Dec 2, 2022
Drought is one of the ‘most destructive’ natural disasters in terms of the loss of life, arising from impacts, such as wide-scale crop failure, wildfires and water stress. Droughts are one of the “most feared natural phenomena in the world;” they devastate farmland,...
Feb 2, 2022
Years of political unrest, under-investment in agriculture, and repeated earthquakes and storms have left 4.3 million people facing acute hunger. Source: Can Haiti rebuild a food system broken by disaster, historical injustice, and neglect? The New Humanitarian, by...
Jan 12, 2022
“Build back better” became a guiding mantra after the earthquake struck in 2010, but Haiti has struggled to follow it and prepare for future disasters. Source: Have the lessons of Haiti’s 2010 earthquake been learned? The New Humanitarian, by Dumas Maçon and Jessica...