Executive Summary Timor-Leste enters the 2026/27 El Niño period with limited capacity to absorb additional shocks. The latest nationally representative Food Security Assessment found that 42 percent of households were experiencing moderate or severe food insecurity in 2023, reflecting existing vul
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. Purpose: Provide decision-makers and technical partners with a concise, evidence-based regional assessment of how evolving El Niño impacts may interact with agricultural seasons, production systems, markets, rising food prices, rural livelihoods and household food security, and...
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. KEY MESSAGES Fuel and fertilizer prices remained elevated during Q3 2026. Nationwide, diesel prices were up 49% year-on-year (YoY), while urea fertilizer prices in the Tonle Sap provinces increased by 19.4% YoY. Trade with the Middle East remained volatile due to fluctuations i...
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. Food Security and Vulnerability Assessments (FSVAs) track the food security situation in Armenia aiming to assess the food security implications of shocks that the country experi- enced during recent years. The 2026 Food Security and Vulnerability Assessment was carried out in ...
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. An advisory note by UN-Habitat and IGAD providing an anticipatory action framework to help city and municipal leaders prepare for El Niño-related risks. The guide outlines practical measures for translating climate forecasts into early action through effective early warning sys...
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. Across the world, extreme heat, floods, droughts and storms are threatening lives, livelihoods and health, with the greatest impacts often falling on communities already facing poverty, conflict and displacement. With a stronger El Niño expected to bring further extreme weather...
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. Transit Centres (TCs) in East, North and South Ukraine serve as critical reception points for people fleeing conflict, providing rapid, multisectoral support before onward movement. Transit Centres function as reception points for both organized evacuations and other displaced ...
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. In Kenya’s Dadaab Refugee Complex, farmers are finding value in organic waste. They are using it to rear Black Soldier Fly larvae for poultry feed, while the material left behind helps enrich the soil in their vegetable gardens. The approach brings together activities that can ...
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. What happens when MEAL and innovation specialists come together? Over the last several years working with diverse humanitarian innovations, we have seen an important shift in the aid sector’s innovation strategy. Instead of focusing on simple, narrowly defined products, aid sec...
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. Six climate and health actions could save 1.6 million lives and deliver trillions in benefits each year Six proven climate and health measures could save 1.6 million lives a year while delivering trillions of dollars in economic and fiscal gains, according to a new World Health...
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Countries: Kenya, Russian Federation . Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) Conference in Africa Every minute matters: Africa moves to strengthen life-saving search and rescue Mombasa, Kenya, 4 November 2026 – When When disaster strikes, minutes can mean the difference between life and...
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. By the end of May, there was an increase in suspected cases,” recalls Dr Jean Claude Lonzama, Chief Medical Officer of the Nizi health zone. “We launched the first response actions against this virus in our health zone, but the outbreak reached its most critical level in July.”...
