Environment

On April 24, 2019, the Union of Comoros was hit hard by Cyclone Kenneth, which affected 345,131 people, including more than 185,000, very severely.

The 2019 Human Development Report is the latest in the series of global Human Development Reports published by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) since 1990 as independent, analytically and empirically grounded discussions of major development issues, trends and policies.

The aim of this report was to highlight existing capacities, challenges and gaps, as well as make recommendations for strengthening national and local capacities regarding DRR (including climate change risks) through key sectors.

This document presents the results of the project "Assessment of natural risks in the Comoros" which was commissioned in order to analyse and assess the current situation; main challenges and issues; strengths and weaknesses as well as the country's potential needs for external assistance in disaster risk management.

The Evaluation of Vulnerability to the Risks of Flooding in the Union of the Comoros is a document that:

The extent to which prevention, coping and adaptation differ from country to country is illustrated by this World Risk Report. With the World Risk Index, it provides an analysis of disaster risks worldwide and indicates which countries are in the greatest need to strengthen measures for coping with and adapting to extreme natural events.

The objective of this study is to assess the vulnerability of the population of the Comoros to different hydrometeorological and geological hazards, taking into account the characteristics and specificities of each of the islands of the Union of the Comoros.

This report analyses some of the southern african countries readiness to humanitarian impacts related to their macro-economic conditions, the regional seasonal rainfall forecast, the food, livelihood and nutrition security and the conflict in Democratic Republic of Congo.

This document describes the main results of the Regional Inter-Agency Standing Committee (RIASCO) Action Plan for the El Niño-Induced Drought in Southern Africa 2016/2017.

It includes an analysis by sector, funding, lessons learnt and recommendations and a chapter for developmental risk management solutions.

This document is a revision of the Regional Inter-Agency Standing Committee (RIASCO) Action Plan published in July 2016. It is in support of the Southern African Development Community’s (SADC) Regional Appeal for Humanitarian and Recovery Support.