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Disasters and conflicts

We work to minimize the environmental causes and consequences of crises.

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More than two billion people have been affected by disasters and conflicts since 2000. Where we work

The Work

A woman from Mangatsiotra village in Madagascar harvests rambo grass, a valuable weaving material that has high resilience to drought

Environment Security

Inundação

Response and Recovery

Disaster Risk Reduction

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A man holding a pan full of mud

Story

Can the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s mineral resources provide a pathway to peace?

A man stands beside a portable dam segment

Story

Can this portable dam help Africa counter rising waters?

Wildfire in Chilean Tierra del Fuego

Story

How countries can tackle devastating peatland wildfires

Youth protest in Washington DC

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Young people call for intergenerational solidarity on the climate crisis

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