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Significant numbers of dead fish were reported in the river La Pasión in the Petén region in Guatemala during two instances in April and June 2015. Pesticide contamination or the depletion of...
This report presents the results of an environmental scoping mission by the UN Environment Programme / OCHA Joint Environment Unit (JEU) and Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) to Bidibidi Refugee...
The WASH Environmental Collection collates resources from UNICEF, USAID, WASH Alliance International, WaterAid, and others which disucss the relationship between WASH and Environmental...
The UN Environment/OCHA Joint Unit Factsheet describes the actions the Unit undertakes in its role to respond to the environmental dimensions of emergencies. It goes into detail on how the Unit...
Les prévisions actuelles indiquent une augmentation de la fréquence et de l’intensité des catastrophes associées au changement climatique. Ces risques, qu’ils soient à déclenchement soudain ou...
This factsheet describes the supporting role the UN Environment/OCHA Joint Unit (JEU) plays in disaster waste management activities. Disasters can generate large quantities of waste, which become...
This factsheet provides an overview of the UN Environment/OCHA Joint Unit’s IKI Project, an inter-agency project which aims to strengthen climate change adaptation in target humanitarian hotspots...
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-...