NORCAP's Annual Report of 2020 is now out!
Read about how we found new ways of protecting vulnerable people's lives and rights during the global pandemic, in areas such as education, gender-based violence and cash and voucher distribution.
https://t.co/D3fzAG7Ovg
"Women provide the bulk of the labour on farms, yet they have little or no access to weather and climate information."
Learn more about the imporant work of two Kenyan climate journalists, in this interesting piece by expert Collison Winga w/@icpac_igad
https://t.co/4Uh34kMeHy
- The #Doughnut is a model for sustainable living. Leave no one in the hole, but also let no one live outside the limits of the planet, the circle of the doughnut, says @KateRaworth at the #Noradkonf
Cyclone #Eloise caused severe damage and flooding on large swathes of the coast of Mozambique.
Scenes from Quelimane (about 300 km from landfall in Beira)
Via WMOs Filipe Lucio
When #ClimateChange strikes, women are disproportionately affected.
NORCAPs female climate experts are working to counteract just that, providing crucial #ClimateInformation to women in rural communities in Africa. Read their stories here:
https://t.co/JaHp0TmzPs
When #ClimateChange strikes, women are disproportionately affected.
NORCAPs female climate experts are working to counteract just that, providing crucial #ClimateInformation to women in rural communities in Africa. Read their stories here:
https://t.co/JaHp0TmzPs
Today´s election win is an opportunity for the US government to reset its relationship with the world, put “Humanity First” and be a trusted, principled global humanitarian leader. But can the Biden Administration do it? Yes it can. Here´s what needs to happen in 100 days. Thread
Canada has announced its new immigration plan including more than 4000 additional refugee resettlement places/year, bringing its annual resettlement programme to 35000 places.
This is humanitarian leadership.
Thank you.
@JustinTrudeau@marcomendicino@karinagould
Teaching children how to wash their hands helps save lives. It can also be fun! Thanks to @Sida, #refugee children living in Bekaa, #Lebanon, received soap, face masks, colouring books and crayons this #GlobalHandwashingDay.
World Tsunami Awareness Day is November 5. Interesting to note that #earthquakes and related #tsunamis have killed more people than floods and storms over last 20 years. #ItsAllAboutGovernance land use, building codes, early warning and public awareness on #TsunamiDay
Today is the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction.
#DRR is a vital part of our work on climate services, with three NORCAP experts supporting the #GFCS in West Africa. Thanks to #WMO for marking the importance of #DRR by launching this report!
https://t.co/BJwsMs4yYz
If governments fail to halve global emissions by 2030, livelihoods will be shattered and millions of humans displaced. The Norwegian government @Regjeringen is steering towards cutting less than half their #ParisAgreement emissions target. We strongly urge them to pick up pace.
"Food security is key to long-lasting peace and development. This prize is a recognition of the valuable effects of working across the humanitarian, development and peacebuilding sectors”, says @NORCAPBenedicte.
Congratulations again - #NobelPeacePrize winner @WFP!
"Their livelihood depends on the informed decisions made based on the forecasts they receive".
Excellent example of The Power of Radio & #ClimateServices by NORCAP expert Collison Lorez and @icpac_igad colleagues🙌
https://t.co/yUvtL4LydC
Climate prediction is key to help save crops and reduce flood risk.
We are proud to be part of the new project CONFER (Co-production of Climate Services for East Africa) for solutions to meet climate change:
https://t.co/4lxSGorlgp
#Climateservices#Horizon2020 @icpac_igad