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The study aligns with the World Bank’s growing focus on One Health approach to preparing for and addressing zoonotic and emerging infectious diseases.
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The concurrence of environmental degradation, worsening climatic change, and widespread violence has underpinned a multitude of claims, mostly in public policy circles and by journalists, that these conflicts are the world’s first “climate wars.”
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
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This study evaluates the effectiveness of flood disaster risk preparedness and anticipatory action in mitigating flooding risks in flood-prone communities within the Blue Nile region of Sudan.
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The main objective of this research was to assist policymakers in establishing a mechanism for public participation in Sudan to enable communities to be engaged in improving flood risk management.
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This seismic risk profile of Sudan, produced by the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation summarizes key metrics of seismic risk, allowing stakeholders in risk management to get an overview of the risk in the country.
South Sudanese woman carrying her baby through polluted sand field.
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This International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction focuses on communities like Wada’a Sudan struggling with inequality and the climate crisis. To counter water shortages and foster peace, UNEP launched a project to improve water management in the area.
United Nations Environment Programme
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The Greater Horn of Africa is finally emerging from three years of devastating drought, with above average rainfall predicted for the forthcoming season. But it is accompanied by the risk that flooding will impact local communities and livelihoods.
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
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Resurgence today announced the launch of the DARAJA East Africa Scale Up Programme, spanning cities in the East and Greater Horn of Africa, creating at a stroke Africa’s most ambitious and inclusive urban early warning initiative.
Resurgence

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