Source: European Commission’s Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations Country: Bangladesh, Myanmar This comes on top of the €33 million funding and aims to ensure life-saving assistance to refugees, IDPs and host communities across Northern Rakhine State and Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh. The European Commission is releasing […]

The role of forests in Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) of Asia-Pacific countries is key, especially in areas of afforestation, forest fire management, reduced deforestation, biodiversity management and improved forest management. Currently, 22 out of 25 countries in the region include forestry in their adaptation commitments. The implications of Nationally Determined […]

Source: International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies Country: Somalia Between 6 to 8 December 2019, a tropical cyclone caused flash floods and storms in Puntland. The most affected households need urgent humanitarian assistance. A. Situation analysis Description of the disaster The Tropical Storm (TS) initially named SIX […]

Economists have long been debating whether we can grow our economies forever without destroying the planet. A variety of answers exists and one in particular captures the imagination of an increasing number of people. It is called degrowth. The idea of degrowth is simple. Instead of aiming for endless growth […]