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UNEP/OCHA Joint Environment Unit – Environmental Emergencies Centre Factsheet

9th July 2020

This factsheet provides an overview of the Environmental Emergencies Centre (EEC), an online tool designed to strengthen the capacities of national responders and humanitarians to respond to environmental dimensions of emergencies. The UNEP/OCHA Joint Environment Unit (JEU) acts as the custodian of the site. The EEC was established… Read More

Remote Sensing for Risk Analyses in Fragile Contexts

4th June 2020

This study, conducted in 2020, sheds light on a variety of potentials and pitfalls of remote sensing for disaster risk analyses in fragile contexts. This topic gains importance in light of the need to formulate more systemic and better-integrated approaches to risk-informed development. Evidence-based policy recommendations encourage organizational learning and… Read More

Asbestos and Humanitarian Response – A Life-Threatening Humanitarian Challenge

30th May 2020

This summary summarizes the session from the Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Week on Asbestos and Humanitarian response, from February 2020. Core questions posed in the session included (1) what the immediate actions, which can be taken to reduce the asbestos risks in post-disaster operations, and (2) What the long-term… Read More

Humanitarian Needs Overview – Annex III – Developing an environmentally sensitive HNO

26th February 2020

Download the two page annex here. Integrating… Read More

Scoping Study: Coordinated Assessment for Environmental and Humanitarian Action

7th August 2019

Throughout the humanitarian programme cycle of disaster preparedness, response, and recovery, a range of guidelines, manuals, toolkits and mechanisms have been developed to support the decision-making assessment process. However, no single mechanism or tool is comprehensive or accepted as standard operating procedure. Furthermore, the extent to which environmental assessments are… Read More

Terms of Reference: Working Group on Environmental Analysis for Humanitarian Action

18th July 2019

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

UNEP/OCHA Joint Environment Unit – IKI Project Factsheet

12th July 2019

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