UNEP/OCHA Joint Environment Unit – Response Activities Factsheet
This factsheet describes the emergency response services undertaken by the UN Environment/OCHA Joint Unit following assistance requests by Member States. Read More
UNEP/OCHA Joint Environment Unit – IKI Project Factsheet
This factsheet describes the UN Environment/OCHA Joint Unit's role in the IKI project, an inter-agency project aiming to strengthen climate change adaptation in vulnerable communities. Read More
Terms of Reference: Working Group on Environmental Analysis for Humanitarian Action
This document details the objectives of the Working Group on Remote Environmental Analysis for Humanitarian Action, which has been set up as part of the Joint Initiative project. Read More
Guidelines for Environmental Assessment Following Chemical Emergencies
Guidance document by the Joint UNEP/OCHA Environment Unit to assist the disseminating of information amongst the international community and identifying the exact type of international assistance required. Read More
Reducing environmental impact in humanitarian response – Sphere Thematic Sheet
Sphere recently published a new resource that offers hands-on guidance to practitioners looking to consider environmental issues in their humanitarian programmes. It is the first in a series of thematic sheets that will discuss some of the core issues in humanitarian response and the 2018 Sphere Handbook’s relevance to… Read More
Scoping review on Environmental Footprint of humanitarian assistance for DG ECHO
This study, conducted in 2020 by Groupe URD on behalf of DG ECHO, analyses the environmental footprint of humanitarian assistance. The report looks into both operational and programmatic approaches of areas spanning the greening of offices through to what type of seeds to distribute in livelihood programmes. The… Read More
Evaluating Climate Vulnerability in Humanitarian Hotspots
This study, conducted in 2019, focuses on the definition of climate vulnerability with operational and political perspectives and delivers guidelines for assessing climate vulnerability in long-term crises, such as in conflict-affected countries and recurrent disaster-prone areas. The research draws on an extensive academic literature review in the fields of biology, political… Read More
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