic risk in Lebanon, providing insights into the interplay between displacement and disasters.

Beirut explosions attract attention to risks on transportation and dangerous goods storage. The UN is at the forefront of international efforts to reduce these risks.

The tragedy in Beirut is a reminder of the vital importance of industrial safety in the prevention, preparedness and response to hazardous events.

Preliminary observations, impact, and severity*: Visible structural damage in the analyzed zones of Beirut seaport of 5 August 2020.

The urban experience of COVID-19 is “a trigger for us to re-examine the meaning of local resilience,” said Mami Mizutori, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction in a webinar with cities and local government