Keyword Archives: natural disasters

Climate Change as a Driver of Humanitarian Crises and Response

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This paper explores the relationships between climate change, humanitarian crises and humanitarian response through a review of published and grey literature. We examine the historical evidence for associations between climate change and humanitarian crises, and move on to a brief review of present humanitarian crises directly attributable to disasters triggered by climatological events. Finally, we look at three interrelated aspects of future trends: changing weather patterns, increasing societal vulnerabilities, and shifting demographics.


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Disaster globalization

The tsunami and earthquakes that hit the Indian Ocean 26th December 2004 caused a disaster so extreme and so unusual that it pushed all our models of response to the limit.


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Smoke and mirrors: deficiencies in disaster funding

By P. Walker, B. Wisner, J. Leaning, and L. Minear. British Medical Journal. Vol 330, 247-250


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Victims of Natural Disaster and the Right of Humanitarian Assistance

By P.J.C. Walker. International Review of the Red Cross, No 325, December 1998, p611-617.


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