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Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2023
Mapping Resilience for the Sustainable Development Goals
Series: Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR)
( Print: December 2023,
PDF: September 2023
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Global warming will surpass 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels during the next decade, due to greenhouse gas emissions. The constant rise in temperatures and related impacts combine with other...
Global warming will surpass 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels during the next decade, due to greenhouse gas emissions. The constant rise in temperatures and related impacts combine with other...
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Trade in Processed Food
( PDF: February 2024
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This technical paper focuses on efforts by the WHO and UNCTAD Statistics to define and measure international trade flows in food items according to various levels of processing. It reviews and...
This technical paper focuses on efforts by the WHO and UNCTAD Statistics to define and measure international trade flows in food items according to various levels of processing. It reviews and...
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Towards a Statistical Framework for the Measurement of Tax and Commercial Illicit Financial Flows
( Print: February 2024,
PDF: February 2024
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This paper focuses on efforts by eleven African countries to measure tax and commercial IFFs. It reviews and assesses development of concepts and methods, and their pilot testing. As such, it draws...
This paper focuses on efforts by eleven African countries to measure tax and commercial IFFs. It reviews and assesses development of concepts and methods, and their pilot testing. As such, it draws...
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SDG Pulse 2022
UNCTAD Takes the Pulse of the SDGs
Series: SDG Pulse
( Print: April 2023,
PDF: April 2023
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SDG pulse provides quantitative assessments of progress with the 2030 Agenda through both a selection of official SDG indicators as well as complementary data and statistics. It also presents recent...
SDG pulse provides quantitative assessments of progress with the 2030 Agenda through both a selection of official SDG indicators as well as complementary data and statistics. It also presents recent...
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Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Trade and Development
Lessons Learned
This report aims at documenting and assessing shifts that the COVID-19 crisis has triggered in economies, societies and cooperation in UNCTAD’s core areas of work: the integrated treatment of trade...
This report aims at documenting and assessing shifts that the COVID-19 crisis has triggered in economies, societies and cooperation in UNCTAD’s core areas of work: the integrated treatment of trade...
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Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2021
Special Report on Drought
Series: Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR)
( Print: July 2021,
PDF: August 2021
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Droughts have deep, widespread and underestimated impacts on societies, ecosystems, and economies. They incur costs that are borne disproportionately by the most vulnerable people. The extensive...
Droughts have deep, widespread and underestimated impacts on societies, ecosystems, and economies. They incur costs that are borne disproportionately by the most vulnerable people. The extensive...
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Gender-responsive and Disability-Inclusive Early Warning and Early Action in the Pacific Region
Findings and Recommendations for Future Action
The report explores the barriers, challenges and opportunities to strengthening gender-responsive and disability-inclusive early warning early action in the Pacific, focusing on existing policies...
The report explores the barriers, challenges and opportunities to strengthening gender-responsive and disability-inclusive early warning early action in the Pacific, focusing on existing policies...
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2023 Global Survey Report on Persons with Disabilities and Disasters
( PDF: October 2023
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The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 recognizes persons with disabilities as contributing stakeholders, emphasizing the need for inclusion in all DRR policies and practices. To...
The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 recognizes persons with disabilities as contributing stakeholders, emphasizing the need for inclusion in all DRR policies and practices. To...
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Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2019
Series: Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR)
( Print: July 2019,
PDF: June 2019
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This report is the product of the contributions of nations, public and private risk-related science and research experts, amongst others. It contributes to achieving the Sendai Framework for Disaster...
This report is the product of the contributions of nations, public and private risk-related science and research experts, amongst others. It contributes to achieving the Sendai Framework for Disaster...
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Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2022
Our World at Risk: Transforming Governance for a Resilient Future
Series: Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR)
( Print: May 2022,
PDF: May 2022
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The central question for this year's report is how governance systems can evolve to better address the systemic risks of the future. In today’s crowded and interconnected world, disaster impacts...
The central question for this year's report is how governance systems can evolve to better address the systemic risks of the future. In today’s crowded and interconnected world, disaster impacts...
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Human Cost of Disasters
An Overview of the Last 20 Years 2000-2019
The last twenty years has seen the number of major floods more than double, from 1,389 to 3,254, while the incidence of storms grew from 1,457 to 2,034. Floods and storms were the most prevalent...
The last twenty years has seen the number of major floods more than double, from 1,389 to 3,254, while the incidence of storms grew from 1,457 to 2,034. Floods and storms were the most prevalent...