Listing new challenges facing the humanitarian community, this technical document emphasizes that “climate change, population growth, rapid and unplanned urbanization, and food and water insecurity are leaving more and more people at risk of crisis.” The report explains that today’s major humanitarian crises are protracted or recurrent due to climate, conflict and price shocks that affect the most vulnerable populations.
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Organization: OCHA
Topics: Agriculture and Food, Water, Environment, Population Dynamics, COP22 List of UN Publications
Type of material: Analytical-Technical Document
Publication date: 2013
Language: English