Environmental Emergencies and Urbanization

Author(s)
Wahlström, E.
Publication language
English
Pages
23pp
Date published
01 Feb 2014
Publisher
OCHA and UNEP
Type
Presentations
Keywords
Disaster preparedness, resilience and risk reduction, Disasters, Environment & climate, Urban
Organisations
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)

A joint presentation from UNEP and OCHA bringing together the topics of urbanization and environmental emergencies. Main topics of discussion:
 

Joint UNEP/OCHA Environment Unit

Urbanization and environmental emergencies

Urbanization as a megatrend

Environmental emergency risk

Next steps and opportunities for collaboration