{"id":12571,"date":"2022-11-07T12:20:21","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T12:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/?p=12571"},"modified":"2022-11-07T12:20:21","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T12:20:21","slug":"un-to-assess-humanitarian-needs-across-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/2022\/11\/un-to-assess-humanitarian-needs-across-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"UN to assess humanitarian needs across Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"

KABUL (SW) – The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Aid (OCHA) has announced the annual assessment of humanitarian needs in Afghanistan.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The OCHA said in a statement that these assessments are done to detect damages caused by poverty, covid-19, natural disasters, political instability and economic crisis in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

“Afghanistan is the 6th most affected country by weather-related loss events globally & has the highest exposure to ecological threats. Yet, it has received very little in the way of climate change financing. We call on those at <\/span>#COP27 <\/a><\/span>to take urgent climate action”, OCHA tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs added that this assessment is important for identifying humanitarian needs and planning for the future.<\/p>\n

Separately, the UNAMA stated in a statement that\u00a0Afghanistan is already prone to frequent natural disasters that cause loss and damage to lives, livelihoods, homes and infrastructure. These existing threats coupled with Afghans\u2019 high dependence on agricultural livelihoods, Afghanistan\u2019s fragile ecosystem, acute environmental degradation, poor socio-economic development and the impact of more than four decades of war have laid the foundation for extreme climate vulnerability, it said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is ordinary Afghans who suffer the most when these shocks occur,\u201d said Dr. Ramiz Alakbarov, Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General, and Humanitarian Coordinator. \u201cIt is devastating to see the most vulnerable Afghans bear the brunt of environmental disasters, and it is increasingly challenging to build long term resilience and adaptation when we are constantly managing short term crises and in the absence of sufficient adaptation funding.\u201d<\/p>\n

Afghanistan has already witnessed several years of drought ravage communities across rural areas and the intense flooding earlier this year provided a snapshot of what is likely to come.<\/p>\n

The challenges to building environmental resilience and climate adaptation in Afghanistan are multiple and diverse, complicated by political and governance issues as well as the availability of financial resources.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn a world of wars, crises and fragmentation \u2013 and in the wake of conflict in Afghanistan, all must come together to find concrete solutions to the climate emergency. I encourage Afghanistan\u2019s current de facto administration to take the threat of climate change and environmental degradation seriously, and to harness the great diversity of Afghanistan to bring together all corners of Afghan society to cooperatively address these threats. It will take every Afghan \u2013\u00a0religious and community leaders<\/a>, women and men, businesses and farmers, the youth and elders \u2013 to tackle the challenges that lie ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd still, the Afghan people cannot face this challenge alone. I equally encourage the international community and donors to think boldly and creatively on long-term climate adaptation support for Afghanistan. Regardless of political hurdles, Afghanistan cannot not be left out of climate financing. We will continue to respond to short-term humanitarian shocks, but we must lay a path towards adaptation. Adaptation will save lives and livelihoods.\u201d<\/p>\n

UN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres has called for COP27 to lay the foundation for faster, bolder climate action in the \u201ccrucial decade\u201d ahead, \u201cwhen the global climate fight will be won or lost.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAction for Afghanistan is needed now,\u201d Dr. Alakbarov said. \u201cWe cannot wait. Afghans do not have time to wait. It will take all sides finding common ground and common cause to work towards a sustainable future for Afghanistan. We also have to be clear, this problem is not specific to Afghanistan, it is a larger regional issue and not acting in Afghanistan now will create considerable setback in climate action for the entire region.\u201d<\/p>\n

ENDS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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