---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: IRIN <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2012 08:34:27 -0000 Subject: HORN OF AFRICA: IRIN weekly humanitarian round-up 659 30 November 2012 To: Elisabeth Janaina <[email protected]>
IRINnews logo <http://www.irinnews.org/> humanitarian news and analysis a service of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Table of contents 1. CLIMATE CHANGE: Underfunding leaves poor unable to adapt 2. CLIMATE CHANGE: Natural disasters made history in 2011 3. DJIBOUTI: Rising food insecurity fuels migration 4. CLIMATE CHANGE: Migration not always a way to adapt 5. CLIMATE CHANGE: When adaptation does not work 6. FOOD: Decoding food security 7. In Brief: One-stop site for climate change & food facts 8. HEALTH: Predicting the next zoonotic pandemic 9. SOMALIA: Illegal migration on the rise in Somaliland _____ CLIMATE CHANGE: Underfunding leaves poor unable to adapt <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=96893> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2012/201210091605480129t.jpg> JOHANNESBURG, 26 November 2012 (IRIN) - As the UN climate change talks get underway in Doha on 26 November, a series of new papers is highlighting unresolved issues and raising questions about the quality and quantity of aid being made available to help poor countries adapt to a warming earth. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=96893> _____ CLIMATE CHANGE: Natural disasters made history in 2011 <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=96895> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2011/201111091319230720t.jpg> JOHANNESBURG, 27 November 2012 (IRIN) - Many of the worst natural disasters of 2011 were also the most severe the affected countries had ever experienced, revealed the Global Climate Risk Index (CRI) 2013, which was released in Doha on 27 November. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=96895> _____ DJIBOUTI: Rising food insecurity fuels migration <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=96904> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2012/201211271324540584t.jpg> BALBALA, 27 November 2012 (IRIN) - Successive years of poor rains have eroded the coping mechanisms of pastoralists in Djibouti's rural regions, even as high food prices and unemployment rates afflict the country's urban areas. These factors are increasing the vulnerability to food insecurity and spurring migration. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=96904> _____ CLIMATE CHANGE: Migration not always a way to adapt <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=96917> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2010/201002231215470313t.jpg> JOHANNESBURG, 28 November 2012 (IRIN) - As the impact of climate change unfolds, many have predicted forbidding scenarios of millions of impoverished people flooding into often affluent countries. Yet a ground-breaking study released on 28 November reveals a more nuanced relationship between climate variability and migration, which could provide insight into how events might transpire in the coming years. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=96917> _____ CLIMATE CHANGE: When adaptation does not work <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=96925> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2012/201208100940420825t.jpg> JOHANNESBURG, 29 November 2012 (IRIN) - People in developing countries have been learning to adapt to increasing salinity, erratic rains and, in some instances, frequent flooding as the climate changes. But a new study has taken a closer look at some of these adaptation strategies and found that, past a certain threshold, they cease to work. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=96925> _____ FOOD: Decoding food security <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=96931> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2012/201210231238090906t.jpg> JOHANNESBURG, 30 November 2012 (IRIN) - Most of the world consumes bread, the cost of which has spiralled this year thanks to climatic shocks, worsening food security for millions. But a significant scientific breakthrough could see the development of extreme-climate -tolerant and disease- resistant varieties of wheat much sooner than previously possible. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=96931> _____ In Brief: One-stop site for climate change & food facts <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=96933> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2012/201209091432080181t.jpg> JOHANNESBURG, 30 November 2012 (IRIN) - About one-third of food produced for human consumption gets lost or is wasted globally. This amounts to about 1.3 billion tons per year, the equivalent of six to 10 percent of greenhouse gas emissions generated by human beings. This and many more quick facts on the links between agriculture and climate change can be found in a set of "Big Facts" released on 30 November by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=96933> _____ HEALTH: Predicting the next zoonotic pandemic <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=96934> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2012/201211301525500403t.jpg> LONDON, 30 November 2012 (IRIN) - Chances are high the world's next pandemic will be a disease originating in animals, like 60 percent of current documented human infectious diseases. Even after hundreds of thousands of human deaths from zoonoses (diseases transmitted from animals to humans), experts say there is still limited information about how zoonoses are spread or just how to predict the next outbreak. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=96934> _____ SOMALIA: Illegal migration on the rise in Somaliland <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=96948> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2009/200910230930160227t.jpg> HARGEISA, 3 December 2012 (IRIN) - More youths from the self-declared republic of Somaliland are illegally migrating from the region, mainly due to a lack of jobs, traveling through Ethiopia, Sudan and Libya on their way to Europe, say officials. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=96948> _____ [This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] Feedback <http://www.irinnews.org/websitefeedback.aspx> | Terms & Conditions <http://www.irinnews.org/copyright.aspx> | RSS feeds News Feeds <http://www.irinnews.org/RSS.aspx> | About IRIN <http://www.irinnews.org/about.aspx> | Jobs <http://www.irinnews.org/jobs.aspx> | Donors <http://www.irinnews.org/donors.aspx> Copyright © IRIN 2012. All rights reserved. This material comes to you via IRIN, the humanitarian news and analysis service of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. The opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the United Nations or its Member States. The boundaries, names and designations used on maps on this site and links to external sites do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the UN. 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