Items tagged:
Humanitarian response
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Tackling loss and damage in vulnerable countries: improving evidence and co-generating pathways to impact
IIED is working with least developed countries, Small Island Developing States and representatives of vulnerable communities to develop a vision for practical action to address loss and damage caused by climate change
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Are humanitarian agencies starting from scratch again in Haiti?
After the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, thousands of humanitarian agencies supported a huge recovery effort. ATwo months ago, another major quake struck. Are Haiti or humanitarian agencies any better equipped for the challenge of rebuilding?
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Humanitarian action is part of climate response – but must be early and locally led
Humanitarian actors could be key players in the global climate response, especially through their efforts to address climate-induced loss and damage. But their actions must be pre-emptive and locally-led. Anna Carthy and Simon Addison look at a new funding mechanism that helps humanitarians scale up local efforts and proactively address climate risks
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Tackling climate change in fragile states and protracted crisis situations
This IIED Debates event on Monday, 18 October explored the role humanitarian agencies can play in tackling climate change in protracted crisis situations
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Urban Crises Learning Fund
Urban areas are increasingly the sites of humanitarian crises, from natural disasters to conflict and displacement. Through a programme of research, documenting and learning from experience and development of tools and approaches, IIED is working to build the knowledge and capacity to respond of humanitarian actors working in urban areas, and of urban actors facing humanitarian crises
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Haiti earthquake 10 years on – a new chapter in disaster response
A decade after the devastating Haiti earthquake, Lucy Earle reflects on the humanitarian response to the tragedy and its urban setting – and the lessons that have been learned for disaster response
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Learning from community planning following the Haiti earthquake
IIED has created an online learning archive to document community planning in post-earthquake Haiti
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Urban crisis response needs a humanitarian sector shake-up
From 'natural disasters' causing large-scale destruction to slow-onset crises such as droughts, through to conflict and persecution, the number of people around the world needing humanitarian assistance is growing – and increasingly, they are found in urban areas
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Urban crises conference: time to put learning into practice
An international conference on how best to respond to humanitarian crises in urban areas ended with calls to put research into practice and to improve engagement with local communities
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Coping with forced displacement: lessons from cities
People forced to leave their homes are often displaced for many years, and most end up in urban areas. So how can host cities become more resilient while managing such crises? A meeting last week shared learning from Africa, Asia and the Middle East, reports Diane Archer
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Unblocking the cycle of water stress, crises and innovation in the Bekaa Valley
Urbanising regions in drylands often face environmental problems – particularly water stress. When people in these areas are also responding to other crises, such as conflict or refugee flows, it becomes difficult for them to implement long-term solutions.
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Towards a humanitarian's handbook for cities in crisis
New research from the Urban Crises Learning Fund's Stronger Cities Initiative explores the tools available to humanitarians responding to urban crises, and asks whether they are fit for purpose
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Finding space for dialogue when urban crises hit
IIED and partners hosted an event at Habitat III that focused on how to strengthen humanitarian responses to crises in urban areas. Teresa Corcoran reports back from Quito
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New research funded to study local markets in the context of urban crises
IIED has announced that five research projects in Africa, Asia and the Middle East have received funding for work to improve our understanding of the effects of urban humanitarian crises on the functioning of local markets
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Responding to transit refugees in Croatia
How do local authorities and humanitarian agencies collaborate when refugees are in transit? An IIED-supported research project is looking at the transit refugee response in Croatia
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New film tracks city's recovery from deadly typhoon
The documentary "Lessons from a storm" follows Tacloban City's recovery after Typhoon Haiyan
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New research funded on protecting the vulnerable in urban humanitarian crises
Seven research projects will receive funding to study how to assist vulnerable urban groups facing humanitarian crises, the International Institute for Environment and Development has announced
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Collaborations in urban humanitarian response – introducing the Global Alliance for Urban Crises
The way we prepare for and react to humanitarian crises in towns and cities will be enhanced by a more collaborative approach
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Revealing the hidden refugees in African cities
A growing number of refugees and displaced people are living in cities in East Africa and the Horn of Africa – but governments are slow to recognise and meet their needs
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Responding to cities under siege
How can humanitarian programmes improve civilian protection in war besieged cities?
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Ten urban planning principles every humanitarian should know
As cities are increasingly where humanitarian action responds to crises, can urban planning principles help humanitarians intervene more effectively?
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Why urbanisation matters in responding to humanitarian crises
While the plight of Syrian refugees trying to get to Europe is grabbing attention, far more are living in cities and towns in the region. IIED hosted a recent workshop to look at how their needs can be best met
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In this war of words, no one is the victor
The Syrian crisis has been described as the worst humanitarian emergency since the Second World War. It is time to put aside the semantics of migrants versus refugees, and face up to the human suffering as a global community
