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Disasters and conflicts

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

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The Challenge

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

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A woman from Mangatsiotra village in Madagascar harvests rambo grass, a valuable weaving material that has high resilience to drought
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Crude impact: cleaning up the ravages of war in Iraq

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Darfur’s troubled waters hold key to peace

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Inger Andersen calls for peace for the environment

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Nobels shed light on hunger crisis

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Carbon Emissions
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1/5 of global black carbon emissions come from the transport sector.

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