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World: World poverty distribution: Infant mortality as poverty indicator (as...

Source: UN Environment ProgrammeCountry: WorldWorld poverty distribution. Three-quarters of all poor people still live in rural areas. They are heavily reliant on natural resources for their...

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World: World: Distribution of mortality risk associated with earthquakes (10...

Source: UN Environment Programme, UN International Strategy for Disaster ReductionCountry: WorldThe map shows the geographic distribution of mortality risk as modelled for each 10 km × 10 km square of...

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World: World: Distribution of mortality risk associated with floods (10 x 10...

Source: UN Environment Programme, UN International Strategy for Disaster ReductionCountry: WorldDisaster risk for floods has been calculated for large rural flood events. The risk calculations do not...

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World: Impacts on drought on livestock numbers in selected African countries...

Source: UN Environment ProgrammeCountry: WorldWater scarcity in terms of drought or depleted groundwater could therefore have great impacts on livestock and rangelands. These interactions are also...

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occupied Palestinian territory: oPt: Environmental Assessment of the Gaza...

Source: UN Environment ProgrammeCountry: occupied Palestinian territoryNote: Document is 15 pages of maps from UNEP's Environmental Assessment of the Gaza Strip. Note: Map production date estimated

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World: World: Global Risk Data Platform

Source: UN Environment ProgrammeCountry: WorldThis application is the new generation of PREVIEW initiated in 1999 by UNEP. It is now supported by UNEP, UNDP/BCPR (GRIP), UNISDR and the World Bank. The...

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Central African Republic: Ebola - A Central Africa decennal course (as of...

Source: UN Environment ProgrammeCountry: Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the CongoNote: Map production date estimated.Ebola - A Central Africa decennal course, 1994-2003. Ebola...

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World: Environmental Atlas of Europe

Source: European Space Agency, European Union, UN Environment ProgrammeCountry: WorldNote: Various map dates

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Pakistan: Victims and affected people in Pakistan flood, August 2010 (as of...

Source: UN Environment ProgrammeCountry: Pakistan

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Pakistan: Recent Flood Events in the Hindu Kush-Himalaya Region

Source: UN Environment ProgrammeCountry: Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan

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World: Enviromental Emergencies Section Activities (as of 31 Dec 2011)

Source: ReliefWeb, UN Environment Programme, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian AffairsCountry: WorldThe Joint UNEP/OCHA Environment Unit (JEU) is a collaborative arrangement between the...

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Bangladesh: Recent flood events in the Hindu Kush-Himalaya region (as of 8...

Source: UN Environment ProgrammeCountry: Bangladesh, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, TajikistanExtreme vulnerability to natural hazards among countries in South Asia is cyclical and repeatedly...

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Iraq: Iraq: Climate change in Iraq, June 2012

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, Inter-Agency Information and Analysis Unit, UN Children's Fund, UN Environment ProgrammeCountry: Iraq

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Bangladesh: Bangladesh: Field Observations for Oil Spill Response in the...

Source: Government of Bangladesh, UN Environment Programme, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian AffairsCountry: BangladeshSundarbans Oil Spill Assessment: Joint United Nations/Government of...

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Bangladesh: Bangladesh: Extent of Oil in the Sundarbans (December 2014)

Source: Government of Bangladesh, UN Environment Programme, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian AffairsCountry: BangladeshSundarbans Oil Spill Assessment: Joint United Nations/Government of...

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Bangladesh: Bangladesh: Affected Communities Near the Oil Spill Site in the...

Source: Government of Bangladesh, UN Environment Programme, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian AffairsCountry: BangladeshSundarbans Oil Spill Assessment: Joint United Nations/Government of...

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World: Global Change in Land Productivity 1981-2003

Source: UN Environment ProgrammeCountry: WorldLosses in land productivity due to land degradation. Unsustainable practices in irrigation and production may lead to increased salinization of soil,...

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World: World: Agricultural international land leases (as of 2008)

Source: UN Environment ProgrammeCountry: WorldAn increasing number of countries are leasing land abroad to sustain and secure their food production. Data are preliminary only. The world regions are...

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World: Africa: Change in potential cereal output, 2080

Source: UN Environment ProgrammeCountry: WorldImpacts of climate change on cereal output in Africa. Water is essential not only to survival but is also equally or even more important than nutrients in...

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World: World: Major conflicts since 1990 and Military expenditure 2002

Source: UN Environment ProgrammeCountry: WorldCrushed by war and world conflicts. Conflicts increase the risk of food supply instability tremendously (Figure 31). Countries in conflict and...

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