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UNHCR warns rising tide of hunger, insecurity, and underfunding worsening gender-based violence risks
Worsening socio-economic conditions, new and ongoing conflicts and humanitarian funding shortfalls are increasing the risk of gender-based violence for forcibly displaced women and girls, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is warning today. “A toxic mix of crises —...![Displaced people from climate frontlines raise their voices at COP27](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/6377b7674-966x675.png)
Displaced people from climate frontlines raise their voices at COP27
At this year’s climate summit, displaced people warned that their attempts to adapt to the changing climate are being overwhelmed by repeated extreme weather events. By Kristy Siegfried | 18 November 2022 As talks at this year’s UN Climate Conference – COP27 –...![UN warns of worsening conflict and displacement in Sahel without immediate climate action](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/6373c0cf4.png)
UN warns of worsening conflict and displacement in Sahel without immediate climate action
Without urgent investment in climate mitigation and adaptation, countries in the Sahel risk decades of armed conflict and displacement exacerbated by rising temperatures, resource scarcity and food insecurity, the UN Special Coordinator for Development in the Sahel...![Displaced people join efforts to adapt to climate change in Mozambique](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/unchr-displaced-1.webp)
Displaced people join efforts to adapt to climate change in Mozambique
With UNHCR’s help, refugees and internally displaced people hit by cyclones are building new homes that can withstand the impacts of climate change. By Hélène Caux in Corrane and Maratane, Nampula province, Mozambique “I had never experienced such strong winds and...![Former ‘nature beginner’ is now on the front lines of the fight against climate change](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/unhcr-blog-nature-5.jpg)
Former ‘nature beginner’ is now on the front lines of the fight against climate change
By Jenny Barchfield in Guatemala For Joshua, a refugee who fled gang violence, protecting the threatened tropical forests of his host country, Guatemala, has become both a calling and a moral imperative. When he thinks back to his life back before he arrived in...![How Thailand’s grassroots organizations are working to end statelessness](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/634fbb363.jpg)
How Thailand’s grassroots organizations are working to end statelessness
Community volunteers are helping stateless people in ethnic minority villages navigate the complex process of applying for nationality. By Apipar Norapoompipat in Chiang Mai, Thailand | 04 November 2022 | Français Tucked away in rolling green mountains some 60...![UNHCR’s Grandi urges action to resolve plight of stateless ‘living in the shadows’](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/6182ab4e3.png)
UNHCR’s Grandi urges action to resolve plight of stateless ‘living in the shadows’
Stronger efforts are needed to resolve the plight of those who lack a nationality, urged UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, today on the 8th anniversary of UNHCR’s global #IBelong Campaign to End Statelessness. Affecting at least 4.3 million people,...![UNHCR’s Grandi sounds alarm as drought grips Horn of Africa](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/6357fa824.jpeg)
UNHCR’s Grandi sounds alarm as drought grips Horn of Africa
NAIROBI – As he concluded a five-day visit to Somalia and Kenya on Tuesday, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, called on global leaders to spare no efforts in assisting countries in the Horn of Africa to break the cycle of conflict and climate crises....![Data shows impacts of rising prices and shrinking aid on forcibly displaced people](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/634953dc4.png)