Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability

This curated collection includes teaching cases that could serve as useful resources for educators teaching about topics that are relevant to COVID-19, including but not limited to: pandemic risk preparedness, mitigation and response; policy coordination between federal, state and local government; drugs, vaccines and supply chains; international collective action and global governance. Cases include both domestic and international experiences with SARS, H1N1, H5N1, Ebola and COVID-19. While some cases are older, they represent the challenges,…

This Lancet Series reviews the progress on maternal and child undernutrition globally, examining the burden of undernutrition and summarizing evidence-based interventions for improving nutrition outcomes. The papers find that despite some progress, maternal and child undernutrition remains a critical global health concern, especially for low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) where the prevalence of undernutrition remains high. The papers in this series emphasize the importance of maternal nutrition outcomes in improving child nutrition and present a…

This special report from the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) focuses on the cascading effects of droughts on societies, ecosystems, economies. Climate change is increasing the duration and frequency of droughts, which disproportionately impact the world's most vulnerable by exacerbating food insecurity, poverty, and conflict. This report outlines drought impacts, strategies for risk assessment, policies supporting risk reduction and management, and lived experiences. It culminates with recommendations of how to empower adaptive…