EHA Connect
Connecting Environment and Humanitarian Action (EHA)
Connecting Environment and Humanitarian Action (EHA)
EHA Connect is a tool bringing the humanitarian and environmental communities together to support environmentally sustainable disaster management. The tool helps environmental actors engage in the disaster space and humanitarians develop more resilient emergency management systems.
Understanding the current and potential future environmental conditions of a region is essential for an efficient and sustainable response
Risk analysis provides a common understanding and prioritization of risks, and should include existing environmental conditions and threats
Addressing environment as part of preparedness planning lays the foundation for its integration into humanitarian action.
Key environmental issues linked to camp coordination and camp management
How to address environment in the education sector in a humanitarian response
Key environmental issues linked to food security, nutrition and livelihoods programming
Key environmental issues linked to health in a humanitarian response
How to address environmental issues within humanitarian logistics
The relationship between protection and the environment
Key environmental issues linked to shelter and settlements programming
Key environmental issues linked to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH)
Cash transfer programming is increasingly used in humanitarian assistance. When selecting a cash transfer modality, the associated environmental impacts should be assessed and mitigated.
Due to the hazards they pose, chemicals and pesticides must be carefully managed in humanitarian action
Key considerations regarding climate change and climated-related risks
How to effectively manage debris and waste created by disasters and crisis in order to minimize health and environmental risk.
How to include the environment in disaster risk reduction efforts.
How to address the energy needs in humanitarian contexts without compromising human health and the environment.
The links between gender, environment, disaster and crisis risk need to be analyzed and an appropriate response strategy developed.
How can geospatial data be used to integrate environmental considerations into humanitarian response.
Understanding and managing the supply chain associated with a organization’s key products and services offers the opportunity to manage risk and reduce environmental impacts.
The effective management of land/land-use including agriculture, forestry, water systems, life-forms and atmospheric environment is vital to reduce disaster risks and community vulnerability to disasters impacts.
The links between resilience and the environment.
Humanitarian assistance in Urban Environments faces specific challenges directly influenced by environmental factors
This document highlights the complex relationship between armed conflict and environmental pollution.
The course, available in Arabic, English, French, Spanish and Russian, provides an overview of the international environmental emergency response mechanisms and introduces the main actors and tools available for preparing for, and responding to, environmental emergencies.
The Awareness and Preparedness for Emergencies at Local Level (APELL) Programme aims to reduce industrial risks at local level, raise awareness and build local capacity to respond to emergencies.
Nepal Earthquake
How can environment and humanitarian coordination
improve the lives and livelihoods of disaster affected communities?
