Article 20 April 2021 India
A little over a year the COVID19 pandemic brought the world down to its knees. No country was spared of it wrath, revealing how vulnerable we are to disasters and emergencies. Climate change is one such disaster looming over us.
In a digital conversation hosted by the ICRC, New Delhi, in partnership with the O. P. Jindal Global University, Jindal School of Environment and Sustainability (JSES), experts got together to unpack the impact of disasters and conflict on displacement from the lens of environmental degradation, limited access to public health and other essential services as well as explore other factors contributing to both internal displacement and forced environmental migration.
Article 10 December 2020 India
The Rashtriya Raksha University (RRU) in Gujarat an institution of national importance in India and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Regional Delegation in New Delhi on 10 December 2020 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on academics, research, training, capacity building and extension activities.
Through this collaboration, the RRU and ICRC aim to generate awareness, know-how and create specialised human resource for security, strategy, capacity building and R&D expertise. The ICRC and RRU will provide a platform where strategists, government representatives, industry experts and practitioners will articulate concerns, and academic and research requirements that require deeper attention of the global community.