Reducing Environmental Impact in Humanitarian Response | NLM

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Reducing Environmental Impact in Humanitarian Response

11/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT

Source: Sphere Project. Published: 11/2019. This eight-page fact sheet explains why the relationship between the environment and humanitarian response is twofold: The environment impacts a humanitarian response because a degraded environment can trigger or worsen a humanitarian crisis; and humanitarian response affects the environment because it can damage the environment further. It discusses environmental sustainability and climate change adaptation in the Sphere Project, and provides a checklist of key considerations. (PDF)