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An overview of Lagoro IDP camp in Kitgum District, northern Uganda, 20 May 2007. Manoocher Deghati/IRIN
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  1. Sanctuary in the city? Urban displacement and vulnerability in the Gaza Strip

    Publication - Research reports and studies - 14 December 2012
    HPG Working Papers
    Simone Haysom and Wasseem el Sarraj
    This HPG Working Paper examines the successive waves of forced displacement in Gaza in recent years and explores the consequences of upheaval generated by the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for the citizens of Gaza. Based on hundreds of interviews with residents and those tasked with assisting them the paper considers the many factors that generate displacement, loss of shelter, livelihoods and life in the Gaza Strip.
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  2. Financing climate change: Africa's access to convention funds

    Event - Public event - 3 December 2012 15:30 - 17:00 (GMT+03)

    This side event will provide a forum for dialogue on current efforts to develop and operationalize the Green Climate Fund with a special focus on Africa. Donors, civil society and government officials will discuss their respective past experience with convention funds and provide concrete recommendations.

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  5. Climate finance regional briefing: Middle East and North Africa

    Publication - Briefing papers - 23 November 2012
    Climate Finance Fundamentals 9
    Liane Schalatek, Heinrich Böll Stiftung and Smita Nakhooda , Alice Caravani, Sam Barnard, Overseas Development Institut
    The Middle East and North Africa is a region that is both vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and shares some responsibility for such change, as measured in terms of per capita emissions. International public sources that fund climate change projects in the region are extremely scarce.
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  7. Homs Faces Renewed Round of Shelling
    Homs Faces Renewed Round of Shelling

    Smoke billows skyward as homes and buildings are shelled in the city of Homs, Syria.
    License: Creative Commons
    Credit: UN Photo/David Manyua
    Source: UN Multimedia

    The crisis in Syria

    ODI On...

    Responding to the need for deliberation and coordination amongst humanitarian actors in Syria and neighbouring countries, HPG convened two high level roundtables. These brought together UN agencies, NGOs, donor representatives, and national and diaspora humanitarian groups to discuss the deepening political and humanitarian crisis, consider its impact on civilians caught up in the conflict and reflect on the response of the international and national community.

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  9. Conflict in Syria
    Conflict in Syria

    A Free Syrian Army fighter fires an anti-aircraft gun as a Syrian Air Force fighter bomber fires rockets during an air strike in the village of Tel Rafat, some 37 km (23 miles) north of Aleppo, August 9, 2012. Syrian troops and rebels fought over the country's biggest city Aleppo as President Bashar al-Assad's key foreign backer Iran gathered ministers from like-minded states for talks on Thursday about how to end the conflict.
    License: Creative Commons
    Credit: Abdullatif Anis
    Source: Flickr

    Syria crisis: an update on the humanitarian response

    Event - Round-table - 31 August 2012 14:00 - 16:00 (GMT+00)

    This event was convened to examine the humanitarian implications of the war in Syria. By August 2012 the conflict had spread to the two major cities, Damascus and Aleppo displacing thousands and triggering the flight of hundreds of thousands of refugees. 

    Discussion at this second roundtable on Syria focused on the humanitarian response within Syria and regionally by bringing together representatives of the leading agencies in Damascus, Amman, Rome and London. The discussion provided an opportunity for humanitarian partners to explore how best to respond to the needs of all those caught up in the conflict. 

    The first roundtable reflected on the current response of the international community and consider its impact on civilians caught up in the conflict.

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