IQAir Map: United Nations Environmental Programme

This report from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) assesses humanitarian needs worldwide and how to best respond to them. The report provides an overview of global trends, analyzes the drivers of humanitarian need, and discusses response plans and resources needed to effectively support communities and deliver better humanitarian assistance.  In the wake of global conflict, the worsening climate crisis, and widespread economic factors, the world saw record numbers of…

This interactive from the World Food Programme (WFP) highlights the glaring disparity in food affordability around the world, illustrating the cost of a meal relative to daily income, or the “purchasing power,” of 20 countries across Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean. The data indicates how simple ingredients for a stew costs 0.6 percent of a person’s daily income in New York, United States, as compared to 186 percent of a daily income in South…

This report from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) examines the impact of disasters on agriculture and food security worldwide. The report provides estimates of losses caused by disasters over the past three decades, analyzing the increased global threat to agricultural production and its sectors, such as crops, livestock, forestry, fisheries, and aquaculture. The report also explores how global risks—from pandemics to armed conflicts—drive disaster risk in agriculture, threatening people’s livelihoods…