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This map illustrates the lava flow extent and the related geological information north of Goma airport, Nord-Kivu province, D.R. of the Congo as detected by satellite images acquired after the eruption of the Mount Nyiragongo on 22 May 2021. UNITAR-UNOSAT

The aim of this needs assessment was to determine the main challenges transport planners and decisionmakers encounter in meeting the mobility needs of disadvantaged groups in the four project countries of Ethiopia, Rwanda, Uganda and Zambia.

An early-warning system establishes international networks to help communities manage severe weather on Africa’s largest lake.

Climate change is the most important challenge. It is a daily reality in East Africa despite the region bearing almost none of the responsibility for global emissions.

Co-production of recovery plans with the public is the focus of this week’s Manchester Briefing (Issue 33). The briefing identifies three core barriers to co-production (Pace, Distance [physical and social], and Complexity [of the context]) to provide a broad framework to facilitate co-production of recovery and renewal from COVID.

IIED launches the last of a three-part animation series that recounts the lived experience of climate change loss and damage.

A successful four-year project in East Africa has demonstrated how improved weather, water and climate services save lives and livelihoods

About six million people were affected by floods in 2020, from Rwanda to South Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania and beyond.