Climate Change

When the water rises: How women are adapting to a changing climate in north-eastern Bangladesh

Anima Akhter, 24, stands with her husband Ruhul Amin, 30, and their two children outside their home in Bodipur village, Sunamganj. © UNFPA Bangladesh/Asma Akter

05 August 2025

80,000 people, including 1,230 pregnant women, need humanitarian assistance after the devastating earthquake in Vanuatu.

“It pains me to see this vibrant country battered by yet another natural disaster,” says Dr. Natalia Kanem, who recently visited the Pacific island.

See how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is taking action.

“I came to help my sisters”: As Chad grapples with record floods and a refugee crisis, midwives are bridging the divide

A woman collects clean drinking water in a camp sheltering more than 4,000 displaced people after the Chari River flooded in N'Djamena, the capital of Chad, in October 2024. Credit: © UNFPA Chad / Karel Prinsloo

17 December 2024

A sisterhood of support: Improving maternity care in Ethiopia’s climate change-ravaged Somali region

A pregnant woman is attended to by a midwife at the Karamara Hospital in Ethiopia’s Somali region; every month health workers at the hospital safely assist some 600 deliveries. Credit: UNFPA Ethiopia

11 November 2024

What women and girls need most as climate disasters and displacement wreak havoc across the world

Georgette and her baby, Freddy, wait to be seen at the Maroalakely health centre, where UNFPA staff also helped register the baby for a birth certificate. © UNFPA Madagascar/Jean Martin

18 November 2024

Humanitarian response enables safe childbirth amid Cameroon’s catastrophic floods

A couple affected by violence and flooding in Mada, Far North Cameroon, received a baby box kit provided by UNFPA. © UNFPA Cameroon/Samuel Sawalda

14 October 2024

When the water rises: How women are adapting to a changing climate in north-eastern Bangladesh

Women and girls need urgent support after the recent earthquake in Vanuatu

“Everything I own is under water”

The climate crisis hits home in Chad

“I came to help my sisters”: As Chad grapples with record floods and a refugee crisis, midwives are bridging the divide

As the planet heats up, dangers increase for women and girls

A warming planet, a world unraveling: Women and girls pay the price on the frontlines of the climate crisis, new UNFPA analysis finds

A sisterhood of support: Improving maternity care in Ethiopia’s climate change-ravaged Somali region

What women and girls need most as climate disasters and displacement wreak havoc across the world

United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29)

Humanitarian response enables safe childbirth amid Cameroon’s catastrophic floods

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