Where Humanitarianism and Environmentalism Meet
Climate-driven humanitarian disasters are demonstrating why resilience and adaptation must become a high priority alongside climate-change mitigation. This reformulation of priorities will have far-reaching implications for the humanitarian sector.
NEW YORK – This year has been marked by horrendous humanitarian crises in eastern Africa and Afghanistan and terrifying climate-driven events around the world. But these issues are rarely discussed together because each is subject to different United Nations processes, different government departments, and different advocacy campaigns.