Humanitarian Action and the Environment. Essential Guidance for Humanitarian Actors

Publication language
English
Pages
8pp
Date published
19 Jul 2022
Publisher
The Environment and Humanitarian Action
Type
Guidance
Keywords
Disaster preparedness, resilience and risk reduction
Organisations
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Disasters and conflicts, as well as relief and recovery operations, impact the environment in ways that threaten human life, health, livelihoods and security. Failure to address these risks can undermine the relief process, causing additional loss of life, displacement, aid dependency and increased vulnerability. Disaster managers and humanitarian workers can take action to avoid this. This document helps to explain how.