This report, released to mark the Midterm Review of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction at the UN in New York, presents some of the EU’s key initiatives on the road to strengthening...
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The Union of Comoros, made up of the three islands of Grand Comore, Anjouan_and_Moheli, faces a range of natural disasters including volcanic eruptions, cyclones, flash floods, torrential rains...
Botswana is one of the world’s most drought-prone countries, with multiple, multi-year droughts recorded since the 1950s. Drought adversely affects fragile food and agricultural production, disrupts water...
Approximately one-third of the people in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region live in drought-prone areas. Meteorological drought causes substantial socio-economic hardships, decline in public...
Drought is endemic to Zambia, due in part to below-average precipitation, particularly during the seasonal rains. The country has a history of drought years: 1987/88, 1991/92, 1994/95, 1997/98...