Emergencies Publications

Global Humanitarian Platform and Principles of Partnership

ActionAid was one of 40 organisations which met to convene the Global Humanitarian Platform (GHP) in Geneva in July 2006. The goal of the GHP is to enhance the effectiveness of humanitarian action, based onthe perspective that collaboration between actors is vital in order to effectively address humanitarian needs.

The Cluster Approach in Mozambique 2007: Is it Improving Emergency Response? An NGO Perspective (12/5/07)

This report examines the roll-out of the clusters approach in response to the floods in Mozambique in February 2007, from the perspective of an international non-governmental organisation.

We Know What We Need: Asian Women Speak Out About Climate Change Adaptation (11/28/07)

Compensating for Climate Change: Principles and Lessons for Equitable Adaptation Funding (11/20/07)

Rich countries that have been the major contributors to the climate crisis have an obligation to compensate impoverished nations which are bearing the brunt of global warming.

Consolidating the Peace? (25.06.07)

Views from Sierra Leone and Burundi on the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission

Disaster Risk Reduction (05.12.2006)

A policy briefing

BINUB: Good Governance, Security Sector Reform and Enhancing Human Rights (04.10.2006)

The third in a series of studies taking a critical look at the role of the UN in peacebuilding, this time in Burundi.

Food Aid: Briefing Note (26.09.2006)

Despite the universal recognition of every person’s right to food, vulnerability to hunger remains a daily reality for many.

Emergencies Quarterly Update (31.08.2006)

Latest update of ActionAid's emergencies work around the world.

MONUC: Military and Rule of Law Reform - Reducing Violence against Women. Recommendations for change.

The second in a series of studies taking a critical look at the role of the UN in peacebuilding, this time in the DRC.

Tsunami Reponse: A Human Rights Assessment (27.01.2006)

This report assesses the status of post-tsunami reconstruction, highlighting multiple human rights violations in Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, India and the Maldives.

The Evolving UN Cluster Approach in the Aftermath of the Pakistan Earthquake: an NGO perspective (26.01.2006)

The report draws from the experiences of UN agencies, international, national, and local NGOs, and donors in responding to the earthquake, to present an analysis of the cluster experience in Pakistan.

Disaster Risk Reduction: Implementing the Hyogo Framework for Action (16.01.2006)

The Hyogo framework aims to substantially reduce the loss of life as well as the social, economic and environmental losses caused to communities and nations as a result of disasters.

Africa – Up in smoke? The second report from the Working Group on Climate Change and Development (01.06.2006)

People-centred Governance: Reducing Disaster for Poor and Excluded People (15.01.2005)

Briefing for the Kobe World Conference on Disaster Reduction.

In Harm's Way: How International Finance Institutions' policies can increase poor people's vulnerability to disasters (01.01.2005)

Why the World Bank and IMF should mainstream disaster risk reduction into long term development plans.

ActionAid Emergency Strategic Plans 2005-2010 (01.11.04)

Up In Smoke: Threats from, and responses to, the impact of global warming on human development (10.10.2004)

The impact of the War on Terror on aid flows (01.03.2004)

ActionAid Emergency Strategic Plans 2003-2006 (05.11.2003)

Policy paper on violent conflict (01.10.2003)

Food Aid Briefing (01.07.2003)

The role of international food aid in the right to food.

New Emergencies and the Governance Link (01.04.2003)

How can vulnerable people hold governments accountable.