News Monitor

The brief highlights importance of integrating environmental considerations into humanitarian action as conflict, climate change and economic turbulence increasingly force people to flee their homes.

Since 15 April 2023, more than 11 million people have been forced to flee their homes. Some end up in camps – but most are sheltering in the homes of families living in the country’s largest cities.

Four imbalances explain the global deterioration - hard power overwhelming diplomacy, civilians bearing the brunt of war, climate crisis adding to humanitarian need, and economic inequality.

The appeal will target the entire population of Gaza, estimated at 2.1 million people, and 900,000 people in the West Bank. For the West Bank, this reflects an incremental increase compared with 2024.

The appeal will target the entire population of Gaza, estimated at 2.1 million people, and 900,000 people in the West Bank. For the West Bank, this reflects an incremental increase compared with 2024.

Child trafficking, trafficking for forced labour and forced criminality are rising as poverty, conflict and climate leave more people vulnerable to exploitation, according to the UNODC report.

More than 44 donors announced pledges of approximately US$351 million for the Central Emergency Response Fund for 2025, marking a 16 per cent decline from last year's total.

More than 20,000 Sudanese crossed into South Sudan last week – tripling the number of daily arrivals on previous weeks. Since Saturday, there have been an additional 7,000–10,000 new arrivals daily.

Renewed clashes are compromising deliveries, including at Zamzam, which has come under fire recently, disrupting voucher distributions. The unrest has also delayed the arrival of more life-saving aid.

As of 8 December, more than one million people are displaced. This is in the context of 3.5 million displaced in north-west Syria before the latest developments, of whom two million live in camps.

Myanmar is facing a deepening humanitarian crisis as it struggles to recover from the impact of Typhoon Yagi, which caused flooding and landslides affecting over 1.1 million people across 70 townships.

The war is taking an increasingly heavy toll on children’s mental health, with some developing speech defects and uncontrollable twitching, while others have nightmares and even scream in their sleep.

More than 90% of Gaza’s population is displaced. As winter approaches, the urgency of establishing robust site-management systems across Gaza cannot be overstated, according to DRC.

Syrians have an unprecedented opportunity to chart a new future built on justice, accountability and respect for rights. The dream of accountability for past brutality is closer to becoming reality.

Syrians have an unprecedented opportunity to chart a new future built on justice, accountability and respect for rights. The dream of accountability for past brutality is closer to becoming reality.